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Styria
Styria ( ; ; ; ) is an Austrian Federal states of Austria, state in the southeast of the country. With an area of approximately , Styria is Austria's second largest state, after Lower Austria. It is bordered to the south by Slovenia, and clockwise, from the southwest, by the other Austrian states of Carinthia, Salzburg (federal state), Salzburg, Upper Austria, Lower Austria, and Burgenland. The state's capital is Graz, the second largest city in Austria after only Vienna. Name The March of Styria derived its name from the original seat of its ruling Otakars, Otakar dynasty: Steyr, in today's Upper Austria, which in turn derives its name from the namesake river of Steyr, stemming from the Celtic Stiria. In the native German the area is still called "Steiermark", while in English the Latin name "Styria" is used. Until the late 19th century however, the German name "Steyer", a slightly modernized spelling of Steyr, was also common. The ancient link between the city of Steyr and S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Graz
Graz () is the capital of the Austrian Federal states of Austria, federal state of Styria and the List of cities and towns in Austria, second-largest city in Austria, after Vienna. On 1 January 2025, Graz had a population of 306,068 (343,461 including secondary residence). In 2023, the population of the Graz larger urban zone (LUZ) stood at 660,238. Graz is known as a city of higher education, with four colleges and four universities. Combined, the city is home to more than 60,000 students. Its historic centre (''Altstadt'') is one of the best-preserved city centres in Central Europe. In 1999, the city's historic centre was added to the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites and in 2010 the designation was expanded to include Eggenberg Palace, Graz, Eggenberg Palace () on the western edge of the city. Graz was designated the Cultural Capital of Europe in 2003 and became a City of Culinary Delights in 2008. In addition, the city is recognized as a "Design Cities (UNESCO), Design City ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
March Of Styria
The March of Styria (; ; ) was a southeastern March (territorial entity), frontier march of the Holy Roman Empire, encompassing various regions around the river Mur (river), Mur. Created sometime before 970, it was broken off the larger March of Carinthia, itself a march of the Duchy of Bavaria, and established as a buffer zone against the Hungarian invasions of Europe, Hungarian invasions. In 976, it was transferred to the jurisdiction of the newly created Duchy of Carinthia. It became an Imperial State in its own right, when it was elevated to the Duchy of Styria in 1180. Name The march was known as the ''March of Styria'' from the middle of the 11th century, but before that it was originally known as the ''Carantanian march'' () since it was created in eastern regions previously attached to March of Carinthia, Carinthia proper, and since those regions were situated beyond the Koralpe mountains, it was also known as the ''Transalpine march'' (). In historiography, it is often kn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mario Kunasek
Mario Kunasek (born 29 June 1976) is an Austrian far-right politician A politician is a person who participates in Public policy, policy-making processes, usually holding an elective position in government. Politicians represent the people, make decisions, and influence the formulation of public policy. The roles ... and non-commissioned officer, who is serving as the List of governors of Styria, governor of Styria since December 2024. From December 2017 until May 2019, he was Minister of Defense (Austria), Federal Minister of National Defense of the Austria, Republic of Austria. From May 2019 until December 2024, he was a member of the Landtag Styria, provincial parliament of Styria, where he served as Freedom Party of Austria, FPÖ Klubobmann.''steiermark.orf.at: Erste Landtagssitzung nach ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Upper Styria
Upper Styria (), in the Austrian usage of the term, refers exclusively to the northwestern, generally mountainous and well-wooded half of the federal state of Styria. The southeastern half of the state around the capital of Graz is known as Central Styria (''Mittelsteiermark''), which is further divided into Eastern and Western Styria (east and west of Graz). Geography Upper Styria is separated from Central Styria by the Stubalpe and Gleinalpe ranges of the Lavanttal Alps, and the Prealps East of the Mur. It is a generally rural region characterized by agriculture and tourism, except for the area between the towns of Judenburg and Mürzzuschlag, in the valley formed by the rivers Mur and Mürz, with extensive industrial sites. The area around Altaussee in the far northwest is part of the Austrian Salzkammergut cultural landscape. The ''Obersteiermark'' region consists of five districts: * Murau * Liezen * Murtal (former Judenburg and Knittelfeld) *Leoben * Bruck-Mürzzus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Otakars
The Otakars (or von Traungaus, or Traungauer) were a medieval dynasty ruling the Imperial March of Styria (later the Duchy of Styria) from 1056 to 1192. History The dynasty began with Otakar I, probably a son or son-in-law of Aribo of Austria, Aribo (c. 850909), margrave in March of Pannonia, Pannonia under King Arnulf of Carinthia, Arnulf. Otakar was Count of Steyr in the Traun (river), Traungau, in what is today Upper Austria. Together with Margrave Luitpold, Margrave of Bavaria, Luitpold, he may have been killed at the 907 Battle of Pressburg. His descendant Ottokar I of Styria, Ottokar I (died 1064), Count in the Chiemgau, became ruler of the Carantanian march in 1056. The Carantanian march, then subject to the Duchy of Carinthia, was subsequently named March of Styria () after the dynasty's original seat at Steyr. In 1180 Margrave Ottokar IV, Duke of Styria, Ottokar IV gained the ducal title from Emperor Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor, Frederick I Barbarossa, thereby establ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Landtag Of Styria ...
