Kirchbach-Zerlach

Kirchbach-Zerlach is since 2015 a municipality with 3,271 residents (as of 1 January 2016) in the Südoststeiermark District of Styria, Austria. In 2015 the municipality was called Kirchbach in der Steiermark.

The municipality of Kirchbach-Zerlach was formed as part of the Styria municipal structural reform, at the end of 2014, from the former towns of Kirchbach in Steiermark and Zerlach.

After a municipal council agreement, from 1 January 2016, the municipality bears the name "Kirchbach-Zerlach".

Municipalities arrangement
The municipality territory includes the following 12 sections (populations as of 1 January 2015 ) and three cadastral communities (area 2015):
 * Ortschaften


 * Breitenbuch (410)
 * Dörfla (458)
 * Glatzau (229)
 * Kirchbach in Steiermark (853)
 * Kittenbach (84)
 * Kleinfrannach (180)
 * Maierhofen (119)
 * Maxendorf (190)
 * Tagensdorf (19)
 * Weißenbach (160)
 * Zerlach (375)
 * Ziprein (158)


 * Katastralgemeinden


 * Kirchbach in Steiermark (903.30 ha)
 * Zerlach (2,381.82 ha)
 * Ziprein (630.10 ha)

Demographics
The area population has generally increased after 1869, as shown in the bar graph below.

Mayor
The town mayor is Franz Löffler (ÖVP).

Further of the council, the 1st vice-mayor Anton Prödl (ÖVP), the 2nd vice-mayor Karl Süßmaier (Liste "Gemeinsam mehr bewegen"), the town treasurer Thomas Zach (ÖVP), and the board member Josef Luttenberger (ÖVP).

Municipal council
The town council in 2015 had 21 members (prior 30 = 15 in Kirchbach + 15 in Zerlach) and convened with the following parties:
 * 15 ÖVP
 * 3 Liste "Gemeinsam mehr bewegen"
 * 2 SPÖ
 * 1 FPÖ

The last town election had the following results:
 * x = not candidate