Fischbach () is a municipality in the district of

Weiz Weiz () is a town in the eastern part of the Austrian state of 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, ...

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 ...

Austria Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine Federal states of Austria, states, of which the capital Vienna is the List of largest cities in Aust ...

. It has 1530 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2021). On 27 February 2003, it was officially recognized as a climatic spa (

Luftkurort Luftkurort (), literally meaning 'air spa', is a title given to towns or cities in Austria, Switzerland, and Germany which are Destination spa, health resorts which have a climate and air quality which is considered beneficial to health and recove ...

) by the Styrian government. Fischbach is the highest place in East Styria.

Geography

Fischbach is a town in the Fischbacher Alpen and is located about northwest of

Birkfeld Birkfeld is a market town in the district of Weiz in the Austrian state of 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 la ...

and about air-line distance from the district capital

. The maximum north-south extension as well as the maximum east-west extension are each about . The municipality covers an area of . At , the Teufelstein (

Fischbach Alps The Fischbach Alps () are part of the Prealps East of the Mur. Location and countryside The Fischbach Alps are a gentle, elongated mountain range in the Alps, with the character of a low mountain range and covered in forests and Alpine meadows ...

) is the highest elevation in the municipality. The lowest point in the municipality is in the valley of the river Feistritz ( Feistritztal) at . The Feistritz forms part of the eastern border and the Fischbach forest prevents a view from the town center down into the valley. In the south, the Hinterleiten forest is cut through by the Waisenbach. In the west runs the ridge of the Fischbach Alps, over which the saddle "Auf der Schanz" leads.

References

Cities and towns in Weiz District Fischbach Alps {{Styria-geo-stub