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Dechantskirchen
Dechantskirchen is a municipality in the district of Hartberg-Fürstenfeld in Styria, Austria. At 1. January 2015 it was expanded by a part (Katastralgemeinde Schlag) of the to this date existing immediate neighbor municipality Schlag bei Thalberg within the scope of the Gemeindestrukturreform. Geographie Geographical position Dechantskirchen is placed in the northeast of the district Hartberg-Fürstenfeld and also of Styria. The municipality resides approximately 15 km north of the district capital Hartberg. The highest place of the municipality territory is the Hochkogel (1.314 m), the moust southern one thousand mountain of the Wechsel. Municipality structure The municipality is composed of three Katastralgemeinden Dechantskirchen, Hohenau, Kroisbach und Schlag respectively of eight small towns (population 1. January 2019): * Bergen (106) mit der Rotte ''Drei Häuser'' * Burgfeld (125) mit Höttling * Dechantskirchen (665) * Hohenau am Wechsel (100) mit der Streusiedl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hartberg-Fürstenfeld District
Hartberg-Fürstenfeld is a district in Styria, Austria. It came into effect on January 1, 2013, by merging of the districts of Hartberg and Fürstenfeld. Municipalities Since the 2015 Styria municipal structural reform, it consists of the following municipalities: Die Gemeinden des Bezirkes Hartberg-Fürstenfeld * Bad Blumau * * Bad Waltersdorf * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wechsel
The Wechsel is a low mountain range in eastern Austria whose highest summit is the Hochwechsel (). It also has two other summits over 1700 m. The massif forms the border between the states of Lower Austria and Styria for about 15 km, southeast of the Semmering and northeast of the Graz Basin, between the Feistritz Saddle and the eponymous pass of Wechsel. Geography The Wechsel is part of the Prealps East of the Mur. It is – apart from the Vienna Woods which are half the height – the easternmost range in the Alps. Its highest point, at , is the ''Hochwechsel'', formerly called the ''Hoher Umschuss'', at the top of which is the Wetterkoglerhaus, an Alpine Club hut belonging to the Austrian Alpine Club. From there the crest of the mountains runs northwest to the ''Umschußriegel'' (,) continuing to the ''Schöberlriegel'' (), and east to the ''Niederwechsel'' (). The Wechsel is the boundary between the Styrian ''Joglland'' and the ''Bucklige Welt'', which stretches ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Austria
Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous city and state. A landlocked country, Austria is bordered by Germany to the northwest, the Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia to the northeast, Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west. The country occupies an area of and has a population of 9 million. Austria emerged from the remnants of the Eastern and Hungarian March at the end of the first millennium. Originally a margraviate of Bavaria, it developed into a duchy of the Holy Roman Empire in 1156 and was later made an archduchy in 1453. In the 16th century, Vienna began serving as the empire's administrative capital and Austria thus became the heartland of the Habsburg monarchy. After the dissolution of the H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Friedberg (Steiermark)
Friedberg () is a town in district Hartberg-Fürstenfeld located in Styria Styria (german: Steiermark ; Serbo-Croatian and sl, ; hu, Stájerország) is a state (''Bundesland'') in the southeast of Austria. With an area of , Styria is the second largest state of Austria, after Lower Austria. Styria is bordered to ..., Austria with 2,562 inhabitants. Economy and Infrastructure The train station of Friedberg offers destinations to Wiener Neustadt , Vienna , Hartberg and Fehring. In Friedberg 3 trainlines cross: The Thermenbahn , the Wechselbahn and the Pinkatalbahn. References Cities and towns in Hartberg-Fürstenfeld District {{Styria-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Graz Airport
Graz Airport , known as ''Flughafen Graz'' in German, is a primary international airport serving southern Austria. It is located near Graz, the second-largest city in Austria, in the municipalities of Feldkirchen and Kalsdorf, south of Graz city centre. Location Graz Airport spans the village Abtissendorf in Feldkirchen municipality and the cadastral community Thalerhof in Kalsdorf municipality. The airport terminal is located in Abtissendorf. History Early years Construction of the airport began in 1913 with the construction of a grass runway and the first hangars; the airport saw its first flight in 1914. It was the site of Thalerhof internment camp, run by the governments of Franz Joseph I of Austria and Charles I of Austria. The first domestic passenger flight in Austria in 1925 serviced the route Vienna–Graz–Klagenfurt. In 1930 Yugoslav flag carrier Aeroput started regular flights linking Yugoslav capital Belgrade with Vienna with stops in Zagreb and Graz. In 1937, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burg Thalberg
Burg Thalberg is a high medieval castle in Styria, Austria. Burg Thalberg is above sea level. It is probably the best preserved Romanesque fortification in the country. See also *List of castles in Austria This page is a list of castles and castle ruins in Austria, arranged by state. A ''Burgruine'' is a ruined castle, a “castle ruin”. Burgenland * Burg Bernstein * Burg Forchtenstein * Burg Güssing * Burgruine Landsee * Burg Lockenhaus * ... References ''This article was initially translated from the German Wikipedia.'' Castles in Styria {{Austria-castle-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pinkafeld
Pinkafeld ( hu, Pinkafő, hr, Pinkafelj, sl, Pinkafel, Romani: ''Pinkafa'') is a city in Burgenland in Austria and the second largest settlement (after Oberwart) in the district Oberwart. Geography Parts of the commune are Hochart, Gfangen, Alt-Pinkafeld, Nord-Pinkafeld and Pinkafeld Stadt. History * 860 - The first mention of Pinkafeld ("''Peincahu''") * 1289 - The destruction of Pinkafeld ("''Pinkafelde''") * 1397 - Pinkafeld is no longer part of Bernstein * 1532 - The Ottomans destroy Pinkafeld * 1658 - Ádám Batthyány constructs a castle in Pinkafeld * 1921 - Pinkafeld becomes part of Austria, no longer under control by Hungary * 2012 - FCI European Open Junior Agility competition hosted in Pinkafeld Population Politics The mayor is Kurt Maczek of the SPÖ (Social Democratic Party of Austria). The vice-Mayor is Thomas Pickl of the ÖVP (Austrian People's Party). In the representation, which has 25 mandates, the SPÖ has 16 mandates and the ÖVP has 9. Notab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
