- Bärnbach
Infobox Town AT
Art = Stadt
Name = Bärnbach
Wappen =
lat_deg = 47 | lat_min = 04 | lat_sec = 14
lon_deg = 15 | lon_min = 07 | lon_sec = 29
Bundesland = Steiermark
Bezirk = Voitsberg
Höhe = 424
Fläche = 17.15
Einwohner = 5176
Stand = 2005-12-31
PLZ = 8572
Vorwahl = 03142
Kfz = VO
Gemeindekennziffer = 6 16 01
NUTS = AT225
Straße = Hauptplatz 1
Website = [http://www.baernbach.at/ www.baernbach.at]
Bürgermeister = Maximilian Kienzer
Partei = SPÖ
Gemeinderatanzahl = 21
Gemeinderat = 18SPÖ , 2ÖVP , 1FPÖ
Wahljahr = 2005Bärnbach is the smallest city of the district of Voitsberg,
Austria .The city is popular for his church (designed byFriedensreich Hundertwasser ), manual glass manufacturing and coal mining (surface mining).Today the coal mine is closed, because it is uneconomical.Culture and Sightseeings
Magnet of tuorism is the church of Saint Barbara (patron of miners) which was build 1948 and was renovated by
Friedensreich Hundertwasser in 1987.There is museum of history and technique of glass manufacturing in the "Stölze Oberglas" company and a museum of castles in the castle "Altkainach".
Infrastructur
Bärnbach has a small railway station, connecting it with
Köflach andGraz . The nearest Autobahn (Freeway ) is the "A2 Südautobahn", the nearest connections are "Modriach" and "Mooskirchen"The most important Road is the "B70 Packerbundesstraße" connecting Bärnbach withGraz andVillach .Most of the inhabitants are commuters and use the B70 to reach
Graz .Distance to Graz: approx. 48km
Economy
Because of the infrastructural situation industry is not very interested in Bärnbach. One company worthy of mention is the exhaust manufacturer Remus who have had their headquarters in the city since 1990. In former times the important industrial locations were the coal mines, the steam-powerplant "Voitsberg III" and the glassworks.The powerplant was closed in 2006, but there are plans to open it again.Today the glassworks closed the industrial production section, but the
glassblowing and glass art section are still existing. Most of the people work in neighbouring cities or inGraz .Bärnbach also has a
mall , called WEZ (Weststeirisches Einkaufszentrum = Weststyrian Shopping centre) which is the biggest mall in the district.External links
* [http://www.baernbach.at Website of Bärnbach]
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