Ligist#

Ligist, Styria, market town in the district of Voitsberg, alt. 392 m, pop. 3,086, area 34.64 km2, south-west of Graz, in the West Styrian hill country, beginning of the "Schilcher" wine road. - Production of electronic components, commercial enterprises; due to favourable climatic conditions cultivation of wine ("Schilcher") and fruit, cultivation of sweet chestnut trees, summer tourism. - In the town centre, Gothic parish church, enlarged in 1877, interior from 1877 and 1925, tombs of the Saurau family; Old Castle in ruins, New Castle (1817) with arcades, seat of the Knights of Malta commandery, museum of local history and culture. On the Dirtenberg mountain, prehistoric mountain settlement.

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