Mureck ( archaic: ''Cmürek'') is a municipality in the district of Südoststeiermark in the

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. Administrative reforms in Styria led to the merging on 1 January 2015 of the formerly separate municipalities of Mureck, Gosdorf, and Eichfeld, which includes the villages of Hainsdorf-Brunnsee and Oberrakitsch. The new municipality is named Mureck.

Geography

Mureck is located in southern

, on the border with

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Constituent parts of Mureck municipality

The municipality comprises the communities of: * Diepersdorf (pop. 138) * Eichfeld (349) * Fluttendorf (59) * Gosdorf (574) * Hainsdorf-Brunnsee (209) * Misselsdorf (388) * Mureck (1570) * Oberrakitsch (334)

Name

The name ''Mureck'' was first attested in 1151 as ''Mŏrekke'' (and as ''Murekke'' in 1181, ''Můrekke'' in 1183, and ''Muregk'' in 1500). The name is a compound of ''Mur'' ' Mur River' +

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''ecke'' 'edge, bend' or ''egge'' 'hill' (sometimes 'fortification'), and thus means 'bend on the Mur River' or 'hill/fortification on the Mur River'. The Slovene name ''Cmurek'' is borrowed from the

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prepositional phrase ''ze Murekke'', literally 'at Mureck'. For similar Slovene geographical names based on foreign-language prepositional phrases of location, compare '' Crngrob'', '' Cven'', '' Dragonja'', '' Sostro'', and '' Spuhlja''.

Population

Events

* ''Weckruf'': since 1954 the local marching band Grenzlandtrachtenkapelle Mureck has performed the so-called wakening call (in German, ''Weckruf'') each May 1, waking every friend of brass-band music with marching music in the early morning hours. Until 1964 all of this happened by foot; later the band started using a nicely restored truck.

Clubs and organisations

Source:Index of clubs in Mureck(german)

Marching bands

* Grenzlandtrachtenkapelle Mureck

Fire departments

* FF Eichfeld * FF Gosdorf * FF Hainsdorf-Brunnsee * FF Misselsdorf * FF Mureck * FF Oberrakitsch

Sports clubs

* Beachvolleyballclub * ESV Mureck * TUS Mureck

Charity and service clubs

* Leo Club South Styrian Unity *

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Bad Radkersburg-Mureck

International relations

Twin towns — sister cities

Mureck is twinned with: * Lenauheim,

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References

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