Sinabelkirchen is a
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
in the district of
Weiz
Weiz () is a town in the eastern part of the Austrian 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 sec ...
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 ...
n state of
Styria.
Geography
Sinablekirchen lies in the Ilz valley in the middle of the
east Styrian hills The East Styrian Hill Country or East Styrian Hills (german: Oststeirisches Hügelland or ''Oststeirisches Riedelland''), is a rolling, hill country region, known as '' Hügelland'', in the southeast of the Austrian state of Styria.
Geography
Th ...
. The municipality covers an area of 37.09 square kilometers (14,32 square miles) and is accessible via the South Autobahn A2, making it easily reachable from
Graz and other nearby cities.
History
Human habitation in the vicinity of Sinabelkirchen traces back to ancient eras, marked by traces of settlements dating back to
prehistoric times
Prehistory, also known as pre-literary history, is the period of human history between the use of the first stone tools by hominins 3.3 million years ago and the beginning of recorded history with the invention of writing systems. The use of ...
. Nonetheless, recorded history of Sinabelkirchen commences circa the
12th century.
References
Cities and towns in Weiz District
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