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Seiersberg-Pirka
Seiersberg-Pirka is a municipality with 10,746 residents (as of 1 January 2016), and after Gratwein-Straßengel, the 2nd-largest municipality of Graz-Umgebung District in Styria, Austria. It was created as part of the Steiermärkische Gemeindestrukturreform, Styria municipal structural reform, at the end of 2014, by merging the former independent towns Seiersberg und Pirka. Geography Geographical layout The municipality borders at north to the capital city, Graz; Seiersberg-Pirka lies southwest of Graz and has grown together with it. The town lies mainly in Grazer Becken basin in Weststeiermark. Municipality arrangement The municipality territory includes the following six sections (populations as of January 2016): * Bischofegg (93) * Neupirka (205) * Neuwindorf (316) * Pirka (2029) * Seiersberg (7480) including Neuseiersberg and Gedersberg * Windorf (625) The municipal area covers two Katastralgemeinden: * Pirka, Pirka-Eggenberg () * Seiersberg () Economy and infrastru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steiermärkische Gemeindestrukturreform
The Styria municipal structural reform (German: ''Steiermärkische Gemeindestrukturreform'') was a local government reform in the Austrian state of Styria, which was made effective January 1, 2015. This reform nearly halved the number of Styrian municipalities as the reduced from 542 to 287. The reform was intended to reduce costs and ease election of new town officials. The terms of the reform is formalized in the Styrian Municipality Structural Reform Act. (StGsrG). The law was adopted on December 17, 2013 by the , and promulgated on April 2, 2014. Background As a result of the reform, the number of municipalities in Styria was reduced from 542 to 287 municipalities, a decrease of 255. Though the main parts of the reform didn't come into effect until 1 January 2015, several changes happened before then: On 1 January 2013, the former ''Gemeinden'' (municipalities) of Buch-Geiseldorf and Sankt Magdalena am Lemberg were merged as the new municipality Buch-St. Magdalena. L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
