Frauenberg, Styria Explained

Frauenberg
Settlement Type:Former municipality
Pushpin Map:Austria
Pushpin Mapsize:270
Pushpin Map Caption:Location within Austria
Coordinates:47.4333°N 15.35°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Austria
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Styria
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Bruck-Mürzzuschlag
Parts Style:para
Area Total Km2:20.62
Elevation M:941
Population Total:147
Population As Of:1 January 2016
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:CET
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset:+1
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Registration Plate:BM
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:8600
Area Code Type:Area code
Area Code:03862
Website:www.frauenberg.at

Frauenberg is a former municipality in the district of Bruck-Mürzzuschlag in Styria, Austria. Since the 2015 Styria municipal structural reform, it is part of the municipality Sankt Marein im Mürztal.[2]

History

In 1354 a chapel was built on a site then occupied by a statue of the Virgin Mary. The chapel was replaced in 1489 by a church in the late Gothic style, and this in turn was replaced by a Baroque church in 1769. Here, in 1775, the famous organ builder Anton Römer installed an organ.

Notes and References

  1. http://www.statistik.at/wcm/idc/idcplg?IdcService=GET_NATIVE_FILE&RevisionSelectionMethod=LatestReleased&dDocName=080904 Statistik Austria - Bevölkerung zu Jahresbeginn 2002-2016 nach Gemeinden (Gebietsstand 1.1.2016)
  2. http://www.gemeindestrukturreform.steiermark.at/cms/dokumente/11820435_97007261/c19ab0d1/Liste%20Gemeinden_GSR%20Gesamt.pdf Die neue Gemeindestruktur der Steiermark