Project closure
The LIFE+ Project "murerleben II" was completed on 01.02.2016 according to plan.
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Three rivers from diverse parts of the world have been selected as finalists in the 2015 Thiess International Riverprize.
The IRF has awarded the "Thiess International RiverPrize 2015" to the Lake Eyre Basin (Australia).
The Thiess International Riverprize, now in its 17th year, is open to applicants from anywhere in the world who can demonstrate outstanding, visionary and sustainable programs in river management, restoration or protection - regardless of the size of the river or the scale of the project. Applicants are judged by an independent panel of experts from a range of river management fields.
On June 26th 2015 another planting activity at the LIFE+ measure in St. Peter Au was conducted during the school festival of the primary schools St. Peter / Judenburg, St. Georgen / Judenburg and Unzmarkt - Frauenburg. 103 children were involved. The St. Peterer-Au could be perfectly used for a total of 14 games stations of the school festival which was carried out under the motto "Old games rediscovered". One of the stations, organized by Kathrin Grillitsch, was called “planting in the Au”. Every child who has planted a tree is now godchild of this tree and will accompany its development in the coming years.
On June 11th 2015 a planting activity took place at the LIFE+ measure in Thalheim with the children of the kindergarten and the primary school of the community Pöls - Oberkurzheim.
The children of the primary school and the kindergarten of Pöls enjoyed the planting Action:
Mrs. Tamara Haid who was born in Pöls and teaches at the secondary school Tecnológico de Monterrey in Mexico initiated a new cooperation which enabled to publicize the LIFE+ project far beyond the Austrian borders:
In order to promote environmental awareness, the LIFE+ restoration project of the Upper Mur will be integrated in the school curriculum. "Murerleben" thus goes to Mexico, where it is used to show how the habitat water can be developed and restored for humans, animals and plants.
The Department 14 of the Styrian Goverment (Water Resources and Sustainability), together with freiland Civil Engineers LLC won the "European River Prize 2014" with the project "River Mur".
Representatives from the River Mur accepted the award in front of an audience of European river professionals at the Riverprize Gala Dinner at Vienna City Hall on Tuesday 28 October. The dinner was held in conjunction with 6th European River Restoration Conference, where all finalists were given the opportunity to showcase their decades of work. In the final,the Mur project against the projects Danube River (Transnational) and Danube River (Slovakia) has prevailed.
For the "European River Prize 2014" the Mur was filed as an overall concept with all previously implemented EU-funded projects.
With the award, the Steiermark has automatically qualified for the finals of the "International Thiess River Prize", which is awarded annually by the International River Foundation (IRF).
Foto: © Astrid Knie / Wiener Wasser
The Styrian Mur was nominated for the IRF Europe River Prize as finalist!
The finalists 2014 selected are:
The International RiverFoundation will announce the winner at the Riverprize Gala Dinner on Tuesday 28 October at the City Hall, Vienna, being held in conjunction with the 6th European River Restoration Conference.
On Saturday September 20th a great feast took place in the LIFE+ measure St. Peter Au.
The festival in the alluvial area of the River Mur, with its many activities and performances, became a fun and cozy coming together for all. The focus of this event was of course the successful set LIFE+ measure.
Click here for the TV Report by murauTV
On 03th April 2014 a meeting and a project site visit together with Mr. Felix Bergmann from the external monitoring team of the EU Commission took place.
The last project site visit of the external monitoring team of the EU Commission took place on 18th March 2013 .
On 12.10.2013 the side arm of the measure Lässer Au was opened.
The branched system is now connected to the River Mur and the dynamic development can begin ...!
On 29.10.2013 a fish ecological monitoring with students of the BRG Judenburg took place in the measure "St. Peter Au" of murerleben I. Click here for the TV Post by murauTV
At the measure Lässer Au two webcams were installed. Here the construction and the development can be tracked live!
http://www.mobiletimelapse.at/laesserau/index.php
On 18th March 2013 a meeting and a project site visit together with Mr. Felix Bergmann from the external monitoring team of the EU Commission took place.
The last project site visit of the external monitoring team of the EU Commission took place on 8th May 2012.
For the design of the information boards and locations regarding the measures of the LIFE+ Obere Mur a competition for pupils at the BRG Judenburg was arranged.
More informations here
There was a project site visit of the external monitoring team of the EU Commission on 8th May 2012.
On 30th March 2011 a meeting and a project site visit together with Mr. Felix Bergmann from the external monitoring team of the EU Commission took place.
The implementation of the measure Preg has been started in 2011 (see measures) and was completed in May 2011; the realisation of measure Mauthof started in April.
The working on the measure Lässer-au will start in May.
On 17th September 2010 the measure river widening Weyern of the project Murerleben 2003-2007 was awarded with the GerambRose.
The GerambRose is awarded in Styria for honouring the achievements of maintenance or creation of quality-focussed architecture. The focus of this award is the building itself and the common achievements of the client, the planners and the operators.
The GerambRose 2010 was dedicated in particular to the "public spaces". Together with the river widening Weyern (Upper Mur) also the river widenings Gosdorf and Schladming (Enns) were honoured.
The first press conference in combination with a ground-breaking ceremony took already place during the kick-off event in Lässer-Au on 7th May 2010.
download: >>press release 07-05-2010 german