!!!Leutschach

Leutschach, Styria, market town in the district of Leibnitz, alt. 
351 m, pop. 540, area 1.11 km%%sup 2/%, farming and 
wine-growing region along the "Suedsteirische Weinstrasse" 
(south-Styrian wine street), near the Slovenian border. - Operational 
base of the alpine rescue and conservation service; winery, some 
tourism during the summer. - Originally Gothic parish church, 
renovated 1908-1911; well-preserved market square from the 
16%%sup th/% /17%%sup th/%  centuries, 2 Roman lions (former tomb 
guards). In the vicinity, (municipality of Schlossberg) Trautenburg 
Palace (documented mention in 1243, renovated in 1662) with parks 
(19%%sup th/%  century) and Schmirnberg Castle.

!Literature
O. Lamprecht, Der Markt Leutschach und seine Entwicklung, 
1959; A. Schoenwaelder, Der Markt Leutschach in den Jahren 1458 bis 
1882, master´s thesis, Vienna 1992.


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