!!!Kindberg

Kindberg, Styria, town in the district of Muerzzuschlag, alt. 
565 m, pop. 6,078, area 41.49 km%%sup 2/%, old centre of the 
iron industry and economic centre of the Muerztal Valley. - District 
Commission (branch agency), district court, post of the forestry 
commission, sports centre, centre for physiotherapy, "Lebenshilfe" 
social centre, Bundes-Oberstufen-Realgymnasium (upper-level secondary 
school), power station; 3,151 people gainfully employed in 1991, 
around 64 % in the production sector: tubular steel construction 
(VOEST Alpine), communication engineering (sheet metal working and 
galvanic station) and manufacture of precision machined metal parts. 
Documented mention as "Chindeberch" around 1172; iron industry since 
the 14%%sup th/%  century, manufacture of scythes from the 
18%%sup th/%  century; chartered in 1982. Gothic parish church 
(1773-1774) with Baroque alterations; wall paintings in 1948; 
surrounded by the remains of a fortified wall from the Middle Ages; 
Calvary with church (1674-1686); St. George´s church built 
in Gothic and Baroque styles; Baroque Oberkindberg Palace (built 
before1680, altered in 1773-1774, since 1980 museum of mining and 
local culture and history), stucco ceilings; Castle Hart (1523); 
Kindtal mine owner´s mansion (18%%sup th/%  century 
castle).

!Literature
K. Schoeberl and G. Schuller, Kindberg 1232-1982, 1982; 
Oesterr. Staedtebuch, vol. VI, part 3, Die Staedte der Steiermark, 
1990.


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