Voitsberg

Voitsberg
Coat of arms
Voitsberg Location within Austria
Coordinates: 47°02′N 15°09′E / 47.033°N 15.150°ECoordinates: 47°02′N 15°09′E / 47.033°N 15.150°E
Country	Austria
State	Styria
District	Voitsberg
Government
• Mayor	Ernst Meixner (SPÖ)
Area
• Total	28.53 km^2 (11.02 sq mi)
Elevation	394 m (1,293 ft)
Population (1 January 2014)[1]
• Total	9,535
• Density	330/km^2 (870/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal codes	A-8570
Area code	61625
Website	www.voitsberg.at

Castle Greissenegg, 1830, Lith. J.F. Kaiser, Graz

Voitsberg is a small city in the district of Voitsberg in Styria, Austria, with a population of c. 9,700 as of 2009. 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.

Neighboring municipalities

Bärnbach	Bärnbach	Stallhofen
Rosental an der Kainach		Stallhofen
Sankt Martin am Wöllmißberg	Krottendorf-Gaisfeld	Krottendorf-Gaisfeld and Stallhofen

Transport

Voitsberg is connected by rail to Köflach and Styria's capital city Graz.

Twin towns

• San Martino Buon Albergo, Italy

References

1. Statistik Austria - Bevölkerung zu Jahres- und Quartalsanfang, 2014-01-01.