Spielberg, Styria

Spielberg (formerly: Spielberg bei Knittelfeld)^[3] is a city located in the Bezirk Murtal in Styria, Austria.

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Spielberg
Municipality

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Spielberg Location within Austria
Coordinates: 47°13′00″N 14°47′00″E
Country	Austria
State	Styria
District	Murtal
Government
• Mayor	Manfred Lenger (SPÖ)
Area ^[1]
• Total	29.69 km² (11.46 sq mi)
Elevation	660 m (2,170 ft)
Population (2018-01-01)^[2]
• Total	5,383
• Density	180/km² (470/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	8724
Area code	03512, 03577
Vehicle registration	MT
Website	www.spielberg.at

General

The city of Spielberg, with a population of about 5,000 inhabitants, is located north of the Mur in the east of Aichfeld, between the cities of Zeltweg and Knittelfeld. From 1986 to 2009 Spielberg was a Marktgemeinde (market town). On 1 October 2009 it became a "Stadtgemeinde" (city).^[4]

Structure

The city is made up of 9 Katastralgemeinden (cadastral communities).^[5] Pausendorf is the biggest Katastralgemeinde in Spielberg.^[6] The first documented mentions of Lind date to between 860 and 890, making it among the oldest settled areas in Upper Styria.^[4]

Einhörn
Laing
Lind
Maßweg
Pausendorf
Sachendorf
Schönberg
Spielberg
Weyern

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Landmarks

Spielberg is home to the Red Bull Ring (formerly known as A1-Ring and Österreichring). From 1970 until 1987 and again from 1997 until 2003, the Grand Prix of Austria took place there.^[9] The track was rebuilt and modernized between 2008 and 2011.^[4] The newly rebuilt track hosted a round in the 2011 DTM season.^[10] In 2014, it returned to the Formula 1 calendar with the 2014 Austrian Grand Prix. In 2020 the first 2 races of the delayed F1 season took place there: the Austrian GP and the Styrian GP.^[11] In 2021, following the postponement of the Turkish GP, a second race, the Styrian GP, was held one week before the Austrian GP.^[12]

Spielberg, Styria

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Structure

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Landmarks

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