Thörl

Thörl
Coat of arms
Thörl Location within Austria
Location within Bruck-Mürzzuschlag district
Coordinates: 47°31′01″N 15°13′09″E / 47.51694°N 15.21917°E / 47.51694; 15.21917Coordinates: 47°31′01″N 15°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	65.29 km2 (25.21 sq mi)
Elevation	638 m (2,093 ft)
Population (1 January 2016)
• Total	1,608
• Density	25/km2 (64/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	8621
Area code	03861
Vehicle registration	BM
Website	www.thoerl.gv.at

Thörl is a market town at the foot of the Hochschwab in the Styrian district of Bruck-Mürzzuschlag.

Thörl has eight boroughs: Etmißl, Fölz, Hinterberg, Lonschitz, Oisching, Palbersdorf, St. Ilgen, and Thörl.

As of 1 January 2015 the formerly independent municipalities Sankt Ilgen and Etmißl 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 the SPÖ. In its municipal council (15 seats) the party seats are distributed as follows: 9 SPÖ, 3 ÖVP, 2 Freie Unabhängige Liste - Lebenswert, 1 FPÖ.

Thörl is twinned with:

The Mariazeller Straße is the most important road link between Kapfenberg and Mariazell, the most popular pilgrimage site in Austria. In its further course it leads to Sankt Pölten, the capital of the neighbouring state of Lower Austria.

In 1893, the Thörlerbahn, a narrow gauge railway with a track gauge of 760 mm, which linked the area with Kapfenberg and the Austrian Southern Railway (Südbahn), was opened. In particular, the local iron industry benefited from this. A connection to the Austrian Western Railway was planned, but never realized.