Spielberg, Austria

Infobox Ort in Österreich
Art = Marktgemeinde
Name = Spielberg bei Knittelfeld
Wappen =
lat_deg = 47 | lat_min = 13 | lat_sec = 00
lon_deg = 14 | lon_min = 47 | lon_sec = 00
Bundesland = Steiermark
Bezirk = Knittelfeld
Höhe = 660
Fläche = 22.24
Einwohner = 5060
Stand = 2005-12-31
PLZ = 8724, 8720
Vorwahl = 03512, 03577
Kfz = KF
Gemeindekennziffer = 6 09 14
NUTS = AT226
Adresse = Marktpassage 1
8724 Spielberg bei Knittelfeld
Website = [http://www.spielberg.at www.spielberg.at]
Bürgermeister = Kurt Binderbauer
Partei = SPÖ
Gemeinderatanzahl = 21
Gemeinderat = 16 SPÖ, 3 ÖVP, 1 FPÖ, 1 Die Grünen Spielberg
Wahljahr = 2005

Spielberg is a Marktgemeinde located in the Bezirk Knittelfeld in Styria, Austria.

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General

The township Spielberg, with a population of about 5,000 inhabitants, is located north of the Mur in the east of the Aichfeld, between the cities Zeltweg and Knittelfeld. The municipal area of Knittelfeld is grown together with a part of the township. Since 1986 Spielberg is a Marktgemeinde. Within the district you can find both municipal and countrified mintages.

Structure

The township is composed of 9 Katastralgemeinden. Pausendorf with 1500 habitants is the major Katastralgemeinde. The Katastralgemeinde Spielberg whereas is just a little part of the township but gives the whole municipality its name.

* Einhörn
* Laing
* Lind
* Maßweg
* Pausendorf
* Sachendorf
* Schönberg
* Spielberg
* Weyern

Politics

The dominating position of the SPÖ in the township consists foremost since 1960, when the countrified township became a municipal municipality mostly because a lot of industry firms above all the "Austria Antriebstechnik AG (ATB)" lowered in the township.

Economy

Spielberg is the place where the A1-Ring (formerly known as Österreichring) is located. From 1970 until 1987 and from 1997 until 2003 the Grand Prix of Austria took place there.

Trivia

*American film director and producer Steven Spielberg gets his last name from his descent from Hungarian Jews living in 17th-century Spielberg.

External links

* [http://www.spielberg.at/ official website]
* [http://www.atb.co.at/ ATB] (Spielberg's most important employer)
* [http://www.regionalbus-aichfeld.at/ Regionalbus Aichfeld] (public transportation in Spielberg)