Mitterberg-Sankt Martin is a municipality since 2015 in the Expositur Gröbming in the
Liezen District
Bezirk Liezen (, local dialect iːɐ̯t͡sn̩ is a district of the state of Styria in Austria. It is by far the largest district in Austria, about 1.2 times the size of the next district, and is divided into two "subdistricts": Bereich Liezen ...
of
Styria
Styria ( ; ; ; ) is an Austrian Federal states of Austria, state in the southeast of the country. With an area of approximately , Styria is Austria's second largest state, after Lower Austria. It is bordered to the south by Slovenia, and cloc ...
, Austria (judicial district
Schladming
Schladming () is a small former mining town in the northwest of the Austrian state of Styria that is now a popular tourist destination. It has become a large winter-sports resort and has held various skiing competitions, including most notably th ...
).
The municipality was founded as part of the
Styria municipal structural reform
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. The reform nearly halved the number of Styrian ...
,
at the end of 2014, by merging the former towns
Mitterberg and
Sankt Martin am Grimming.
Geography
Municipality arrangement
The municipality territory includes the following sections (populations 2015):
* Diemlern (124)
* Gersdorf (371)
*
Mitterberg (639)
* Oberlengdorf (137)
* Salza (143)
*
Sankt Martin am Grimming (229)
* Strimitzen (47)
* Tipschern (154)
* Unterlengdorf (90)
The municipality consists of the
Katastralgemeinden (areas 2015):
* Diemlern (919,75 ha)
* Lengdorf (1.463,09 ha)
* Mitterberg (1.728,63 ha)
* St. Martin (1.380,85 ha)
Demographics
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bar:1923 from:0 till:1332 text:1.332
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Coat of arms
File:Wappen st martin am grimming.jpg, St. Martin am Grimming
Both predecessors had a community crest. Because of the merger, both crests lost their official validity on January 1, 2015. The authorization of the municipal coat of arms for the merged community took effect on 15 February 2015.
Blazon
In heraldry and heraldic vexillology, a blazon is a formal description of a coat of arms, flag or similar emblem, from which the reader can reconstruct an accurate image. The verb ''to blazon'' means to create such a description. The visual d ...
(crest description):
: "Under a blue shield head with a silver tri-peak, the middle point of which is higher, divided from black to red, on the right side is a golden horseshoe with 2 rhombuses, at left is a silver diamond-square with a blue lily inside; the center is split with a downward silver sword".
Economy
Tourism
The municipality formed, together with
Michaelerberg-Pruggern and Gröbming, the tourism agency "Gröbminger Land“. The base is in the town Gröbming.
[''Grazer Zeitung''. "Amtsblatt für die Steiermark". 30 December 2014, 210. Jahrgang, 52. Stück. Nr. 304. p. 625.]
Culture and sights
References
External links
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mitterberg Sankt Martin
Cities and towns in Liezen District