Rohrbach an der Lafnitz is a municipality in

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 ...

, Austria. It is in the judicial district of Hartberg and the political district of Hartberg-Fürstenfeld.

Geography

Rohrbach an der Lafnitz is in the Joglland, approximately north of the city of Hartberg. It is located where the River Limbach joins the

Lafnitz Lafnitz () is a municipality in the district of Hartberg-Fürstenfeld in Styria Styria (german: Steiermark ; Serbo-Croatian and sl, ; hu, Stájerország) is a state (''Bundesland'') in the southeast of Austria. With an area of , Styria ...

. The municipality is too small to be subdivided.

Transport

Rohrbach an der Lafnitz has good transportation connections. The Wechsel Straße (B 54) between Wiener Neustadt and Hartberg passes through it, and the Süd Autobahn between Vienna and

Graz Graz (; sl, Gradec) is the capital city of the Austrian state of Styria and second-largest city in Austria after Vienna. As of 1 January 2021, it had a population of 331,562 (294,236 of whom had principal-residence status). In 2018, the popul ...

passes approximately away. The Rohrbach-Vorau station on the Thermenbahn provides a rail connection to Vienna and Hartberg. The

and Vienna airports are both approximately away.

Education

The municipality has a kindergarten, a Volksschule and a Neue Mittelschule.

Registered landmarks

*The Roman Catholic parish church of

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, built overlooking the town in 1959–1961, was designed by

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and contains a triptych stained glass window by

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. *The so-called Zeilbrücke is a

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truss bridge carrying the Thermenbahn across the Lafnitz valley. The bridge is shared between Eichberg, Rohrbach and

Schlag bei Thalberg Schlag bei Thalberg is a former municipality in the district of Hartberg-Fürstenfeld in Styria, Austria. At the 2015 Styria municipal structural reform, it was divided between the municipalities Dechantskirchen and Rohrbach an der Lafnitz Rohrb ...

; the centre of the river constitutes the border between the latter two.

Notable residents

* Hans Gross (1930–1992) was made an honorary citizen of Rohrbach an der Lafnitz in 1984.

References

External links

Cities and towns in Hartberg-Fürstenfeld District {{Styria-geo-stub