Rohrbach an der Lafnitz

Rohrbach an der Lafnitz
Municipality
Coat of arms
Location within Hartberg-Fürstenfeld district
Rohrbach an der Lafnitz Location within Austria
Coordinates: 47°23′26″N 15°59′44″E
Country	Austria
State	Styria
District	Hartberg-Fürstenfeld
Government
• Mayor	Günter Putz (SPÖ)
Area [1]
• Total	26.37 km2 (10.18 sq mi)
Elevation	455 m (1,493 ft)
Population  (2018-01-01)[2]
• Total	2,634
• Density	100/km2 (260/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	8234, 8250
Area code	+43 3338
Vehicle registration	HF
Website	www.rohrbach-lafnitz. steiermark.at

Parish church of St. Joseph the Worker

Geography

Rohrbach an der Lafnitz is in the Joglland, approximately 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) north of Hartberg city. It is located where the River Limbach joins the Lafnitz. The municipality is too small to be subdivided.

Transport

Rohrbach an der Lafnitz has good transportation connections. The Wechsel Straße (B 54) between Wiener Neustadt and Hartberg passes through it, and the Süd Autobahn between Vienna and Graz passes approximately 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) away.

The Rohrbach-Vorau station on the Thermenbahn provides a rail connection to Vienna and Hartberg.

The Graz and Vienna airports are both approximately 100 kilometres (62 mi) away.

Education

The municipality has a kindergarten, a Volksschule and a Neue Mittelschule.

Registered landmarks

• The Roman Catholic parish church of St. Joseph the Worker, built overlooking the town in 1959–1961, was designed by Eberhardt Jäger and contains a triptych stained glass window by Margret Bilger.
• The so-called Zeilbrücke is a lenticular truss bridge carrying the Thermenbahn across the Lafnitz valley. The bridge is shared between Eichberg, Rohrbach and Schlag bei Thalberg; the centre of the river constitutes the border between the latter two.

Notable residents

• Hans Gross (1930–1992) was made an honorary citizen of Rohrbach an der Lafnitz in 1984.