Gratwein#

Gratwein, Styria, market town in the district of Graz-Umgebung, alt. 392 m, pop. 3,272, area 4.55 km2, on the mouth of the River Schirningbach (flowing into the River Mur/Mura), on the opposite side of Gratkorn. - Hoergas-Enzenbach Provincial Hospital (hospital in Hoergas, department of pulmonary diseases in Enzenbach), multipurpose hall; about 55 % of the working population (1991) employed in industry and trade: metal (grates etc.) and wood processing, veneer production. - One of the oldest parishes in Styria, late Gothic parish church with choir (around 1400), to the west of Gratwein Rein monastery (in the municipality of Eisbach).

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