!!!Eibiswald

Eibiswald, Styria, market town in the district of Deutschlandsberg, 
alt. 361 m, pop. 1,568, area 2.38 km%%sup 2/%, in Saggautal 
valley, at the foot of Radlpass pass (alt. 662 m), near the 
Slovenian border; terminal of the "Schilcherweinstrasse" (Schilcher 
Wine Road). - District court, customs station, road maintenance depot, 
vocational school for electrical engineering. Forge hammer and steel 
works (1818-1905) as well as lignite mining (until 1970) were dominant 
in the town. Wood processing (sawmill, building and construction wood, 
plane works and pallet manufacture), production of magnets, 
three-phase current brakes and fizzy drinks, printing firm, soft fruit 
growing. Parish church, originally Gothic, redone in Baroque style in 
1678 and 1748, fragments of Gothic frescoes; castle (after 1572); 
arcaded courtyards. Birthplace of the poet Hans  Kloepfer; the 
Kloepfer and Local History Museum (collections: local and cultural 
history, objects from E. glass factory), Lerchhaus cultural centre. 
South of E. on Turmbauer Kogel mountain excavations dating back to 
early history and the Roman period (municipality of Grossradl).

!Literature
Marktgemeinde Eibiswald (ed.), 800 Jahre Eibiswald, 1954; 
I. Wippel, Erinnerungen an Alt-Eibiswald, 1992.


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