Tauplitz

Tauplitz
Tauplitz
Former municipality
	Coat of arms
	Tauplitz Location within Austria
	Coordinates: 47°37′00″N 14°00′00″E / 47.61667°N 14.00000°E
Country	Austria
State	Styria
District	Liezen
Area
• Total	53.9 km2 (20.8 sq mi)
Elevation	896 m (2,940 ft)
Population (1 January 2016)
• Total	1,005
• Density	19/km2 (48/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	8982
Area code	03688
Vehicle registration	LI
Website	www.dietauplitz.com

Tauplitz is a former municipality in the district of Liezen in the Austrian state of Styria. Since the 2015 Styria municipal structural reform, it is part of the municipality Bad Mitterndorf.^[2]

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1869	692	—
1880	645	−6.8%
1890	644	−0.2%
1900	712	+10.6%
1910	653	−8.3%
1923	702	+7.5%
1934	630	−10.3%
1939	737	+17.0%
1951	737	+0.0%
1961	866	+17.5%
1971	1,096	+26.6%
1981	1,056	−3.6%
1991	1,074	+1.7%
2001	1,002	−6.7%
2013	995	−0.7%

Activities

Skiing

The Tauplitz ski area encompasses 43 piste kilometres across three mountains – the Mitterstein, Lawinenstein and Schneiderkogel. It is part of the wider 120km for the whole Schneebären area that includes 120 piste kilometres. The ski runs in the resort cater to all levels; 18 kilometres are for beginners (blue), 19 kilometres for intermediate (red) and 6 kilometres for the more advanced skiers (black) There are also 130 kilometres of cross-country trails in the area.