Voitsberg
   HOME

TheInfoList



OR:

Voitsberg () is a small city in the district of Voitsberg in Styria,
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 ...
, with a population of c. 9,700 . It grew upon the St. Margaret church at the Tregistbach river and was first mentioned in 1220 as Civitas. Remains of the Greisenegg palace and Obervoitsberg castle can be seen. Other objects of interest are its Cityhall Voitsberg, designed by architect Arik Brauer.


Transport

Voitsberg is connected by rail to
Köflach Köflach is a small city in the district of Voitsberg in the Austrian state of Styria, at the foot of the Stubalpe mountain. The town has a federal stud in the village of Piber that supplies the Lipizzaner horses to the famous Spanish Riding Sch ...
and Styria's capital city Graz.


Twin towns

*
San Martino Buon Albergo San Martino Buon Albergo is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Verona in the Italian region Veneto, located about west of Venice and about east of Verona. San Martino Buon Albergo borders the following municipalities: Caldiero, Lav ...
, Italy


References

Cities and towns in Voitsberg District {{Styria-geo-stub