Innere Stadt () is the 1st district of the

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n city of

Graz Graz (; sl, Gradec) is the capital city of the Austrian state of Styria and second-largest city in Austria after Vienna. As of 1 January 2021, it had a population of 331,562 (294,236 of whom had principal-residence status). In 2018, the popul ...

, capital of the federal state of Styria. It is the part of the Old Town (in

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: Altstadt) containing the Schloßberg and the city park (''Stadtpark''). The district borders are formed by the

Mur river The Mur () or Mura (; ; ; Prekmurje Slovene: ''Müra''Novak, Vilko. 2006. ''Slovar stare knjižne prekmurščine''. Ljubljana: ZRC SAZU, pp. 262, 269. or ''Möra'') is a river in Central Europe rising in the Hohe Tauern national park of th ...

between Radetzkybrücke and Keplerbrücke, the Wickenburggasse, the Glacis, Jakominiplatz and the Radetzkystraße. The district covers an area of 1.16 km² and -as of 2011- has a population of 3,545. In 1999, the Old Town was declared a

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History

For the most part, the history of the ''Innere Stadt'' is the history of

Points of interest

* Antoniuskirche *

Burg The German word Burg means castle. Burg or Bürg may refer to: Places Placename element * ''-burg'', a combining form in Dutch, German and English placenames * Burg, a variant of burh, the fortified towns of Saxon England Settlements * Burg, Aar ...

* Deutschritterordenshaus * Dom and Mausoleum * Dreifaltigkeitskirche * Franziskanerkirche * Glockenspielplatz * Hauptplatz *

Herrengasse The Herrengasse (meaning in German language: "Street of the Lords" or "Lords Lane") is a street in Vienna, located in the first district Innere Stadt. History The street existed during Roman times as part of the limes highway system. The first w ...

* Landhaus *

Landeszeughaus The Styrian Armoury (german: Landeszeughaus), in the Austrian city of Graz, is the world's largest historic armoury and attracts visitors from all over the world. It holds approximately 32,000 pieces of weaponry, tools, suits of armour for battl ...

Murinsel The Murinsel ( German, literally ''Mur island'') in Graz, Austria, is an artificial floating "island" in the middle of the Mur river and links the two banks on both sides. At night the blue navigation lights that surround the structure light u ...

* Opernhaus * Rathaus * Sackstraße * Schauspielhaus * Schloßberg * Sporgasse * Stadtpark * Stadtpfarrkirche *

Universalmuseum Joanneum The Universalmuseum Joanneum is a multidisciplinary museum with buildings in several locations in the province of Styria, Austria. It has galleries and collections in many subject areas including archaeology, geology, paleontology, mineralogy, b ...

References

External links

Website of the city of Graz

UNESCO World Heritage Centre entry
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