Sölk | |
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 Municipal part of Großsölk | |
 Coat of arms | |
  Sölk Location within Austria | |
| Coordinates:47°24′27″N13°58′08″E / 47.40750°N 13.96889°E /47.40750; 13.96889 | |
| Country | Austria |
| State | Styria |
| District | Liezen |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Werner Schwab (ÖVP) |
| Area | |
• Total | 288.65 km2 (111.45 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 941 m (3,087 ft) |
| Population (2018-01-01)[2] | |
• Total | 1,494 |
| • Density | 5.2/km2 (13/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 8961, 8962 |
| Area code | 03685 |
| Website | www.grosssoelk.at |
Sölk is a municipality since 2015 in theLiezen District ofStyria, Austria.
It was created as part of theStyria municipal structural reform,at the end of 2014, by merging the former independent townsGroßsölk,Kleinsölk andSankt Nikolai im Sölktal.[3]
A complaint from the commune St. Nikolai im Sölktal, against merging, was introduced to the Constitutional Court, but was not successful.[4]
The municipality of Sölk is area-wise the third-largest municipality in Styria (afterMariazell andAdmont).
The municipality territory of Sölk, these are the Talung of the Sölkbachs and its two headwaters (theGroßsölkbach andKleinsölkbach streams), are together called Sölktäler valleys. They branch atStein an der Enns towardsGröbming from the Ennstal valley, and form the central incision in the Niedere Tauern. Especially the Großsölktal Valley, which for Sölkpass leads that separates Schladming Tauern west of the Rottenmann and Wölz Tauern east. Otherwise it is called here in the area on either side of the two Sölktäler of the Sölker Alps.
The municipality territory includes the following three sections orKatastralgemeinden (areas 2015, populations as of January 2015[5]):
The municipality of Sölk was granted the right to lead a municipal crest with the following description by the Steiermärkische Landesregierung with effect from 16 November 2015:
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