Hirschegg-Pack is since 2015 a municipality with 1,054 residents (as of 1 January 2016) in Voitsberg District in Styria in Austria. It was created as part of the Styria municipal structural reform,Steiermärkische Gemeindestrukturreform. at the end of 2014, by merging the former towns Hirschegg and Pack.§ 3 Abs. 10 Z 1 des Gesetzes vom 17. Dezember 2013 über die Neugliederung der Gemeinden des Landes Steiermark (Steiermärkisches Gemeindestrukturreformgesetz – StGsrG). Landesgesetzblatt für die Steiermark vom 2. April 2014. Nr. 31, Jahrgang 2014. . S. 4.
Geography Pack liest west of Graz near Pack Pass, on the border between Styria and Carinthia.
Municipality arrangement The municipality territory includes the following two sections (population as of 1 January 2016): Hirschegg (651) Pack (403)
The municipality consists of the Katastralgemeinden Hirschegg-Piber, Hirschegg-Rein and Pack.
Politics The town council, with 15 members, was voted in 2015 as the following portions: 11 ÖVP, 3 SPÖ, 1 FPÖ.
Mayor
2018 Johann Schmid (ÖVP) 2015-2018 Gottfried Preßler (ÖVP)
Culture and sights Hirschegg Pfarrkirche Hirschegg Pack Schloss Pack Pfarrkirche Pack Freiländer Alm Hebalm und Hebalmkapelle
Tourism The two sections Hirschegg and Pack joined with the places Edelschrott, Modriach and St. Martin am Wöllmißberg as the tourism agency Steirische Rucksackdörfer.RucksackdörferGrazer Zeitung, Amtsblatt für die Steiermark. 30. Dezember 2014, 210. Jahrgang, 52. Stück. S. 630.
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