Sölk is a municipality since 2015 in the
Liezen District
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of
Styria
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, Austria.
It was created as part of the
Styria municipal structural reform
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,
at the end of 2014, by merging the former independent towns
Großsölk,
Kleinsölk and
Sankt Nikolai im Sölktal.
A complaint from the commune St. Nikolai im Sölktal, against merging, was introduced to the Constitutional Court, but was not successful.
The municipality of Sölk is area-wise the third-largest municipality in Styria (after
Mariazell
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and
Admont
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).
Geography
The Sölktäler
The municipality territory of Sölk, these are the Talung of the Sölkbachs and its two headwaters (the
Großsölkbach and
Kleinsölkbach streams), are together called Sölktäler valleys. They branch at
Stein an der Enns
Stein an der Enns is a village in the administrative district of Liezen, in the Austrian state of Styria. It is located in the valley of the river Enns, and part of the municipality Sölk
Sölk is a municipality since 2015 in the Liezen Distri ...
towards
Gröbming
Gröbming is a municipality in the district of Liezen in Styria, Austria
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from the Ennstal valley, and form the central incision in the Niedere Tauern. Especially the Großsölktal Valley, which for Sölkpass leads that separates Schladming Tauern west of the Rottenmann and Wölz Tauern east. Otherwise it is called here in the area on either side of the two Sölktäler of the Sölker Alps.
Municipality arrangement
The municipality territory includes the following three sections or
Katastralgemeinde
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n (areas 2015, populations as of January 2015):
*
Großsölk (, 492)
*
Kleinsölk (, 581)
*
St. Nikolai
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Coat of arms
The municipality of Sölk was granted the right to lead a municipal crest with the following description by the Steiermärkische Landesregierung with effect from 16 November 2015:
: "In a 3-part shield divided by a red-underlaid silver chain in Göpel section, on either side on green a silver six-spoked wagonwheel, under in black a jumping silver stag, highlighted by a silver lily stalk."
128. Verlautbarung der Steiermärkischen Landesregierung vom 20. Oktober 2016, mit der die Verlautbarung über die Verleihung des Rechtes zur Führung eines Gemeindewappens an die Gemeinde Sölk (politischer Bezirk Liezen) geändert wird
accessed on 3 November 2016.
Culture and sights
References
External links
Cities and towns in Liezen District
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