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Aflenz is since January 2015 a new market town with 2,421 residents (as of 1 January 2016) in Bruck-Mürzzuschlag District of Styria, Austria.
Aflenz | |
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  Aflenz Location within Austria | |
| Coordinates: 47°32′40″N 15°14′25″E | |
| Country | Austria |
| State | Styria |
| District | Bruck-Mürzzuschlag |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Hubert Lenger (ÖVP) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 55.1 km2 (21.3 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 765 m (2,510 ft) |
| Population (2018-01-01)[2] | |
| • Total | 2,417 |
| • Density | 44/km2 (110/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 8621, 8623, 8624 |
| Area code | 03861 |
| Website | www.aflenz.gv.at |
The municipality was founded as part of the Styria municipal structural reform,[3][4] on 31 December 2014, from the dissolved independent municipalities Aflenz Kurort and Aflenz Land.
Geography
Municipality arrangement
The municipal territory includes the following six sections or like-named Katastralgemeinden (populations as of 1 January 2016,[5] area 2015[6]):
- Aflenz Kurort (998, 1,609.45 ha or 3,977.0 acres)
- Döllach (110, 387.06 ha or 956.4 acres)
- Dörflach (201, 1,705.68 ha)
- Graßnitz (463) KG Grassnitz (895.99 ha)
- Jauring (507, 777.38 ha or 1,920.9 acres)
- Tutschach (142, 129.87 ha or 320.9 acres)
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Aflenz is completely surrounded by both nearby towns.
Coat of arms
By way of the merger, the crests of Aflenz Kurort and Aflenz Land were officially retired on 1 January 2015.
The Neuverleihung to the town Aflenz succeeded with Wirkung of 15 June 2016.[7]
The altered blazon states:
- "Between green shield flanks, the front with a silver Bishop staff together with flying ribbon, the back with a silver inverted key, a blue, silver-bordered sky, until in the center section a silver three-peaked mountain with a higher middle peak; these joined by a green leafy appletree."
Tourism
The town along with Thörl has the tourism agency "Hochschwab". The base is the town Aflenz.[8]
Culture and sights
- Pfarrkirche Aflenz - parish church
Notable residents
- Büchsenmacher Rosl (Rosina Maria Friedrich; 1858–1933), famous contortionist
References
- "Dauersiedlungsraum der Gemeinden Politischen Bezirke und Bundesländer - Gebietsstand 1.1.2018". Statistics Austria. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
- "Einwohnerzahl 1.1.2018 nach Gemeinden mit Status, Gebietsstand 1.1.2018". Statistics Austria. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
- Steiermärkische Gemeindestrukturreform
- § 3 Abs. 1 Z 1 des Gesetzes vom 17. Dezember 2013 über die Neugliederung der Gemeinden des Landes Steiermark (Steiermärkisches Gemeindestrukturreformgesetz – StGsrG). Landesgesetzblatt für die Steiermark vom 2. April 2014. Nr. 31, Jahrgang 2014. ZDB-ID 705127-x. S. 2.
- Statistik Austria, Bevölkerung of 1 January 2016 nach Ortschaften
- Katastralgemeinden Stmk. 2015 (Excel-Datei, 128 KB); retrieved 29 July 2015
- 65. Verlautbarung der Steiermärkischen Landesregierung 2 June 2016 über die Verleihung des Rechtes zur Führung eines Gemeindewappens an die Marktgemeinde Aflenz (politischer Bezirk Bruck-Mürzzuschlag), retrieved 17 June 2016
- Grazer Zeitung, Amtsblatt für die Steiermark. 30 December 2014, 210. Jahrgang, 52. Stück. Nr. 306. ZDB-ID 1291268-2 S. 626.
External links
- "Municipal data for Aflenz". Statistik Austria.
- Gemeindedaten, Landesstatistik.Steiermark.at
- Aflenz in Austria-Forum (in German) (at AEIOU)
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[de] Aflenz
Aflenz ist eine mit 1. Jänner 2015 neu gegründete Marktgemeinde mit 2442 Einwohnern (Stand 1. Jänner 2022) im Bezirk Bruck-Mürzzuschlag in der Steiermark.- [en] Aflenz
[ru] Афленц
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