The Landtag of Styria () is the elected body of the Austrian state of Styria. The last election of the Landtag was held in 2024. It has 48 seats. The current president of the Landtag is Manuela Khom. References {{Landtage of Austria Styria Styria Styria ( ; ; ; ) is an Austrian Federal states of Austria, state in the southeast of the country. With an area of approximately , Styria is Austria's second largest state, after Lower Austria. It is bordered to the south by Slovenia, and cloc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slovenia
Slovenia, officially the Republic of Slovenia, is a country in Central Europe. It borders Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the south and southeast, and a short (46.6 km) coastline within the Adriatic Sea to the southwest, which is part of the Mediterranean Sea. Slovenia is mostly mountainous and forested, covers , and has a population of approximately 2.1 million people. Slovene language, Slovene is the official language. Slovenia has a predominantly temperate continental climate, with the exception of the Slovene Littoral and the Julian Alps. Ljubljana, the capital and List of cities and towns in Slovenia, largest city of Slovenia, is geographically situated near the centre of the country. Other larger urban centers are Maribor, Ptuj, Kranj, Celje, and Koper. Slovenia's territory has been part of many different states: the Byzantine Empire, the Carolingian Empire, the Holy Roman Empire, the Kingdom of Hungary, the Republic of Venice ... [...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 * |
Liezen (district)
Bezirk Liezen (, local dialect [liːɐ̯t͡sn̩]) is a Districts of Austria, district of the States of Austria, state of Styria in Austria. It is by far the largest district in Austria, about 1.2 times the size of the next district, and is divided into two "subdistricts": Bereich Liezen, and Expositur Gröbming. On December 31, 2011 the former third subdistrict Expositur Bad Aussee was abolished. Municipalities Since the 2015 Styria municipal structural reform, it has consisted of the following municipalities: Bereich Liezen: * Admont * Aigen im Ennstal * Altaussee * Altenmarkt bei Sankt Gallen * Ardning * Bad Aussee * Bad Mitterndorf * Gaishorn am See * Grundlsee * Irdning-Donnersbachtal * Landl * Lassing * Liezen * Rottenmann * Sankt Gallen, Styria, Sankt Gallen * Selzthal * Stainach-Pürgg * Trieben * Wildalpen * Wörschach Expositur Gröbming: * Aich, Styria, Aich * Gröbming * Haus im Ennstal * Michaelerberg-Pruggern * Mitterberg-Sankt Martin * Öblarn * Ramsau am Dachst ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burgenland
Burgenland (; ; ; Bavarian language, Austro-Bavarian: ''Burgnland''; Slovene language, Slovene: ''Gradiščanska''; ) is the easternmost and least populous Bundesland (Austria), state of Austria. It consists of two statutory city (Austria), statutory cities and seven rural districts, with a total of 171 municipalities. It is long from north to south but much narrower from west to east ( wide at Sieggraben). The region is part of the Centrope Project. The name of Burgenland was invented/coined in 1922, after its territories became part of Austria. The population of Burgenland as of 1 January 2024 is 301,951. Burgenland's capital is Eisenstadt. History The territory of present-day Burgenland was successively part of the Roman Empire, the Hun Empire, the Kingdom of the Ostrogoths, the Italy, Italian Kingdom of Odoacer, the Kingdom of the Lombards, the Avar Khaganate, the Frankish Empire, Dominion Aba belonging to the Aba (family); Aba – Koszegi, the Kingdom of Hungary, the Habsburg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Freedom Party Of Austria
The Freedom Party of Austria (, FPÖ) is a political party in Austria, variously described as far-right, right-wing populist, national-conservative, and Eurosceptic. It has been led by Herbert Kickl since 2021. It is the largest of five parties in the National Council, with 57 of the 183 seats, and won 28.85% of votes cast in the 2024 election and it is represented in all nine state legislatures. On a European level, the FPÖ is a founding member of the Patriots.eu (originally the Movement for a Europe of Nations and Freedom) and its six MEPs sit with the Patriots for Europe (PfE) group following the dissolution of its predecessor, Identity and Democracy (ID). The FPÖ was founded in 1956 as the successor to the short-lived Federation of Independents (VdU), representing pan-Germanists and national liberals opposed to socialism and Catholic clericalism, represented by the Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ) and the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP), respectively. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Murtal District
Bezirk Murtal () is a Districts of Austria, district of the States of Austria, state of Styria in Austria. It was formed on January 1, 2012, through a merger of the former Judenburg District and Knittelfeld District.(30 December 2011)Steirische Fusion: „Murtal“ ab Jänner neuer Bezirk ''Oberösterreichische Nachrichten'' (in German) Municipalities Since the 2015 Styria municipal structural reform, it consists of the following municipalities: * Fohnsdorf * Gaal, Styria, Gaal * Hohentauern * Judenburg * Knittelfeld * Kobenz * Lobmingtal * Obdach * Pöls-Oberkurzheim * Pölstal * Pusterwald * Sankt Georgen ob Judenburg * Sankt Marein-Feistritz * Sankt Margarethen bei Knittelfeld, St Margarethen * Sankt Peter ob Judenburg * Seckau * Spielberg, Styria, Spielberg bei Knittelfeld * Unzmarkt-Frauenburg * Weißkirchen in Steiermark * Zeltweg References {{DEFAULTSORT:Murtal (District) Murtal District, Districts of Styria ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
