Kraubath an der Mur is a municipality in the district of

Leoben Leoben () is a Styrian city in central Austria, located on the Mur river. With a population of about 25,000 it is a local industrial centre and hosts the University of Leoben, which specialises in mining. The Peace of Leoben, an armistice bet ...

in the

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 ...

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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 ...

Name

The name of this place is mentioned many times in the 11th-13th century charters and it is written regularly as ''"Chrowat"'' which is

toponym Toponymy, toponymics, or toponomastics is the study of ''toponyms'' ( proper names of places, also known as place names and geographic names), including their origins, meanings, usage and types. Toponym is the general term for a proper name of ...

variant of name "

Croat The Croats (; hr, Hrvati ) are a South Slavic ethnic group who share a common Croatian ancestry, culture, history and language. They are also a recognized minority in a number of neighboring countries, namely Austria, the Czech Republic, Ge ...

".Mate Božić; (2019) ''"Hrvat" i "Hrvati" – od toponima do etnonima'' ("Croat" and "Croats" - from toponyms to ethnonyms) p. 139; Pleter: Časopis udruge studenata povijesti, Vol. 3. No.

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Geography

Kraubath an der Mur lies in the central Mur (river), Mur valley between

and

Knittelfeld Knittelfeld is a city in Styria, Austria, located on the banks of the Mur river. The name of the town has become notorious for the Knittelfeld Putsch of September 7, 2002, a party meeting of the Freedom Party of Austria, which resulted in the 2 ...

References

Cities and towns in Leoben District {{Styria-geo-stub