Spielfeld (
Slovene: ''Å pilje'') 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
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
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 ...
. 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
Straß in Steiermark
Straß in Steiermark is a municipality in the district of Leibnitz in the Austrian state of Styria.
Geography
Straß in Steiermark is situated in the south of Styria, on the border with Slovenia.
Constituent parts of Straß municipality
The ...
.
Die neue Gemeindestruktur der Steiermark
/ref> It was an Austria-Slovenia border crossing checkpoint until 21 December 2007, when all immigration and customs checks ended after Slovenia joined the Schengen Area
The Schengen Area ( , ) is an area comprising 27 European countries that have officially abolished all passport and all other types of border control at their mutual borders. Being an element within the wider area of freedom, security and j ...
. The Slovene town opposite Spielfeld is Å entilj.
In 2015, a new Austrian border barrier Austrian border barriers are border barriers and migration management facilities constructed by Austria between November 2015 and January 2016 on its border with Slovenia and in 2016 on its border with Italy, as a response to European migrant crisi ...
was erected at Spielfeld.
Gallery
File:Austria spielfeld.jpg, Pre-Schengen
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passport stamp
File:Austria spielfeld autobahn.jpg, Pre-Schengen
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Autobahn border passport stamp
File:Spielfeld passport stamp.jpg, Passport stamp (before Slovenia joined the Schengen Area
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)
References
Austria–Slovenia border crossings
Cities and towns in Leibnitz District
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