!!!Veitsch, Markt

Veitsch, Styria, market town in the district of Muerzzuschlag, alt. 
669 m, pop. 3,420, area 77.71 km%%sup 2/%, industrial centre 
at the confluence of the Grosse Veitsch and Kleine Veitsch rivers, at 
the foot of Veitsch plateau. - Once the oldest Austrian magnesite 
mining industry (from 1881 strip mining) at Sattlerkogel, it was shut 
down in 1967; plant of the company  Veitsch-Radex GmbH at 
Grossveitsch; prefab production. - Late Gothic parish church 
(documented mention in 1206, nave from 1456) with late Gothic statues 
(late 15%%sup th/%  century) and Gothic ornamental disks.

!Literature
O. Pickl, Geschichte der Gemeinde Veitsch, 1979.


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