Sankt Ruprecht an der Raab
| Sankt Ruprecht an der Raab | |
|---|---|
  Sankt Ruprecht an der Raab Location within Austria | |
Location within Weiz district
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| Coordinates: 47°09′00″N 15°39′00″E / 47.15000°N 15.65000°ECoordinates: 47°09′00″N 15°39′00″E / 47.15000°N 15.65000°E | |
| Country | Austria |
| State | Styria |
| District | Weiz |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Herbert Pregartner (ÖVP) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 41.08 km2 (15.86 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 388 m (1,273 ft) |
| Population (1 January 2016)[1] | |
| • Total | 5,098 |
| • Density | 120/km2 (320/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| Postal code | 8181 |
| Area code | 03178 |
| Vehicle registration | WZ |
| Website | www.ruprecht.at |
Sankt Ruprecht an der Raab is a market town with 5,098 residents (as of 2016-01-01) in the district of Weiz in Styria, Austria. In the Styria municipal structural reform on 1 January 2015, the town was merged with the nearby towns Etzersdorf-Rollsdorf and Unterfladnitz.[2]
Geography
Sankt Ruprecht an der Raab is located in Weiz District on Landesstraße B 64 in the Austrian state (Bundesland) of Styria (Steiermark).
Municipality organization
The municipal region covers the following 13 places (in Klammern population as of 1 January 2015[3]), of these 9 joined in the merger:
Former regions of Sankt Ruprecht an der Raab:
- Fünfing bei Sankt Ruprecht an der Raab (648)
- Grub bei Sankt Ruprecht an der Raab (190)
- Sankt Ruprecht an der Raab (1,219)
- Wolfgruben b. Sankt Ruprecht a.d. Raab (212)
Former regions of Unterfladnitz:
- Arndorf bei Sankt Ruprecht an der Raab (241)
- Dietmannsdorf (80)
- Kühwiesen (210)
- Neudorf bei Sankt Ruprecht an der Raab (293)
- Unterfladnitz (285)
- Wollsdorf (467)
Former regions of Etzersdorf-Rollsdorf:
- Etzersdorf (513)
- Lohngraben (244)
- Rollsdorf (367).
The municipality includes several Katastralgemeinden communities: Arndorf, Dietmannsdorf, Etzersdorf, Fünfing bei St. Ruprecht, Grub, Kühwiesen, Lohngraben, Neudorf bei St. Ruprecht, St. Ruprecht an der Raab, Unterfladnitz, Wolfsgruben bei St. Ruprecht und Wollsdorf. The town region covers an area of 41.06 km2 (15.85 sq mi).
Neighboring municipalities
| Weiz | Thannhausen | Puch bei Weiz | |
| Mitterdorf an der Raab |  |
Ilztal | |
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| Eggersdorf bei Graz (Bez. Graz-Umgebung) | Ludersdorf-Wilfersdorf | Albersdorf-Prebuch |
History
Sankt Ruprecht an der Raab is one of the oldest places in Styria. At the first Nennung in the year 860, it was named "ad Rapam". Kaiser Friedrich III noted the town on 1 September 1462.
References
- ↑ Statistik Austria - Bevölkerung zu Jahresbeginn 2002-2016 nach Gemeinden (Gebietsstand 1.1.2016) for Sankt Ruprecht an der Raab.
- ↑ "Steiermärkische Gemeindestrukturreform" (in German). Steiermark.at. 2015.
- ↑ Statistik Austria, Bevölkerung am 1.1.2015 nach Ortschaften