Rachau

Infobox Ort in Österreich
Art = Gemeinde
Name = Rachau
Wappen =
lat_deg = 47 | lat_min = 13 | lat_sec = 02
lon_deg = 14 | lon_min = 54 | lon_sec = 54
Bundesland = Steiermark
Bezirk = Knittelfeld
Höhe =
Fläche = 104.93
Einwohner = 680
Stand = 2005-12-31
PLZ = 8720
Vorwahl = 03512
Kfz = KF
Gemeindekennziffer = 6 09 09
NUTS = AT226
Straße = Rachau 97
Website = [http://tgi19.telekom.at/portal/page?_pageid=1113,137800&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL Gemeinde Rachau]
Bürgermeister = Maximilian Haberleitner
Partei = ÖVP
Gemeinderatanzahl = 9
Gemeinderat = 6 ÖVP, 2 SPÖ, 1 Bürgerliste Rachau
Wahljahr = 2005

Rachau is a municipality in the district of Knittelfeld in Styria, Austria with a population of 680 inhabitants. It is divided into three districts: Mitterbach, Glein Rachau and the village of Rachau itself. Neighbouring settlements include; Apfelberg, St. Margarethen, St. Lorenzen, Kleinlobming, St. Stefan ob Leoben, Salla, Übelbach, Kainach bei Voitsberg und Gallmannsegg.

The Mayor of Rachau is Maximilian Haber Leitner of the ÖVP, Maria Eichberger (OVP) is vice mayor. There is a primary school and two volunteer firefighters in the village.

Rachau Hillclimb

From 1995 to 2004 Rachau had hosted a hillclimbing event. This had the objective that riders on motorbikes and also quadbikes and even the occasional car or converted jetski / snowmobile had attempted to ride up as far up the hillside as possible without falling off the bike (with the rider reaching the furthest distance winning the event). This was televised across Europe on Eurosport and had attracted a trackside audience of 10,000 to 30,000 people. It also had sponsorship from the energy drink Red Bull.

External links

* [http://www.hillclimbing.net/html/rachau.html Pictures of the 2003 and 2004 Rachau Hillclimb] de icon