Oberzeiring is a former municipality in the district of
Murtal 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 ...
. Since the 2015
Styria municipal structural reform
The Styria municipal structural reform (German: ''Steiermärkische Gemeindestrukturreform'') was a local government reform in the Austrian state of Styria, which was made effective January 1, 2015. This reform nearly halved the number of Styrian ...
, it is part of the municipality
Pölstal
Pölstal is a market town since 2015 in the Murtal District of Styria, Austria.
The municipality, Pölstal, was created as part of the Styria municipal structural reform,
at the end of 2014, by merging the former towns Oberzeiring, Bretstein ...
.
Tauern Wind Park
The Tauern Wind Park near Oberzeiring was the highest wind farm in the world at 1900m elevation when it began operating in 2002.
The Wind Park consists of 13
Vestas V66-1.75
MW wind turbine
A wind turbine is a device that converts the kinetic energy of wind into electrical energy. Hundreds of thousands of large turbines, in installations known as wind farms, now generate over 650 gigawatts of power, with 60 GW added each year. ...
s,
to be
repowered by nine V112-3.45 MW turbines.
The operator provides guided tours.
Gallery
Image:Oberzeiring in JU.png, Map showing area of the Municipality Oberzeiring in the District Judenburg
Judenburg ( bar, Judnbuag) is a historic town in Styria, Austria.
It is the administrative centre of the Murtal district, which was created on 1 January 2012 from the former Judenburg District and former Knittelfeld District. Until 31 December ...
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 ...
Image:Tauernwindpark2 am Schönberg, Oberzeiring.jpg, Vestas V66-1.75 MW wind turbine
A wind turbine is a device that converts the kinetic energy of wind into electrical energy. Hundreds of thousands of large turbines, in installations known as wind farms, now generate over 650 gigawatts of power, with 60 GW added each year. ...
s of the Tauern Wind Park near Oberzeiring
Image:Tauernwindpark.jpg, Tauern Wind Park
Image:Tauernwind panorama wind park oberzeiring.jpg, Cattle grazing in front of the Tauern Wind Park
Image:Kanonenwasser-windpark.JPG, Pond for snow cannons near the Tauern Wind Park
References
Styria
Rottenmann and Wölz Tauern
Cities and towns in Murtal District
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