Graz

Graz (Slovenien: Gradec) is, with more than 250.000 inhabitants (more than 320.000 for the agglomeration), the second plus big city of Austria, capital of the province of Styrie ( German Steiermark in ). The city is located at the south-east of the country and is crossed by the Mur. It is an important university town since it counts more than 35.000 students, and the library of its university is the largest scientific library of Styrie and the third of Austria. In 1540, Eggenberg founded the Paradies , or school Lutheran, in which Johannes Kepler taught later.

The archduke Charles II of Austria Intérieure burned 20.000 Protestant books in the square of what is nowadays an asylum of mentally ills and succeeds in giving Styrie under the authority of Rome. Nikola Tesla studied electric engineering at the polytechnic school in 1875. The prize winner of the Nobel Prize Otto Loewi taught of 1909 to 1938. Erwin Schrödinger was briefly the chancellor of the University in 1936. A little later a small concentration camp was installed not far from Graz by the Nazis and he flees.

The name Graz is derived from the Slavic word grad for castle; gradec , marked “gradets”, means “small castle”. Moreover Gradec is always the Slovenien name of Graz. Graz was built around the hill of the Schloßberg. The first mention is in a document of 881 then became the residence of the local authority. The privileges of the old charter was confirmed by Rudolph I in 1281. With a strategic situation at the entry of the fertile valley of the Wall, Graz was often besieged without success: by the Hungarian under Matthias Corvinus in 1481, and by the Othoman Turks in 1529 and 1532.

In 1970, it accommodates the fourth festival Europa Cantat.

Common neighbors

  • in north: Gratkorn, Stattegg, Weinitzen
  • in the east: Kainbach EIB Graz, Binder EIB Graz, Raaba
  • in the south: Feldkirchen EIB Graz, Seiersberg
  • in the west: Attendorf, Thal, Judendorf-Straßengel

Geographical organization of the city

The town of Graz is divided into 17 districts:

Culture and curiosities

  • Visit in 3D

  • Grazer Schloßberg
  • Grazer Uhrturm
  • Grazer Kunsthaus
  • Murinsel (von Vito Acconci)
  • Funicular of Schloßberg
  • Landeszeughaus, or Arsenal. Remarkable by its single collection of weapons and armours.
  • Opera
  • House of the inheritance
  • Cathedral with its fresco external of the plagues
  • Mausoleum
  • Town square (the " Hauptplatz) with its houses with the frontages decorated with stuccos
  • Sporgasse (old street of manufacturing spurs)
  • Schloß Eggenberg
  • Town hall (the " Rathaus")
  • Place of the chime
  • the Palate Saurau
  • Universities:
    • Karl-Franzens-Universität
    • Technische Universität
    • Fachhochschule Joanneum

  • Ruin ''' Gösting ''': Strong castle in the north of the city, which controlled the valley of the Mur in the north of Graz. It was destroyed in 1723 by the lightning, and its ruins became a destination very appraisal of the hikers.

  • Church St Veit
  • Church ''' St Leonhard ''': old church in the East of the city, recognized officially for the first time in 1361.
  • Church ''' Herz Jesu ''': church of the blazing Gothic, equipped with the third higher tower of church in Austria, it was built of 1881 with 1887.
  • '''Heilandskriche''' : Evangelic church on the Kaiser-Josef-Platz (place of the Joseph Emperor) (1824).

Event-driven places

The event-driven places most important:

  • Kunsthaus Graz

  • Stadthalle Graz
  • Grazer Oper, Schauspielhaus, NextLiberty und Orpheum
  • Helmut-List-Market
  • Grazer Stadtmuseum
  • Cathedral in the mountain
  • PC
  • Postgarage

Economy

Graz has an airport with Thalerhof (code AITA: GRZ).

companies resident

Some companies of international influence having their seat in Graz:

  • Bankhaus Krentschker & Co AG

  • Magna Steyr
  • AVL
  • Andritz AG
  • austriamicrosystems
  • Infineon Technologies
  • Siemens AG
  • DaimlerChrysler in Graz

Personalities

Characters of being able

Characters of culture and science

Sport

  • Steirische Flugsportunion (Segelflug)

  • SK Sturm Graz (Football)
  • Liebherr GAK (Football)
  • EC. Graz 99ers (Hockey)
  • Kulturmarathon (Laufveranstaltung)
  • Grazer Altstadtkriterium (Radrennen)

Twinnings

  • (contract of 1957)

    • There exists also a twinning between B (R) G Carneri (college and college) of Graz and two colleges of Cannes: the Gerard-Philippe College and the College of Vallergues which makes it possible pupils of the two countries to accomplish language course abroad.

External bonds

  • satellite Localization of Graz on WikiMapia
  • official site
  • Pages of Graz (Fr, in, of, it, if)
  • tourism 1
  • tourism 2
  • Hotels technical Graz
  • university
  • university Charles-François
  • university of medicine
  • Pictures from Graz

Simple: Graz

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