Sankt Barbara im Mürztal
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Sankt Barbara im Mürztal is since 2015 a market town in Styria, Austria, with 6,726 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2016) in the judicial district of Mürzzuschlag and in the political district of Bruck-Mürzzuschlag in Styria. As part of the municipality structural reform in Styria, the municipality, which was founded on 1 January 2015, was formed by the merger of the independent municipalities:
Sankt Barbara im Mürztal | |
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Coordinates: 47°32′08″N 15°30′42″E | |
Country | Austria |
State | Styria |
District | Bruck-Mürzzuschlag |
Government | |
• Mayor | Jochen Jance (SPÖ) |
Area | |
• Total | 112.6 km2 (43.5 sq mi) |
Population (2018-01-01)[2] | |
• Total | 6,583 |
• Density | 58/km2 (150/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Postal code | 8661, 8662, 8663, 8664 |
Area code | 03856, 03858 |
Website | st-barbara.gv.at |
This was based on the Styrian municipality Structural Reform Act, StGsrG.[3][4]
In this case, no major part of one of the (three) outlying communities was used as a new name, but only the district name "Mürztal" (Murtal). The new community is named after the patron saint of miners, St. Barbara. A church dedicated to St. Barbara was built in 1986 in what is now the district Mitterdorf.[5]