Styria (Steiermark)

The clocktower in Graz, Austria.

General Information

Steirmark Tourism
Click the Union Jack icon for English-language text.

Graz

Graz Tourism
Austria's second-largest city is green and pretty, with a lively and historic downtown in the shadow of the Schlossberg . It also has a major university and an active cultural life.

Imperial Cities - Graz
This illustrated article on "Austria's Queen of Hearts" is from the Austrian National Tourist Office.

Köflach

Köflach Online
The industrial town of Köflach is famous for its choir and the nearby Piber stud farm that supplies Lippizzaner horses to Vienna's Spanish Riding School. (See "Piber" below.) In German; translate with AltaVista.

Leoben

Leoben
This steelmaking and university town has German-language tourist information that you can translate with AltaVista.

Mariazell

Mariazell und Mariazeller Land
The Virgin of Mariazell has brought Roman Catholics to this attractive town for more than 800 years.

Wallfahrtsbasilika Mariazell 
If you can't make it to Mariazell, visit the town's imposing basilica through text and photos. In German; translate with AltaVista.

Piber

Piber Federal Stud
Click "English" to enter the Spanish Riding School's Web site, then select "Piber" to learn about guided tours at the stud farm where Lipizzaner horses are bred.

Salzkammergut

Salzkammergut.com
The pretty Salzkammergut region extends from Styria into the neighboring Länder of Salzburg and Upper Austria.

Lipizzaner Heimat
This German-language site has information for visitors to Piber.

Schladming/Ramsau

Dachstein Tauern Region
The Dachstein area (including Schladming) is Styria's top winter-sports region, and this site offers plenty of information in English.

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