| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Pushpin Map: | Austria |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 270 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within Austria |
| Coordinates: | 47.1739°N 15.8067°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Austria |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Styria |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Weiz |
| Parts Style: | para |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Herbert Baier |
| Elevation M: | 378 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone: | CET |
| Timezone Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset: | +1 |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 8212 |
| Area Code Type: | Area code |
| Area Code: | +43 3113 |
| Website: | www.pischelsdorf.com |
Pischelsdorf am Kulm is since 2015 a municipality in Weiz District in Styria, Austria. The area of the town covers . In the Styria municipal structural reform, the new town was formed by merging Pischelsdorf in der Steiermark with the smaller villages of Reichendorf and Kulm bei Weiz, to reduce costs and ease election of town officials.
The municipality was founded as part of the Styria municipal structural reform,[1] at the end of 2014, with closure of the communities Pischelsdorf in der Steiermark, Kulm bei Weiz and Reichendorf.[2] A petition, from the town of Reichendorf against the merger was brought to the Verfassungsgerichtshof constitutional court, but was not successful.[3]
The municipal territory includes the following 8 sections or seven Katastralgemeinden (population and area: as of 1 January 2015[4]):
The first municipal vote of the new town, on 22 March 2015, had the following results:
| Partei | 2015 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stimmen | % | Mandate | ||
| ÖVP | 1136 | 51,22 | 11 | |
| SPÖ | 459 | 20,69 | 4 | |
| FPÖ | 410 | 18,49 | 4 | |
| ALU-Alternative Liste Umweltschutz (GRÜNE) | 213 | 9,60 | 2 | |
| Wahlberechtigte | 3.045 | |||
| Wahlbeteiligung | 73,76 % | |||
Ensuring local security, the emergency service and the hazard or disaster response is handled in the market town Pischelsdorf by the Police Inspectorate Pischelsdorf. The Red Cross Ortsstelle Pischelsdorf and four volunteer fire departments ensured the fire brigades serve the following areas:Fire Brigade Pischelsdorf with the KG Pischelsdorf, KG Schachen, KG Hart as part of the KG Oberrettenbach and KG Rothgmos of the Altgemeinde Oberrettenbach, the Feuerwehr Reichendorf with the KG Reichendorf, the Feuerwehr Rohrbach with the KG Kulming, KG Rohrbach am Kulm and the Fire Brigade Feuerwehr Romatschachen with the KG Romatschachen.