List of the city districts of Graz

The 17 boroughs:

• I. Inner City	• II. St. Leonhard	• III. Geidorf	• IV. Lend
• V. Gries	• VI. Jakomini	• VII. Liebenau	• VIII. St. Peter
• IX. Waltendorf	• X. Ries	• XI. Mariatrost	• XII. Andritz
• XIII. Gösting	• XIV. Eggenberg	• XV. Wetzelsdorf
• XVI. Straßgang	• XVII. Puntigam

Graz is the capital of the second largest Austrian state of Styria (see also: List of political districts in Styria ). The urban area of ​​Graz is divided into 17 districts. The city river Mur runs straight through the city from north to south . Unlike in Vienna, the districts in Graz are not referred to by their number but by their name in everyday language. In the street signs, however, both can be found in the header, the district numbers are given in Roman numerals . Each district has its own street signs, but the design is uniform.

At the beginning of the 19th century, the city was first divided into quarters with a corresponding boundary, then from 1850 into districts .

In 1869, the 15 quarters of Burg, Landhaus, Joanneum, Jakomini, Grazbach, Schörgelgasse, St. Leonhard, Geidorf, Graben, Kalvarie, Lend, Maria Hilf, Elisabeth, Gries and Karlau , which had existed until then, became the five districts of I. City, II Jakomini, III. Geidorf, IV. Lend and V. Gries summarized.

In 1873 the city finally got its name, until then the city was still called Grätz . At the city limits of the four outlying districts there were 24 line offices where tolls were collected.

After the "annexation" of Austria to the German Reich in 1938, numerous incorporations of today's outlying districts followed

• Greater Graz :
  • Liebenau
  • St. Peter
  • Waltendorf
  • Mariatrost (as a supplement to Geidorf )
  • Semolina
  • Andritz (as Graz Nord )
  • Gösting
  • Eggenberg
  • Wetzelsdorf
  • Straßgang (as a common district with the later independent Puntigam )

The line offices were completely abolished.

After the Second World War , the current city and district boundaries and, in some cases, new district names were established by the Graz municipal council in 1946. For example, Mariatrost and Geidorf were separated and independent districts; Graz North was renamed Andritz .

In 1988, Puntigam was finally separated from Straßgang .

Until 2008, each district had its own district office, after which a start was made to combine several district administrations in 6 service points, starting with St. Leonhard, Geidorf and Ries in a new building at the LKH in Stiftingtalstrasse.

The largest district in terms of area of ​​the city is Andritz in the north of the city, the smallest is the central district of Innere Stadt . The fourth smallest district Jakomini is the most populous, while the inner city has the least .

In Graz, in contrast to Vienna, the city districts are rarely referred to with their respective numbers in everyday language. Thus, for example, one speaks of "Geidorf" and not the "3. District ", the only exception to this rule is the inner city, which is also known as" 1. District "is designated. The fact that the numbers of the districts receive little attention is also reflected in the fact that they are not given in Arabic but in Roman numbers on street signs or official documents.

Legend

The following list is structured as follows:

• District & Street: Street sign for a street in the district, which has the official number and the name of the district in the header. Note: This column can be sorted according to the numbers of the respective district.
• Name: Official district name
• Location of the district within the city
• Inhabitants: Population of the district ( main residences ) (as of January 1, 2015)
• Fl .: Area of ​​the district in square kilometers (km²). (As of January 1, 2015)
• Density: inhabitants per km²
• Establishment: year in which the district was incorporated into Graz or a new formation took place.
• Postcode: Postcodes assigned to the district
• Comment: More information about the district
• Image: a picture (e.g. a building) from the district

