Knittelfeld is a

city A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Social Science Encyclopedia''. 2nd edition. London: Routledge. It can be def ...

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 ...

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 ...

, located on the banks of the Mur river. The name of the town has become notorious for the Knittelfeld Putsch of September 7, 2002, a party meeting of the Freedom Party of Austria, which resulted in the 2002 Austrian elections.

Notable residents

The following are past and present notable residents of Knittelfeld. *

Klaus Ambrosch Klaus Ambrosch (born 23 May 1973 in Knittelfeld) is an Austrian decathlete. His personal best result was 8122 points, achieved in July 2001 at the Hypo-Meeting in Götzis Götzis is a town in the western Austrian state of Vorarlberg. The Alpine ...

(*1973), decathlete *

Gert Hofbauer Gert Hofbauer (born 13 March 1937 in Knittelfeld, Styria, died 4 August 2017 in Marz) was an Austrian conductor and trumpeter. Born in Knittelfeld, Hofbauer studied the trumpet in Graz in 1958 and in 1960 at the University of Music and Per ...

(*1937), musician and conductor * Marcel Ritzmaier (*1993), football player *

Stefan Rucker Stefan Rucker (born 20 January 1980 in Knittelfeld) is an Austrian former professional racing cyclist. Major results ;2001 : 2nd Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships ;2004 : 3rd Raiffeisen Grand Prix ;2005 : 2nd National Hill Climb ...

(*1980), cyclist *

Andi Siebenhofer Andi (Andreas) Siebenhofer, born on 7 January 1977 in Knittelfeld, Styria, Austria is a former Austrian extreme sports athlete and entrepreneur. Life Siebenhofer grew up in a working-class family in Kobenz, near the Styrian city of Knittelf ...

(*1977), extreme sports athlete and entrepreneur * Karl Troll (1923–1977), politician *

Lizzi Waldmüller Lizzi Waldmüller (25 May 1904 in Knittelfeld, Styria – 8 April 1945 in Vienna) was an Austrian singer and actress whose breakthrough to stardom came through her role as Rachel in the Willi Forst movie ''Bel Ami'' in 1939. Waldmüller had h ...

(1904–1945), actress *

Zoran Lerchbacher Zoran Lerchbacher (born 30 May 1972) is an Austrian professional darts player from Graz, Austria currently playing in the Professional Darts Corporation. Career Lerchbacher qualified for the 2014 PDC World Darts Championship and won 4–1 in th ...

(*1972), darts player *

Hermann Lichtenegger Hermann Lichtenegger (born September 14, 1900 in Knittelfeld, Styria, † March 11, 1984 in Vienna) was an Austrian socialist trade unionist, KPÖ politician, and an Under-Secretary of State for Industry, Commerce, Trade, and Traffic in the post-war ...

(1900-1984), resistance fighter, politician, Under Secretary of State *

Harald Proczyk Harald "Hari" Proczyk (born 9 November 1975) is an Austrian racing driver currently competing in the TCR International Series. Having previously competed in the ADAC TCR Germany Series, Blancpain Sprint Series & ADAC GT Masters amongst others ...

(*1975), racing driver

References

External links

Official website

Pictures of and information about Knittelfeld in English
Cities and towns in Murtal District {{Styria-geo-stub