Maria Lankowitz is a small market township near
Köflach in the district of
Voitsberg
Voitsberg () is a small city in the district of Voitsberg in Styria, Austria, 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 p ...
in the
Austrian state of
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 to ...
, at the foot of the Stubalpe mountain.
History
Maria Lankowitz was first mentioned in records in 1415. The 15th-century church is the most important Styrian place of pilgrimage after
Mariazell.
Economy
On the mountain pastures, where the
Lipizzaner horses to the
Spanish Riding School in
Vienna graze in summer, there are ski pistes and cross-country ski runs. The former
coal mines have been turned into a lake and a golf course.
References
Cities and towns in Voitsberg District
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