Overview

District & street	Surname	location	Pop.	Fl. (km²)	Density (Ew / km²)	founding	Postcode	comment	image
	Inner city		3.813	1.16	3287	1869	8010	The city's landmark ( clock tower ) is located here on the Schloßberg . The famous Herrengasse shopping street runs right through the district. Location of the town hall, the main square and the oldest department store in the city ( Kastner & Öhler ). Central transport hub of Holding Graz Linien at Jakominiplatz.
	St. Leonhard		15,829	1.83	8650	1869 (as a common district with today's Jakomini under this name)	8010 8016	The main building of the Technical University as well as the Music and Art University are located here . The major traffic road ( Elisabethstraße ) runs to the north-east end of the district. Home to the tallest building in the city, the Sacred Heart Church.
	Geidorf		24,484	5.50	4452	1869 (1938: supplemented by Mariatrost )	8010 8013 8015 8036	This district is home to the Karl Franzens University and the Medical University . At the eastern end of the district (adjacent to Mariatrost) are the LKH Graz and the Hilnteich . Former home district of the Grazer AK (Casino-Stadion Körösistraße).
	Loin		30.199	3.70	8162	1869	8020 8051	Central, multicultural working-class district. Here is the main train station , near Lendplatz (location of the second largest farmers' market in the city) the hospital of the Barmherzige Brüder I , in the immediate vicinity of which is the Orpheum (venue for theater, cabaret and concert performances).
	Semolina		27.199	5.05	5386	1869	8020 8053 8055	Gries is a traffic-dominated district. Since 2007 interface between the southern and eastern railways in the Graz-Don Bosco area. South of Griesplatz , which serves as a bus station and through which through traffic runs, residential buildings are being densified in the vicinity of the Mur, and the General Music Directorate and Volkshaus are located here. To the north of Griesplatz, the location is still undecided, as there are many nightspots , but also public institutions such as the Styrian Research Promotion Agency sfg , a music school and various hotels. In the south of the district there is also the Karlau prison , the slaughterhouse, the central cemetery, the municipal farm (waste disposal) and the district heating plant. Former location of the Steyr-Daimler-Puch Einser factory and now the location of the Puch Museum. A mosque is also being built here.
	Jakomini		32,393	4.06	7979	1899 ( Jakomini and today's St. Leonhard were separated)	8010 8041 8042	Location of the Graz trade fair (including the town hall ), the Ostbahnhof and the regional court with the Jakomini prison . There are several buildings of the Technical University scattered across the district. Former home district of SK Sturm Graz ( Gruabn ).
	Liebenau		13,766	7.99	1723	1938	8041 8042 8074	Residential district with the Murpark shopping center . Location of the Merkur Arena . In the south is the largest production site in Graz, Magna Steyr Fahrzeugtechnik AG & Co KG.
	St. Peter		14,663	8.86	1655	1938	8010 8041 8042	Residential district in the southeast. Location of the Styrian ORF state studio. The large terraced housing estate is located here .
	Waltendorf		11,862	4.48	2648	1938	8010 8042 8043 8047	Formerly a separate congregation, which was incorporated in 1938. Today predominantly affluent residential area with the Lustbühel Castle , the Lustbühel Observation and the Hallerschloss .
	Ries		5,820	10.16	573	1938	8010 8044 8047	A residential area with a bourgeois character including the Stifting and Ragnitztal valleys. Location of a sanatorium.
	Mariatrost		9,485	13.99	678	1946 (split from today's Geidorf )	8043 8044	Civil residential district in the northeast. Location of the Mariatrost Basilica and the GVB Tramway Museum .
	Andritz		18,887	18.47	1023	1938 (as Graz Nord )	8010 8042 8043 8044 8045 8046 8054	Here is the Andritz AG , which was named after the district. In the north ( Weinzödl ) is the training center of the Grazer AK (today owned by the city).
	Gösting		10,863	10.83	1003	1938	8045 8051 8055	Formerly under the rule of Gösting with its own castle ( Gösting ruins ; today in private ownership). Own municipality from 1850, part of Graz since 1938. In the north borders the municipality of Thal , which is the birthplace of Arnold Schwarzenegger .
	Eggenberg		19,543	7.79	2509	1938	8020 8051 8052 8053	Traditional working class district. The accident hospital , the LKH Graz-West and the hospital of the Barmherzigen Brüder II are located here . Location of the Joanneum University of Applied Sciences and the former Reininghaus brewery . Also home to Eggenberg Castle , the Eggenberger Bad and the ASKÖ stadium and center.
	Wetzelsdorf		14,996	5.77	2599	1938	8052	Residential district in the west of the city. Location of the Belgian barracks , where the Armed Forces Command of the Austrian Armed Forces and the Styrian State Police Department are located.
	Straßgang		14,860	11.75	1265	1938 (together with Puntigam )	8020 8053 8054 8055	Largely built with single-family houses and crossed by Kärntner Straße . Borders in the south on the municipality of Seiersberg-Pirka . The Plabutsch tunnel has its south portal in this district, the well-known Weblinger roundabout is directly in front of it.
	Puntigam		7,864	6.18	1272	1988 (split from Straßgang )	8020 8055 8073	Youngest district in the city. Location of the Puntigam brewery and the Puntigam local transport hub.
City of Graz			276,526	127.58	2167

Status: January 1, 2008

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Redesign of the magistrate's offices at the district level , report to the municipal council of November 30, 2009
2. ↑ The 17 districts, residents ( Memento of the original from June 6, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at www.graz.at, accessed on January 18, 2015  
3. ↑ The 17 districts, area ( Memento of the original from June 6, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at www.graz.at, accessed on January 18, 2015  
4. ^ The founding years of the districts I.-V .: Information according to e-mail request from the Graz city archive
5. ↑ www.graz-stadt.at - Brief Stadtgeschichte ( Memento of the original from March 24, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , March 22, 2009  
6. ↑ My district ( Memento of the original from March 24, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  

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