Murfeld

Murfeld
Murfeld
Country	Austria
State	Styria
District	Radkersburg
Mayor	August Wonisch (ÖVP)
Area	24.22 km2 (9 sq mi)
Elevation	244 m  (801 ft)
Population	1,692 (1 January 2011)[1]
- Density	70 /km² (181 /sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	RA
Postal code	8473
Area codes	+43 3472, +43 3453
Website	www.murfeld.at Coordinates: 46°42′45″N 15°41′47″E / 46.7125°N 15.69639°E / 46.7125; 15.69639

Murfeld is the southernmost municipality of the province Radkersburg. Murfeld is also the name of a township in the district Graz called Liebenau. Murfeld is known for its gorgeous landscape, the Murradwanderweg (a trial for bicycles along the river Mur), its agriculture, a tiny grocery store and the widely known Murfähre (a ferry across the river Mur.)

Municipalities of Murfeld

• Lichendorf
• Oberschwarza
• Seibersdorf bei Sankt Veit
• Unterschwarza
• Weitersfeld

Murfeld is the name of the municipality, it is not named after a settlement. Therefore there is not town called Murfeld.

Politics

The Municipal council consists of 15 members and since 2010 of the following mandates:

• 10 ÖVP - sets the mayor
• 5 SPÖ - sets the financial representative

Communities and organisations

Fire department

The fire department of Oberschwarza is responsible to guard Oberschwarza and Seibersdorf. In 2007 the fire departments of Oberschwarza and Unterschwarza finished constructing a new fire-station, which was built jointly by both fire departments. The following fire departments are present in Murfeld:

• FF Lichendof
• FF Weitersfeld
• FF Unterschwarza
• FF Oberschwarza

Sports clubs

SVU Romann Murfeld. SG Oberschwarza. Sportgemeinschaft Seibersdorf. ESV Seibersdorf. ESV Unterschwarza. ESV Weitersfeld.

References

1. ^ Statistik Austria - Bevölkerung zu Jahres- und Quartalsanfang, 2011-01-01.

External links

• Official website(German)
• Fire department of Oberschwarza(German)
• Sports club(German)