!!!Thal Thal, Styria, market town in the district of Graz-Umgebung, alt. 440 m, pop. 1925 (1981: pop. 1639), area 18.59 km%%sup 2/%, 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 (18%%sup th/% century); extensions by E. Fuchs (1992-1994), castle (first mentioned in 1322, alterations in 1563, 17%%sup th/% and 19%%sup th/% centuries) in Oberthal; castle ruin (13%%sup th/% - 14%%sup th/% century) in Unterthal. %%language [Back to the Austrian Version|AEIOU/Thal|class='wikipage austrian'] %% [{FreezeArticle author='AEIOU' template='Lexikon_1995_englisch'}] [{ALLOW view All}][{ALLOW comment All}][{ALLOW edit FreezeAdmin}]