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Kapfenberg
Kapfenberg () is a city in the Bruck-Mürzzuschlag district of the Austrian state of Styria. It lies in the valley of the Mürz river in central Austria. With an estimated population of 22,080 individuals in 2024, it is the third largest city in Styria. The 13th century Oberkapfenberg castle hosts the annual Ritterfest ("knights festival"). Geography Kapfenberg is a city in the Bruck-Mürzzuschlag district of the Austrian state of Styria. It lies in the valley of the Mürz river near the Eastern Alps. The city incorporates 15 settlements, the largest of which is Hafendorf. The Oberkapfenberg castle near the town was built in the 12th century by the Lords of Stubenberg and expanded in the 15th century. The castle went to a dilapidated condition in the 17th century before being restored in the 19th century. In 1992, it was purchased by the municipality of Kapfenberg, and it hosts the annual Ritterfest ("knights festival"). Demographics With an estimated population of 22,080 i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Österreichische Basketball Bundesliga
The Austrian Basketball Bundesliga (in German: Österreichische Basketball Bundesliga) was the top men's professional basketball league in Austria. Until the 2004–05 season, the league was known as the A-Liga (A-League) and then until the 2008–09 season it was called the Österreichische Basketball Bundesliga (ÖBL). From 2008 to 2019, it was named the Admiral Basketball League, after the league's main sponsor, Admiral Sportwetten. In 2019, the competition was replaced by the Austrian Basketball Superliga. Competition format In the current season each team plays the other nine teams four times, creating a 36-game regular-season schedule. After that, the top six teams move on. The two semi-finals winners meet in a best-of-seven championship series. Clubs Title holders * 1946–47 WAC * 1947–48 Not held * 1948–49 Admira Wien * 1949–50 Post Wien * 1950–51 Wiener Sportclub * 1951–52 Handelsministerium * 1952–53 Union Babenberg * 1953–54 Union Babenberg * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kapfenberger SV
Kapfenberger SV is an Austrian association football club from Kapfenberg, Styria. They won the 2007–08 Austrian Football First League and were promoted to the Austrian Bundesliga. The club was founded in 1919 as ''Kapfenberger SC''. The name of the team is often abbreviated to Kapfenberg. The club was renamed Kapfenberger SV in 1947 and currently play in the Austrian Second League, the second level of Austrian football. Current squad Coaches * Ismail Atalan – head coach * Mario Grgić – assistant coach * Matthias Götzinger – goalkeeper coach Historical list of coaches * ''Unknown'' (1919–1946) * Josef Blum (1946–1947) * ''Unknown'' (1947–1951) * Hans Walch (1951–1952) * Josef Blum (1952–1953) * Adolf Preiner (1953–1956) * ''Unknown'' (1956–1961) * Siegfried Joksch (1961–1964) * Alfred Sezemsky (1964–1967) * ''Unknown'' (1967–1973) * Hermann Stessl (1973–1975) * Wilhelm Huberts (1975-197 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kapfenberg Bulls
Kapfenberg Bulls, also known simply as Bulls, is a professional basketball club that is based in Kapfenberg, Styria, Austria. The team plays in the Austrian Basketball Superliga. The Bulls have won seven national championships, four Austrian Cups and five Supercups. Founded in 1976, the team plays its home games in the Sporthalle Walfersam. History Between 1991 and 2019, the Kapfenberg Bulls played in the Österreichische Basketball Bundesliga. Between 2001 and 2004, the club had its most successful era, with 4 national domestic league championships in a row. They won their last national title in 2007 ( Austrian Basketball Cup). In 2009, they came in third in the Central European Basketball League, which is the best result of an Austrian basketball team in an international tournament. In 2017, the Kapfenberg Bulls conquered its fifth national domestic league championship, 13 years after their previous one, and repeated success in the next season. The team joined the Austria ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franz Fekete Stadium
Franz Fekete Stadion is a multipurpose stadium in Kapfenberg, Austria. It is used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of Kapfenberger SV. The stadium was constructed in 1950, and currently holds 9,640 people. It was named in 2001 after long time Mayor Franz Fekete (1921-2009). History The opening game was played against Austria Vienna who beat the home side 8–1. The stadium held the 1994, 1995 and 1996 Austrian Supercup finals. In the 1996/97 Grazer AK played a large number of their home games at the stadium. They also played their three home games in the UEFA Cup in Kapfenberg, with the game against Inter Milan Football Club Internazionale Milano, commonly referred to as Internazionale () or simply Inter, and colloquially known as Inter Milan in English-speaking countries, is an Italian professional Association football, football List of football ... played in front of 11,000 spectators. References Football venues in Austria Kapfenberger ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Pilz
Peter Pilz (born 22 January 1954) is an Austrian politician ( JETZT). From 1986 to 2017, he was a member of the Austrian Green Party. Political career Born in Kapfenberg, Styria, Pilz was a member of the Austrian Parliament (''Nationalrat'') between 1986 and 1991, 1999 and 2017, and between 2018 and 2019. From 1992 to 1994 he also was federal spokesperson of the Greens. His main area of interest is legal matters and political corruption. Commonly known wearing a black jacket and a red, grey or green T-shirt, he was the first Austrian politician to keep a blog on the Internet. In January 2005, Pilz made international news when he called for Arnold Schwarzenegger to be stripped of his Austrian citizenship. As Governor of California, Schwarzenegger had refused to intercede in the execution of a convicted murderer, Donald Beardslee. Pilz pointed to an Austrian law which prohibits any Austrian from taking part in, or ordering, an execution. A few months later, Pilz claimed that a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Nehr
