Fischbach is a municipality in the district of
Weiz
Weiz () is a town in the eastern part of the Austrian state of 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 sec ...
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
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 ...
. It has 1530 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2021). On 27 February 2003, it was officially recognized as a climatic spa (
Luftkurort
Luftkurort, literally meaning 'air spa', is a title given to towns or cities in Austria, Switzerland, and Germany which are Destination spa, health resorts which have a climate and air quality which is considered beneficial to health and recovery. ...
) by the Styrian government. Fischbach is the highest place in East Styria.
Geography
Fischbach is a town in the
Fischbacher Alpen and is located about 12 km northwest of
Birkfeld and about 27 km air-line distance from the district capital
Weiz
Weiz () is a town in the eastern part of the Austrian state of 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 sec ...
. The maximum north-south extension as well as the maximum east-west extension are each about nine kilometers. The municipality covers an area of 61.70 km². At 1498 m, the Teufelstein (
Fischbach Alps
The Fischbach Alps (german: Fischbacher Alpen) are part of the Prealps East of the Mur.
Location and countryside
The Fischbach Alps are a gentle, elongated mountain range in the Alps, with the character of a low mountain range and covered in fo ...
) is the highest elevation in the municipality. The lowest point in the municipality is in the valley of the river Feistritz (
Feistritztal
Feistritztal is since 2015 a municipality in Hartberg-Fürstenfeld District in Styria, Austria.
The municipality was founded as part of the Styria municipal structural reform,
on 31 December 2014, from the dissolved independent municipalities ...
) at 650 m.
The Feistritz forms part of the eastern border and the Fischbach forest prevents a view from the town center down into the valley. In the south, the Hinterleiten forest is cut through by the Waisenbach. In the west runs the ridge of the Fischbach Alps, over which the saddle "Auf der Schanz" leads.
References
Cities and towns in Weiz District
Fischbach Alps
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