Hirschegg-Pack is since 2015 a municipality with 1,054 residents (as of 1 January 2016) in Voitsberg District in

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in Austria. It was created as part of the

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, at the end of 2014, by merging the former towns Hirschegg and

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Geography

Pack liest west of

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near Pack Pass, on the border between Styria and

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Municipality arrangement

The municipality territory includes the following two sections (population as of 1 January 2016): * Hirschegg (651) *

(403) The municipality consists of the Katastralgemeinden Hirschegg-Piber, Hirschegg-Rein and

Politics

The town council, with 15 members, was voted in 2015 as the following portions: 11 ÖVP, 3 SPÖ, 1 FPÖ. ;Mayor * 2018 Johann Schmid (ÖVP) * 2015-2018 Gottfried Preßler (ÖVP)

Culture and sights

;Hirschegg * Pfarrkirche Hirschegg ;Pack * Schloss Pack * Pfarrkirche Pack * Freiländer Alm * Hebalm und Hebalmkapelle

Tourism

The two sections Hirschegg and Pack joined with the places Edelschrott, Modriach and St. Martin am Wöllmißberg as the tourism agency Steirische Rucksackdörfer.''Grazer Zeitung'', Amtsblatt für die Steiermark. 30. Dezember 2014, 210. Jahrgang, 52. Stück. S. 630.

References

External links

Cities and towns in Voitsberg District {{Styria-geo-stub