Sankt Georgen am Kreischberg
| Sankt Georgen am Kreischberg | ||
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 Sankt Georgen am Kreischberg
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| Coordinates: 47°06′36″N 14°03′00″E / 47.11000°N 14.05000°ECoordinates: 47°06′36″N 14°03′00″E / 47.11000°N 14.05000°E | ||
| Country | Austria | |
| State | Styria | |
| District | Murau | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Cäcilia Spreitzer (ÖVP) | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 111.78 km2 (43.16 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 864 m (2,835 ft) | |
| Population (1 January 2016) | ||
| • Total | 1,806 | |
| • Density | 16/km2 (42/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| Postal codes | 8850, 8861, 8862 | |
| Area codes | 03537, 03534 | |
| Website | www.st-georgen-kreischberg.gv.at/ | |
Sankt Georgen am Kreischberg is since 2015 a municipality in Murau District in Styria, Austria. It was created as part of the Styria municipal structural reform, out of the former independent towns Sankt Georgen ob Murau und Sankt Ruprecht-Falkendorf. The town church after the changes, which began in November 2013, had continued the name "Sankt Georgen ob Murau", which was corrected through an amendment in April 2014.
The municipality territory includes the following six sections or like-named Katastralgemeinden (population and area: as of 1 Jan 2015):
The municipality formed, together with Ranten and Murau, the tourism agency "Murau-Kreischberg“. The base is the town of Murau.
By way of the town merger, the town crests of the fused towns, on 1 Jan 2015, were officially retired. Die Neuverleihung of the crest of Sankt Georgen ob Murau was adopted on 10 February 2015.
The blason (crest description) states:
The so-called "Faschingsrennen" race takes place in the two-year cycle on Rosenmontag, which in many places of the district is part of the custom. There are several groups in the entire municipality. At the dawn of the morning, the train, accompanied by drummers, breaks open. At the top is the "Wegauskehrer", which is to symbolize the railway. Only the strongest men can take this role, because everyone can get in his way. If the player is defeated in battle, the carnival race is over. Then there are different characters, such as the "hay rattling" (hen's rifle) in the spring gallows, which steals and sells chickens and eggs on the farms. The "Schellfaschinge" wear short leather pants with white long underpants underneath, a white shirt and a wreath (bell) around the waist and a colorful pointed cap on the head. They run in front of each house a "Kranzl" (in a circle). They, the so-called "fair", are followed by the group of "Vetteln", that is, figures offering or begging their services for money: physician, scissors grinder, cheap Jakob (peddler), Rosshändler with horse, bridal couple, unmarried mother with child and beggars.
After a long and strenuous day, there is the meeting of the groups in the village. Evenings are celebrated at the "Schinderhochzeit" (masked ball).
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