Sankt Barbara im Mürztal

Sankt Barbara im Mürztal
St. Vitus church in Veitsch (part of Sankt Barbara im Mürztal)
Sankt Barbara im Mürztal
Location within Austria
Coordinates: 47°32′08″N 15°30′42″E / 47.53556°N 15.51167°E / 47.53556; 15.51167
CountryAustria
StateStyria
DistrictBruck-Mürzzuschlag
Government
  MayorJochen Jance (SPÖ)
Area
  Total
112.6 km2 (43.5 sq mi)
Population
 (2018-01-01)
  Total
6,583
  Density58/km2 (150/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
8661, 8662, 8663, 8664
Area code03856, 03858
Websitest-barbara.gv.at

Sankt Barbara im Mürztal is since 2015 a market town in Styria, Austria, with 6,726 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2016) in the judicial district of Mürzzuschlag and in the political district of Bruck-Mürzzuschlag in Styria. As part of the municipality structural reform in Styria, the municipality, which was founded on 1 January 2015, was formed by the merger of the independent municipalities:

This was based on the Styrian municipality Structural Reform Act, StGsrG.

In this case, no major part of one of the (three) outlying communities was used as a new name, but only the district name "Mürztal" (Murtal). The new community is named after the patron saint of miners, St. Barbara. A church dedicated to St. Barbara was built in 1986 in what is now the district Mitterdorf.