Ratsch an der Weinstraße ( Slovene: ''Račane'') is a former municipality in the district of

Leibnitz Leibnitz (Slovenian: ''Lipnica'') is a city in the Austrian state of Styria and on 1 Jan. 2017 had a population of 12,176. It is located to the south of the city of Graz, between the Mur and Sulm rivers. The town is the capital of the Leibni ...

in the

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n state of Styria. Since the 2015 Styria municipal structural reform, it is part of the municipality

Ehrenhausen an der Weinstraße Ehrenhausen an der Weinstraße is a municipality with 2,623 residents (as of 1 January 2016) in the Leibnitz District of Styria, Austria. The municipality, Ehrenhausen an der Weinstraße, was formed as part of the Styria municipal structural re ...

.Die neue Gemeindestruktur der Steiermark
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Geography

Ratsch lies in south Styria on the

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n border.

References

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