Liezen ( Central Bavarian: ''Liezn'') is a municipality in the Austrian federal 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 second largest state of Austria, after Lower Austria. Styria is bordered to ...

, district capital of the district of the same name and economic center on the

River Enns The Enns (, ) is a southern tributary of the river Danube, joining northward at Enns, Austria. The Enns spans , in a flat-J-shape. It flows from its source near the village Flachau, generally eastward through Radstadt, Schladming, and Liezen, then ...

Population

Politics

Since 1995, the left-wing SPÖ party has held an absolute majority in the local council. As of the 2015 local elections, the SPÖ holds 13 out of 25 seats on the council, the ÖVP has 6, the FPÖ has 3, a local party known as Die LIEB has 2, and

Die Grünen Die Grünen (German for "the Greens") may refer to: *The Greens – The Green Alternative The Greens – The Green Alternative (german: Die Grünen – Die Grüne Alternative, ) is a green political party in Austria. The party was founded in 19 ...

has 1.

Economy

A large mechanical engineering plant, ''

Maschinenfabrik Liezen und Gießerei Maschinenfabrik Liezen und Gießerei GesmbH is a foundry and mechanical engineering company based in Liezen, Austria. The company's origins date to 1939 when a factory was established in Liezen for war materials production. Post WWII the company " ...

'', is located in the east of the town; it was connected to the " Noricum scandal" in the 1980s due to the illegal export of armaments. As of 2012, the company remained a large employer.

Popular culture

In the adventure novel series by

Gérard de Villiers Gérard de Villiers (; 8 December 1929 – 31 October 2013) was a French writer, journalist and publisher whose ''SAS'' series of spy novels have been major bestsellers. Life Born in Paris in 1929, Villiers was the son of playwright Jacques ...

, Schloss Liezen is the home of the principal character Prince Malko Linge. However, this fictional castle is situated on the , with most of its estates over the border in Hungary.

References

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