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Thörl is a market town at the foot of the Hochschwab in the Styrian district of Bruck-Mürzzuschlag.GeographyBoroughsThörl has eight boroughs: Etmißl, Fölz, Hinterberg, Lonschitz, Oisching, Palbersdorf, St. Ilgen, and Thörl.Neighboring Communes in the north: Mariazell in the east: Turnau and Aflenz in the south: Kapfenberg in the southwest and west: Tragöß-Sankt Katharein in the northwest: WildalpenHistoryAs 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.PoliticsThörl'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.Twin towns and sister citiesThörl is twinned with: Ljubečna, Slovenia