Oberwölz is a city since 2015 in the

Murau District Bezirk Murau () is a district of the state of Styria in Austria. Municipalities Since the 2015 Styria municipal structural reform, it consists of the following municipalities: * Krakau * Mühlen * Murau * Neumarkt in der Steiermark * Niede ...

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. The city 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, with the merger of the former independent municipalities Oberwölz Stadt,

Oberwölz Umgebung Oberwölz Umgebung is a former municipality in the district of Murau in Styria, Austria. Since the 2015 Styria municipal structural reform, it is part of the municipality Oberwölz. Geography The municipality lies about 15 km northeast of th ...

Schönberg-Lachtal Schönberg-Lachtal is a former municipality in the district of Murau in the Austrian state of Styria. Since the 2015 Styria municipal structural reform, it is part of the municipality Oberwölz. Geography The municipality lies about 16 km n ...

and

Winklern bei Oberwölz Winklern bei Oberwölz is a former municipality in the district of Murau in the Austrian state of Styria. Since the 2015 Styria municipal structural reform The Styria municipal structural reform (German: ''Steiermärkische Gemeindestrukturref ...

, whereby the new municipality became ranked as a city ("Stadtgemeinde").

Geography

Municipality arrangement

The city territory includes the following eleven sections (populations as of 1 Jan 2015Statistik Austria, Bevölkerung am 1.1.2015 nach Ortschaften
/ref>): * Eselsberg (138) * Hinterburg (120) * Krumegg (56) * Mainhartsdorf (374) * Oberwölz (Stadt) (374) * Raiming (306) * Salchau (180) *

(418) * Schöttl (104) * Vorstadt (603) *

(334). The municipality consists of the

Katastralgemeinde A cadastral community (or cadastre community, cadastral r cadastremunicipality, cadastral r cadastrecommune,Problémy s překladem termínu „katastrální území“ do angličtiny. in: Geodetický a kartografický Obzor. Český úřad zeměm� ...

n Hinterburg,

Oberwölz Oberwölz is a city since 2015 in the Murau District of Styria, Austria. The city was founded as part of the Steiermärkische Gemeindestrukturreform, Styria municipal structural reform, at the end of 2014, with the merger of the former independent ...

, Raiming, Salchau,

Schönberg Schönberg () may refer to: Places Austria *Schönberg im Stubaital, a municipality in the district of Innsbruck-Land, Tyrol *Schönberg am Kamp, a town in the district of Krems-Land, Lower Austria Belgium *Schönberg (Sankt-Vith), a part o ...

, Schöttl and

Winklern Winklern is a town in the district of Spittal an der Drau in the Austrian state of Carinthia. Geography The municipality lies at the foot of the Großglockner massif between the Schober, Goldberg, and Kreuzeck groups in the upper Möll valley T ...

Culture and sights

Overall

* Sagenweg Sagenhaftes Wölzertal * Heimatmuseum * Blasmusikmuseum

Oberwölz Stadt

* Hauptplatz: from the Middle Ages * Stadtmauer und Wehrtürme: the city walls, three city gates, and the defense towers are constructed * Spitalskirche church (Filialkirche hl. Sigismund beim Spital): built under Bishop Nikodemus della Scala (1421–1443). The inscription, under the master builder bust, reads with the name "Hans Jersleben". After the fire of 1480, there was renovation of the vaulted ceiling and tracery windows. Remarkable stonework at the gallery until 1500.

Oberwölz Umgebung

* Fischsee-Wasserfall, waterfall from the Fischsee lake in the Kar der Schöttl Alm * Glattjochkapelle chapel * Eselsberger Alm * ''Rastplatz der Gemeinde Oberwölz Umgebung:'' In the year 2006, it was built near the Lindwurm-Station of the Rundwanderweges Sagenhaftes Wölzertal. The granite blocks of the Rastplatz (''see photo'') symbolize 4 Katastralgemeinden (Salchau, Schöttl, Raiming and Hinterburg), the flying water indicates their union. Rastplatz der Gemeinde Oberwölz Umgebung.jpg, Rastplatz Oberwölz Umgebung Granitblock Oberwölz Umgebung.jpg, Granite block with the crest of town Oberwölz Umgebung Schild Rastplatz Oberwölz Umgebung.jpg, History of the Rastplatz

Sports and pastimes

* Outdoor swimming pool with water slide, sports pool, children's pool, diving tower * 4 Tennis courts * 2 football pitches *

Skatepark A skatepark, or skate park, is a purpose-built recreational environment made for skateboarding, BMX, Freestyle scootering, scootering, and aggressive inline skating. A skatepark may contain half-pipes, handrails, funboxes, vert ramps, stairw ...

* Asphaltstockbahn * Fitness course * High ropes course * Cross country ski trail * Wintersports in ski area of Lachtal

References

External links

Webseite der Gemeinde Oberwölz
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Webseite des Skigebiets Lachtal
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