| Aflenz | |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Pushpin Map: | Austria |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 270 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within Austria |
| Coordinates: | 47.5444°N 15.2403°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Austria |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Styria |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Bruck-Mürzzuschlag |
| Parts Style: | para |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Hubert Lenger |
| Elevation M: | 765 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone: | CET |
| Timezone Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset: | +1 |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 8621, 8623, 8624 |
| Area Code Type: | Area code |
| Area Code: | 03861 |
| Website: | www.aflenz.gv.at |
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.
The municipality was founded as part of the Styria municipal structural reform,[1] [2] on 31 December 2014, from the dissolved independent municipalities Aflenz Kurort and Aflenz Land.
The municipal territory includes the following six sections or like-named Katastralgemeinden (populations as of 1 January 2016,[3] area 2015[4]):
Aflenz is completely surrounded by both nearby towns.
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.[5]
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."
The town along with Thörl has the tourism agency "Hochschwab". The base is the town Aflenz.[6]