Thörl | |
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.png) Location within Bruck-Mürzzuschlag district | |
  Thörl Location within Austria | |
| Coordinates:47°31′01″N15°13′09″E / 47.51694°N 15.21917°E /47.51694; 15.21917 | |
| Country | Austria |
| State | Styria |
| District | Bruck-Mürzzuschlag |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Günther Wagner (SPÖ) |
| Area | |
• Total | 166.43 km2 (64.26 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 638 m (2,093 ft) |
| Population (2018-01-01)[2] | |
• Total | 2,295 |
| • Density | 14/km2 (36/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 8621 |
| Area code | 03861 |
| Vehicle registration | BM |
| Website | www.thoerl.gv.at |
Thörl is amarket town at the foot of theHochschwab in theStyrian district ofBruck-Mürzzuschlag.
Thörl has eight boroughs: Etmißl, Fölz, Hinterberg, Lonschitz, Oisching, Palbersdorf, St. Ilgen, and Thörl.
As of 1 January 2015 the formerly independent municipalitiesSankt Ilgen andEtmißl were incorporated into Thörl. Already in 1955 the municipality Fölz bei Thörl had become part of the municipality.
Thörl's mayor is Günther Wagner of theSPÖ. In its municipal council (15 seats) the party seats are distributed as follows: 9SPÖ,3ÖVP, 2 Freie Unabhängige Liste - Lebenswert, 1FPÖ.[3]
Thörl istwinned with:
Ljubečna, SloveniaTheMariazeller Straße is the most important road link betweenKapfenberg andMariazell, the most popular pilgrimage site in Austria. In its further course it leads toSankt Pölten, the capital of the neighbouring state ofLower Austria.
In 1893, theThörlerbahn, a narrow gauge railway with a track gauge of 760 mm, which linked the area with Kapfenberg and theAustrian Southern Railway (Südbahn), was opened. In particular, the local iron industry benefited from this. A connection to theAustrian Western Railway was planned, but never realized.
In 1959, the passenger traffic was terminated. However, in 1991, theVerein Thörlerbahn (Thörlerbahn Association) took out a trial run with a nostalgic train. But when a bank failure bankrupted the local iron industry, the operator of the railway,Steiermärkische Landesbahnen, lost their largest (and actually the only) freight customer. As a consequence of that, they had to close the track.
In 2003 and 2004, the train tracks were removed and replaced by a cycle track.
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