Spielberg (formerly: Spielberg bei Knittelfeld)
is a city located in the
Bezirk
The German term ''Bezirk'' (plural ''Bezirke'', derived from la, circulus, "circle") translated as "district" can refer to the following types of administrative divisions:
* '' Stadtbezirk'', a subdivision of a city in the sense of a borough (e ...
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 ...
.
General
The city of Spielberg, with a population of about 5,000 inhabitants, is located north of the
Mur in the east of
Aichfeld, between the cities of
Zeltweg
Zeltweg is a town in Styria, Austria. It is located in the Aichfeld basin of the Mur River in Upper Styria. Larger municipalities in the vicinity are Judenburg, Knittelfeld and Fohnsdorf.
History
Some farms were recorded at Zeltweg in the Duchy ...
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 ...
. The municipal area of Knittelfeld has grown together with a part of the township. From 1986 to 2009 Spielberg was a
Marktgemeinde
A market town is a settlement most common in Europe that obtained by custom or royal charter, in the Middle Ages, a market right, which allowed it to host a regular market; this distinguished it from a village or city. In Britain, small rural ...
. On October 1, 2009 it became a “Stadtgemeinde”. Within the district you can find both municipal and countrified mintages.
Structure
The township is made up of 9
Katastralgemeinden. Pausendorf is the biggest Katastralgemeinde of 1500 inhabitants. The Katastralgemeinde Spielberg is only a small part of the township, but it gives its title to the whole municipality.
* Einhörn
* Laing
* Lind
* Maßweg
* Pausendorf
* Sachendorf
* Schönberg
* Spielberg
* Weyern
Politics
The
SPÖ
The Social Democratic Party of Austria (german: Sozialdemokratische Partei Österreichs , SPÖ), founded and known as the Social Democratic Workers' Party of Austria (german: link=no, Sozialdemokratische Arbeiterpartei Österreichs, SDAPÖ) unti ...
has been the dominant position of the township since 1960, when the countrified township became a municipality. This was triggered when a number of industrial firms moved to the township, above all the ''Austria Antriebstechnik AG (ATB)''.
Economy
Spielberg is home to the
Red Bull Ring
The Red Bull Ring is a motorsport race track in Spielberg, Styria, Austria.
The race circuit was founded as Österreichring (translation: Austrian Circuit) and hosted the Austrian Grand Prix for 18 consecutive years, from to . It was later sh ...
(formerly known as A1-Ring and Österreichring). From 1970 until 1987 and from 1997 until 2003 the
Grand Prix of Austria took place there. In 2014, it returned to the Formula 1 calendar. In 2020 the first 2 races of the delayed F1 season took place there: the
Austrian GP and the
Styrian GP. In 2021, following the postponement of the
Turkish GP, a second race, the
Styrian GP, was held one week before the
Austrian GP.
References
External links
*
ATB(Spielberg's most important employer)
Regionalbus Aichfeld(public transportation in Spielberg)
Cities and towns in Murtal District
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