Knittelfeld is a
city
A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Social Science Encyclopedia''. 2nd edition. London: Routledge. It can be def ...
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 ...
, located on the banks of the
Mur river
The Mur () or Mura (; ; ; Prekmurje Slovene: ''Müra''Novak, Vilko. 2006. ''Slovar stare knjižne prekmurščine''. Ljubljana: ZRC SAZU, pp. 262, 269. or ''Möra'') is a river in Central Europe rising in the Hohe Tauern national park of th ...
.
The name of the town has become notorious for the
Knittelfeld Putsch
Knittelfeld Putsch refers to a conference of the Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) which took place on 7 September 2002 in the small Austrian town of Knittelfeld, Styria, called due to political differences within the party leadership. The events re ...
of September 7, 2002, a party meeting of the
Freedom Party of Austria
The Freedom Party of Austria (german: Freiheitliche Partei Österreichs, FPÖ) is a right-wing populist and national-conservative political party in Austria. It was led by Norbert Hofer from September 2019 to 1 June 2021.Staff (1 June 2021"Aust ...
, which resulted in the
2002 Austrian elections.
Notable residents
The following are past and present notable residents of Knittelfeld.
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Klaus Ambrosch
Klaus Ambrosch (born 23 May 1973 in Knittelfeld) is an Austrian decathlete. His personal best result was 8122 points, achieved in July 2001 at the Hypo-Meeting in Götzis
Götzis is a town in the western Austrian state of Vorarlberg. The Alpin ...
(*1973), decathlete
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Gert Hofbauer
Gert Hofbauer (born 13 March 1937 in Knittelfeld, Styria, died 4 August 2017 in Marz) was an Austrian conductor and trumpeter.
Born in Knittelfeld, Hofbauer studied the trumpet in Graz in 1958 and in 1960 at the University of Music and Perf ...
(*1937), musician and conductor
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Marcel Ritzmaier
Marcel Ritzmaier (born 22 April 1993) is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder or left-back for SV Sandhausen.
Club career
Early career
Born in Judenburg, Styria, Ritzmaier started playing football in December 1997 wi ...
(*1993), football player
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Stefan Rucker (*1980), cyclist
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Andi Siebenhofer
Andi (Andreas) Siebenhofer, born on 7 January 1977 in Knittelfeld, Styria, Austria is a former Austrian extreme sports athlete and entrepreneur.
Life
Siebenhofer grew up in a working-class family in Kobenz, near the Styrian city of Knittelf ...
(*1977), extreme sports athlete and entrepreneur
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Karl Troll (1923–1977), politician
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Lizzi Waldmüller
Lizzi Waldmüller (25 May 1904 in Knittelfeld, Styria – 8 April 1945 in Vienna) was an Austrian singer and actress whose breakthrough to stardom came through her role as Rachel in the Willi Forst movie ''Bel Ami'' in 1939.
Waldmüller had he ...
(1904–1945), actress
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Zoran Lerchbacher
Zoran Lerchbacher (born 30 May 1972) is an Austrian professional darts player from Graz, Austria currently playing in the Professional Darts Corporation.
Career
Lerchbacher qualified for the 2014 PDC World Darts Championship and won 4–1 in ...
(*1972), darts player
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Hermann Lichtenegger Hermann Lichtenegger (born September 14, 1900 in Knittelfeld, Styria, † March 11, 1984 in Vienna) was an Austrian socialist trade unionist, KPÖ politician, and an Under-Secretary of State for Industry, Commerce, Trade, and Traffic in the post-wa ...
(1900-1984), resistance fighter, politician, Under Secretary of State
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Harald Proczyk
Harald "Hari" Proczyk (born 9 November 1975) is an Austrian racing driver currently competing in the TCR International Series. Having previously competed in the ADAC TCR Germany Series, Blancpain Sprint Series & ADAC GT Masters amongst other ...
(*1975), racing driver
References
External links
Official websitePictures of and information about Knittelfeld in English
Cities and towns in Murtal District
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