Mureck

Mureck (Slovene: Cmurek, archaic: Cmürek[3]) is a municipality in the district of Südoststeiermark in the Austrian state of Styria. 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.

Mureck
Coat of arms
Mureck Location within Austria
Coordinates: 46°42′27″N 15°46′12″E
Country	Austria
State	Styria
District	Südoststeiermark
Government
• Mayor	Anton Vukan (SPÖ)
Area [1]
• Total	38.68 km^2 (14.93 sq mi)
Elevation	237 m (778 ft)
Population  (2018-01-01)[2]
• Total	3,551
• Density	92/km^2 (240/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	8480, 8482
Area code	03472
Vehicle registration	SO
Website	www.mureck.gv.at

Mureck railway station

Geography

Mureck is situated in the south of Styria, on the border with Slovenia.

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)

Neighbouring places

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' + Old High German 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 Middle High German prepositional phrase ze Murekke, literally 'at Mureck'.[4] For similar Slovene geographical names based on foreign-language prepositional phrases of location, compare Crngrob, Cven, Dragonja, Sostro, and Spuhlja.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1869	1,302	—
1880	1,472	+13.1%
1890	1,570	+6.7%
1900	1,532	−2.4%
1910	1,541	+0.6%
1923	1,411	−8.4%
1934	1,529	+8.4%
1939	1,519	−0.7%
1951	2,140	+40.9%
1961	1,890	−11.7%
1971	1,824	−3.5%
1981	1,737	−4.8%
1991	1,585	−8.8%
2001	1,690	+6.6%
2011	1,571	−7.0%
2016	1,597	+1.7%

Events

Grenzlandtrachtenkapelle Mureck playing "Weckruf" on a restored truck on 1 May

• 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.[5]

A crucifix shrine near Mureck

Murturm Gosdorf

194 Schloss Ober-Mureck, Trate - J.F.Kaiser Lithografirte Ansichten der Steiermark 1830

193 Markt Mureck - gez. Wonsidler, Lith. v. Folwarczni - J.F.Kaiser Lithografirte Ansichten der Steiermark 1830

Clubs and organisations[6]

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
• Lions Club Bad Radkersburg-Mureck

International relations

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Austria

Twin towns — sister cities

Mureck is twinned with:

• Lenauheim, Romania

References

1. "Dauersiedlungsraum der Gemeinden Politischen Bezirke und Bundesländer - Gebietsstand 1.1.2018". Statistics Austria. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
2. "Einwohnerzahl 1.1.2018 nach Gemeinden mit Status, Gebietsstand 1.1.2018". Statistics Austria. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
3. Krempl, Anton. 1845. Dogodivšine Štajerske zemle: z posebnim pogledom na Slovence. Graz: Franc Ferstl, p. 209.
4. Snoj, Marko. 2009. Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen. Ljubljana: Modrijan and Založba ZRC, p. 91.
5. "History of Grenzlandtrachtenkapelle Mureck(german)". Archived from the original on 2013-09-20. Retrieved 2013-04-15.
6. Index of clubs in Mureck(german) Archived 2013-07-15 at the Wayback Machine