Spielberg (formerly: Spielberg bei Knittelfeld)
is a city located in the
Bezirk
The German language, German term (; Grammatical number#Overview, pl. ; derived from , "circle") translated as "district" can refer to the following types of administrative divisions:
* , a subdivision of a city in the sense of a borough (e ...
Murtal in
Styria
Styria ( ; ; ; ) is an Austrian Federal states of Austria, state in the southeast of the country. With an area of approximately , Styria is Austria's second largest state, after Lower Austria. It is bordered to the south by Slovenia, and cloc ...
,
Austria
Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine Federal states of Austria, states, of which the capital Vienna is the List of largest cities in Aust ...
.
General
The city of Spielberg, with a population of about 5,000 inhabitants, is located north of the
Mur in the east of
Aichfeld, between the cities of
Zeltweg
Zeltweg () is a town in Styria, Austria. It is located in the Aichfeld basin of the Mur River in Upper Styria. Larger municipalities in the vicinity are Judenburg, Knittelfeld and Fohnsdorf.
History
Some farms were recorded at Zeltweg in the Du ...
and
Knittelfeld
Knittelfeld () is a city in Styria, Austria, located on the banks of the Mur River, 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 resul ...
. The urban area of Knittelfeld has grown together with part of the urban area of Spielberg. From 1986 to 2009 Spielberg was a
Marktgemeinde (market town). On 1 October 2009 it became a “Stadtgemeinde” (city). Within the city limits, there are both urban and rural areas.
Structure
The city is made up of 9
Katastralgemeinden (cadastral communities). Pausendorf is the biggest Katastralgemeinde, with 1500 inhabitants. The Katastralgemeinde Spielberg is only a small part of the city, but it gives its name to the entire city.
* Einhörn
* Laing
* Lind
* Maßweg
* Pausendorf
* Sachendorf
* Schönberg
* Spielberg
* Weyern
Politics
The
SPÖ
The Social Democratic Party of Austria ( , SPÖ) is a social democratic political party in Austria. Founded in 1889 as the Social Democratic Workers' Party of Austria (, SDAPÖ) and later known as the Socialist Party of Austria () from 1945 unt ...
has been the dominant position of the municipality since 1960, when the rural municipality started to become urbanized. This was triggered when a number of industrial firms moved to the municipality, above all the ''Austria Antriebstechnik AG (ATB)''.
Landmarks
Spielberg is home to the
Red Bull Ring
The Red Bull Ring is a motorsport race track in Spielberg, Austria, Spielberg, Styria, Austria. The race circuit was founded as Österreichring (translation: Austrian Circuit) and hosted the Austrian Grand Prix for 18 consecutive years, from t ...
(formerly known as A1-Ring and Österreichring). From 1970 until 1987 and from 1997 until 2003 the
Grand Prix of Austria took place there. In 2014, it returned to the Formula 1 calendar. In 2020 the first 2 races of the delayed F1 season took place there: the
Austrian GP and the
Styrian GP. In 2021, following the postponement of the
Turkish GP, a second race, the
Styrian GP, was held one week before the
Austrian GP.
References
External links
*
ATB(Spielberg's most important employer)
Regionalbus Aichfeld(public transportation in Spielberg)
Cities and towns in Murtal District
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