!!!Trieben

Trieben, Styria, town in the district of Liezen, alt. 709 m, 
pop. 4,026, area 45.54 km%%sup 2/%, situated in the 
Paltental valley close to the confluence of the Paltenbach stream and 
Triebenbach stream. - Welfare office of the District Commission, old 
people´s home, dentists´ surgery, leisure centre, youth 
centre, airfield, run-of-river power station on Triebenbach stream 
(built in 1995); production of fireproof materials ( Veitsch-Radex 
GmbH), aluminium processing (mounting of metal fittings, metal works), 
building trade; graphite mining (shut down in 1993). - Old parish 
church (documented mention in 1160, Gothic structure from the 
15%%sup th/% °century) with Gothic west portal, high altar (built 
between 1650 and 1675) with Gothic wooden sculpture (15%%sup th/% 
 century.); new parish church (1961-1963) with Gothic glass 
painting (15%%sup th/%  century); Protestant church (1959). In 
the cadastral community of Dietmannsdorf: Romanesque filial church 
(second half of the 12%%sup th/%  century) with numerous frescoes 
(14%%sup th/%  and 15%%sup th/%  centuries); in St. Lorenzen 
(oldest parish in the Paltental valley, documented mention in 1125): 
Romanesque parish church, rebuilt in 1480 after being destroyed by the 
Turks, altered in Baroque style between 1677 and 1678, Gothic fresco 
(14%%sup th/%  century), statues by B. Prandtstaetter.

!Literature
E. Turk, Trieben, 1968; F. Wohlgemuth, Trieben. 900. 
Heimatbuch der Marktgemeinde, 1976.


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