Peter Nehr (born June 29, 1952) is an Austrian-born American politician and former Republican member of the Florida House of Representatives who represented the 48th District of Florida from 2006 to 2012. Biography Personal life Peter Nehr was born in Kapfenberg, Austria, on June 29, 1952, and began his education at the St. Petersburg Junior College, now known as St. Petersburg College. He completed a Bachelor of Science Degree in Political Science at the University of South Florida. He owned a flag shop in Tarpon Springs, Florida, but filed for personal bankruptcy, facing a more than $300,000 cash shortfall. In the spring of 2011, Nehr chose to close Fun City Sweepstakes in Palm Harbor, which he owned, after the Pinellas County Sheriff threatened to shut it down as a gambling establishment. Political career Beginning in 2002, Nehr served two terms as City Commissioner for the city of Tarpon Springs, Florida, and on the Board of Directors of the Tarpon Springs Historical S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melitta Breznik
Melitta Breznik (born 1961 in Kapfenberg) is a senior doctor, specializing in psychiatry and a writer of novels and short stories. She was born in southern Austria, though most of her professional life has been spent in Switzerland. Melitta Breznik studied medicine in Graz and Innsbruck which is where she obtained her doctorate. She was a senior doctor at the Psychiatric Clinic in Cazis (south of Chur), at the Private Psychiatric Clinic at the Zürichberg and at the Hohenegg Psychiatric Clinic in Meilen. Between 2004 and 2009 she had her own medical business focused on psychiatry and psychotherapy at Chur. Most recently she headed up the Anthroposophic Psychosomatic Rehabilitation Clinic at Badenweiler Badenweiler (High Alemannic: ''Badewiler'') is a health resort and spa in the Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald district of Baden-Württemberg, Germany, historically in the Markgräflerland. It is 28 kilometers by road and rail from Basel, 10 kilome ... on the south-western tip of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruth Feldgrill-Zankel
Ruth Feldgrill-Zankel (born 15 September 1942) is an Austrian politician and former Federal Minister of the Environment, Youth and Family. Feldgrill-Zankel was born in Kapfenberg, Styria, in 1942. She briefly studied abroad at North Phoenix High School in Arizona. She obtained a diploma in commercial studies at Vienna's in 1965. She later worked as a journalist and became involved in politics. From 1987 she was a member of the city council of Graz for the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP). She was part of the cabinet of Chancellor Franz Vranitzky Franz Vranitzky (; born 4 October 1937) is an Austrian politician. A member of the Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ), he was Chancellor of Austria from 1986 to 1997. Early life and career As the son of a foundryman, Vranitzky was born in ... from 5 March 1991 until 25 November 1992. Following that post, she was deputy mayor of Graz until 1998. References External links * 1942 births Living people People from Styri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
European Team Chess Championship
The European Team Championship (often abbreviated in texts and games databases as ''ETC'') is an international team chess event, eligible for the participation of European nations whose chess federations are located in zones 1.1 to 1.9. This more or less accords with the wider definition of Europe used in other events such as the Eurovision Song Contest The Eurovision Song Contest (), often known simply as Eurovision, is an international Music competition, song competition organised annually by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) among its members since 1956. Each participating broadcaster ... and includes Israel, Russia and the former Soviet States. The competition is run under the auspices of the European Chess Union (ECU). Championship history The idea was conceived in the early 1950s, when chess organisers became aware of the need for another international team event. Consequently, a men-only Championship was devised and held every four years, with the intention of fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruck-Mürzzuschlag District
Bruck-Mürzzuschlag () is a district in Styria, Austria. It came into effect on January 1, 2013, when the merging of the districts Bruck an der Mur and Mürzzuschlag occurred. Just 2 years later, on 1 January 2015, the district was restructured in the Styria municipal structural reform and reduced from 37 to 19 towns. It consists of the following 19 municipalities: . ''bh-bruck-muerzzuschlag.steiermark.at''. Gemeinden des Bezirkes Bruck-Mürzzuschlag * Aflenz * Breitenau am Hochlantsch * |
Ernst Kovacic
Ernst Kovacic (born 12 April 1943 in Kapfenberg, Styria) is an Austrian violinist and conductor. Studies Ernst Kovacic studied violin, piano and organ at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna and took composition lessons there. He has been teaching at the university since 1975. In 1971 he won first prize in the violin section of the Maria Canals International Music Competition, and in 1972 he won third prize in the ARD International Music Competition in Munich. Kovacic plays a violin by Giovanni Battista Guadagnini from 1753. New music Kovacic is a performer of new music. Contemporary composers such as Ernst Krenek, Friedrich Cerha, Georg Friedrich Haas, Johannes Maria Staud, Beat Furrer, Robin Holloway, Nigel Osborne, Helmut Eder, Iván Eröd, Gerhard Präsent, Kurt Schwertsik, Karlheinz Essl junior, and others have composed works for him. Performance collaborations Kovacic has played with ensembles such as the Northern Sinfonia, Britten Sinfonia, S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Austrian Bundesliga
The Bundesliga ( , "Federal League"), also known as Admiral Bundesliga for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Austria and the highest level of the Austrian football league system. The competition decides the Austrian Austrian champions (football), national football champions, as well the country's entrants for the various European cups run by UEFA. The Austrian Bundesliga, which began in the 1974–75 Austrian Football Bundesliga, 1974–75 season, has been a separate registered association since 1 December 1991. It has been won the most by the two Viennese giants FK Austria Wien, Austria Wien, who were national champions 24 times, and SK Rapid Wien, Rapid Wien, who won the national title 32 times. The current champions are SK Sturm Graz. Phillip Thonhauser is president of the Austrian Bundesliga. The Austrian Football Bundesliga is currently known as ''Admiral Bundesliga'' for sponsorship reasons. History 1900–1938 Football has been played ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
