Sankt Ruprecht an der Raab explained

Sankt Ruprecht an der Raab
Settlement Type:Municipality
Pushpin Map:Austria
Pushpin Mapsize:270
Pushpin Map Caption:Location within Austria
Mapsize:260x260px
Coordinates:47.15°N 15.65°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 Pregartner
Elevation M:388
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:CET
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset:+1
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Registration Plate:WZ
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:8181
Area Code Type:Area code
Area Code:03178
Website:www.ruprecht.at

Sankt Ruprecht an der Raab is a market town with 5,421 residents (as of 1 January 2021) 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.[1]

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[2]), of these 9 joined in the merger:

Former regions of Sankt Ruprecht an der Raab:

Former regions of Unterfladnitz:

Former regions of Etzersdorf-Rollsdorf:

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 .

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.

Notes and References

  1. "Steiermärkische Gemeindestrukturreform" (in German). Steiermark.at. 2015.
  2. http://www.statistik.at/wcm/idc/idcplg?IdcService=GET_PDF_FILE&RevisionSelectionMethod=LatestReleased&dDocName=103419 Statistik Austria, Bevölkerung am 1.1.2015 nach Ortschaften