Thal#

Thal, Styria, market town in the district of Graz-Umgebung, alt. 440 m, pop. 1925 (1981: pop. 1639), area 18.59 km2, situated at the western foot of the Plabutsch mountain, west of Graz; Lake Thaler See nearby. - Children´s village with training centre of the Gesellschaft Oesterreichischer Kinderdoerfer (Austrian Federation of Children´s Villages) in Steinberg, observatory, Grottenhof-Hart agricultural trade school; wood processing, production of paints and lacquers, - Parish church (18th century); extensions by E. Fuchs (1992-1994), castle (first mentioned in 1322, alterations in 1563, 17th and 19th centuries) in Oberthal; castle ruin (13th - 14th century) in Unterthal.