Kirchbach-Zerlach
Kirchbach-Zerlach is since 2015 a municipality with 3,271 residents in the Südoststeiermark District of Styria, Austria. In 2015 the municipality was called Kirchbach in der Steiermark.
The municipality of Kirchbach-Zerlach was formed as part of the Styria municipal structural reform,
at the end of 2014, from the former towns of Kirchbach in Steiermark and Zerlach.
After a municipal council agreement, from 1 January 2016, the municipality bears the name "Kirchbach-Zerlach".Geography
Municipalities arrangement
The municipality territory includes the following 12 sections bzw. drei Katastralgemeinden :
;Ortschaften
- Breitenbuch
- Dörfla
- Glatzau
- Kirchbach in Steiermark
- Kittenbach
- Kleinfrannach
- Maierhofen
- Maxendorf
- Tagensdorf
- Weißenbach
- Zerlach
- Ziprein
;Katastralgemeinden
- Kirchbach in Steiermark
- Zerlach
- Ziprein
Demographics
The area population has generally increased after 1869, as shown in the bargraph below.
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bar:1880 from:0 till:2873 text:2,873
bar:1890 from:0 till:2882 text:2,882
bar:1900 from:0 till:2840 text:2,840
bar:1910 from:0 till:2879 text:2,879
bar:1923 from:0 till:2890 text:2,890
bar:1934 from:0 till:3022 text:3,022
bar:1939 from:0 till:2911 text:2,911
bar:1951 from:0 till:2997 text:2,997
bar:1961 from:0 till:2878 text:2,878
bar:1971 from:0 till:3033 text:3,033
bar:1981 from:0 till:3047 text:3,047
bar:1991 from:0 till:3147 text:3,147
bar:2001 from:0 till:3395 text:3,395
bar:2011 from:0 till:3281 text:3,281
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Politics
Mayor
The town mayor is Franz Löffler.
Further of the council, the 1st vice-mayor Anton Prödl, the 2nd vice-mayor Karl Süßmaier, the town treasurer Thomas Zach, and the board member Josef Luttenberger.The town council in 2015 had 21 members and convened with the following parties:
The last town election had the following results:
