!!!Dobl Dobl, Styria, municipality in the district of Graz-Umgebung, alt. 330 m, pop. 1,298. (1981: pop. 1,106), area 13.65 km%%sup 2/%, on the Doblbach river south of Graz, between the Kaiserwald woods and the Kainach river. Economic structure dominated by manufacturing trade (production of containers, sheep-wool weavery); Transmitter station with 156-m tower, erected in 1942 and used again after 1995 (by "Antenne Steiermark", the first Austrian private radio station). - Parish church with late Romanesque core (first documented in 1219, former castle chapel), Baroque and neo-Romanesque alterations and additional buildings as well as Rococo furnishings (endowed by Maria Theresia in 1760). The "Gjaidhof", built in the 13%%sup th/% century by the Babenberg dynasty, was later used as imperial hunting lodge, altered in Renaissance style 1568-70, further alterations in the 19%%sup th/% century. !Literature J. Spann, Geschichte der Pfarre Dobl bei Graz, 1978. %%language [Back to the Austrian Version|AEIOU/Dobl|class='wikipage austrian'] %% [{FreezeArticle author='AEIOU' template='Lexikon_1995_englisch'}] [{ALLOW view All}][{ALLOW comment All}][{ALLOW edit FreezeAdmin}]