Kraubath an der Mur

Place in Styria, Austria

Coat of arms

47°18′00″N 14°55′48″E / 47.30000°N 14.93000°E / 47.30000; 14.93000CountryAustriaStateStyriaDistrictLeobenGovernment

• MayorErich Ofner (ÖVP)Area

^[1]

• Total27.44 km² (10.59 sq mi)Elevation

632 m (2,073 ft)Population

(2018-01-01)^[2]

• Total1,283 • Density47/km² (120/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal code

8714

Area code03832Vehicle registrationLNWebsitewww.kraubath.at

Kraubath an der Mur is a municipality in the district of Leoben in the Austrian state of Styria.

Name

The name of this place is mentioned many times in the 11th-13th century charters and it is written regularly as "Chrowat" which is toponym variant of name "Croat".^[3]

Geography

Kraubath an der Mur lies in the central Mur valley between Leoben and Knittelfeld.

References

^ "Dauersiedlungsraum der Gemeinden Politischen Bezirke und Bundesländer - Gebietsstand 1.1.2018". Statistics Austria. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
^ "Einwohnerzahl 1.1.2018 nach Gemeinden mit Status, Gebietsstand 1.1.2018". Statistics Austria. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
^ Mate Božić; (2019) "Hrvat" i "Hrvati" – od toponima do etnonima ("Croat" and "Croats" - from toponyms to ethnonyms) p. 139; Pleter: Časopis udruge studenata povijesti, Vol. 3. No. 3 [1]