Feldkirchen bei Graz

Place in Styria, Austria

Feldkirchen bei Graz

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Location within Graz-Umgebung district

Feldkirchen bei Graz

Location within Austria

Coordinates: 47°00′45″N 15°26′33″E﻿ / ﻿47.01250°N 15.44250°E﻿ / 47.01250; 15.44250Coordinates: 47°00′45″N 15°26′33″E﻿ / ﻿47.01250°N 15.44250°E﻿ / 47.01250; 15.44250
Country| Austria
State| Styria
District| Graz-Umgebung
Government

• Mayor| Erich Gosch (ÖVP)
Area

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• Total| 11.55 km2 (4.46 sq mi)
Elevation

| 352 m (1,155 ft)
Population

(2018-01-01)[2]

• Total| 6,622
• Density| 570/km2 (1,500/sq mi)
Time zone| UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)| UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code|

8073, 8401

Area code| 0316, 03135
Vehicle registration| GU
Website| www.feldkirchen-graz.at

Feldkirchen bei Graz is a municipality in the district of Graz-Umgebung in the Austrian state of Styria.

## History[edit]

It is the site of the mass grave of prisoners interned, tortured and killed by the Austro-Hungarian Empire at the nearby Thalerhof internment camp, now the site of the Graz Airport. [3][4]

## Population[edit]

Historical populationYear| Pop.| ±%

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1869| 1,035| —
1880| 1,165| +12.6%
1890| 1,072| −8.0%
1900| 1,168| +9.0%
1910| 1,389| +18.9%
1923| 1,417| +2.0%
1934| 1,523| +7.5%
1939| 1,706| +12.0%
1951| 2,059| +20.7%
1961| 3,009| +46.1%
1971| 3,948| +31.2%
1981| 4,307| +9.1%
1991| 4,645| +7.8%
2001| 5,024| +8.2%
2011| 5,433| +8.1%

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Dauersiedlungsraum der Gemeinden Politischen Bezirke und Bundesländer - Gebietsstand 1.1.2018". Statistics Austria. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
2. ^ "Einwohnerzahl 1.1.2018 nach Gemeinden mit Status, Gebietsstand 1.1.2018". Statistics Austria. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
3. ^ "Terrorism in Bohemia.; Medill McCormick Gets Details of Austrian Cruelty There" (PDF). New York Times (December 16). 1917. Retrieved 2008-09-28.
4. ^ Horbal, Bogdan. "Talerhof". Archived from the original (web article) on 2007-10-07. Retrieved 2008-09-28.

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Municipalities in the district of Graz-Umgebung

* Deutschfeistritz
* Dobl-Zwaring
* Eggersdorf bei Graz
* Feldkirchen bei Graz
* Fernitz-Mellach
* Frohnleiten
* Gössendorf
* Gratkorn
* Gratwein-Straßengel
* Hart bei Graz
* Haselsdorf-Tobelbad
* Hausmannstätten
* Hitzendorf
* Kainbach bei Graz
* Kalsdorf bei Graz
* Kumberg
* Laßnitzhöhe
* Lieboch
* Nestelbach bei Graz
* Peggau
* Premstätten
* Raaba-Grambach
* Sankt Bartholomä
* Sankt Marein bei Graz
* Sankt Oswald bei Plankenwarth
* Sankt Radegund bei Graz
* Seiersberg-Pirka
* Semriach
* Stattegg
* Stiwoll
* Thal
* Übelbach
* Vasoldsberg
* Weinitzen
* Werndorf
* Wundschuh

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