Voitsberg () is a small city in the district of
Voitsberg 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
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, with a population of c. 9,400 . 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 has two stations, Voitsberg and Krems in Steiermark, on the
Köflach railway line
The Köflach railway line () is a standard gauge railway line in the province of Styria in Austria. It runs from a junction with the Southern Railway (Austria), Southern railway line at Graz Hauptbahnhof to Köflach. (GKB) owns and operates th ...
, which runs between
Graz Hauptbahnhof and
Köflach
Köflach is a small city in the district of Voitsberg (district), 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 ...
. The
Styria S-Bahn stops at both stations.
Notable people
Sport
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Wilhelm Huberts (1938–2022), footballer who played over 400 games and 4 for
Austria
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Josef Stering (born 1949), retired footballer, played over 520 games and 26 for
Austria
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René Aufhauser (born 1976), football coach and a former player; played about 500 games and 58 for
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 ...
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Markus Hiden (born 1978) footballer who has played over 220 games and 5 for
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 ...
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Bernhard Eisel (born 1981), former professional road bicycle racer
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Andreas Lasnik (born 1983), footballer, who has played about 300 games and 1 for
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 ...
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Daniel Schütz (born 1991), footballer, played over 330 games
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Florian Flecker (born 1995), footballer, played over 250 games
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Albert Vallci (born 1995), footballerplayed over 230 games
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Kevin Danso (born 1998), footballer who has played over 150 games and 16 for
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 ...
Twin towns
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San Martino Buon Albergo, Italy
References
External links
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Cities and towns in Voitsberg District
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