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Steiermark

State	AT-6 (ISO)
Capital	Graz
Governor	Franz Voves (SPÖ)
Area  - Total	Ranked 2nd 16,392 km²
Population  - Total (2001)  - Density	Ranked 4th 1,183,303 72/km²
The flag of Steiermark
The state of Steiermark on the map of Austria

"Styria" redirects here. For other uses, see Styria (disambiguation).

Styria (die Steiermark in German, Štajerska in Slovenian) is a state or Land, located in the south east of Austria. In area, it is the second largest of the nine Austrian states, covering 16,388 km². It borders Slovenia as well as the other Austrian states of Upper Austria, Lower Austria, Salzburg, Burgenland, and Carinthia (state). The population (as of 2001) was 1,183,303. The capital city is Graz.

The term Obersteiermark ("Upper Styria") used by an Austrian refers to the northern and northwestern parts of the federal state (districts Liezen, Murau, Judenburg, Knittelfeld, Leoben, Bruck an der Mur and Mürzzuschlag). The term Weststeiermark ("West Styria") is used for the districts to the west of Graz (Voitsberg, Deutschlandsberg, western part of the district Leibitz), the districts east of Graz (Weiz, Hartberg, Feldbach, Fürstenfeld and Radkersburg) are refered to as Oststeiermark ("East Styria"). The western and eastern parts of the district Graz-Umgebung may or may not be considered parts of West and East Styria, respectively. The southern parts of the Duchy of Styria, which since 1918 are part of Slovenia, were (and sometimes colloquially still are) refered to as Untersteiermark ("Lower Styria").

Hollywood film star and current California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger was born and raised in Styria. The 2004 Nobel Laureate in literature Elfriede Jelinek was also born in Styria.

Contents 1 Administrative divisions 1.1 Statutarstädte 1.2 Districts 2 Politics 2.1 2005 Elections 3 See also

Administrative divisions

The state is divided into 16 districts (Bezirke), and a Statutarstadt.

Statutarstädte

• Graz

Districts

• Bruck an der Mur
• Deutschlandsberg
• Feldbach
• Fürstenfeld
• Graz-Umgebung
• Hartberg
• Judenburg
• Knittelfeld
• Leibnitz
• Leoben
• Liezen with the subdistricts
  • Gröbming and
  • Bad Aussee
• Mürzzuschlag
• Murau
• Radkersburg
• Voitsberg
• Weiz

Politics

The state has been a stronghold of the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) since 1945. The governor (Austrian political term: Landeshauptmann) was usually a member of this party.

2005 Elections

In the latest elections for state parliament the Social Democrats (SPÖ) under their regional chairman Franz Voves won the majority after the ÖVP had damaged its credibility through scandals and the secession of a high-ranking party member who took part in the 2005 election after setting up his own party. In this election, the Communist Party (KPÖ) also received many votes after it had gained much popularity through its role in local politics in Graz during the preceeding few years. The two right wing populist parties, the FPÖ and the BZÖ both failed to win seats.

See also

• Duchy of Styria
• Lower Styria

States of Austria
Burgenland | Carinthia | Lower Austria | Salzburg | Styria | Tyrol | Upper Austria | Vienna | Vorarlberg

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