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{{Short description|Austrian federal state}}
{{Short description|Austrian state}}
{{Redirect|Steiermark|the region in Slovenia|Styria (Slovenia)|other uses|Styria (disambiguation)|and|Steiermark (disambiguation)}}
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| official_name      = Federal State of Styria<br />{{native name|de|Bundesland Steiermark}}<br />{{native name|bar|Bundesland Steiamårk}}<br />{{native name|sl|Zvezna dežela Štajerska}}<br />{{native name|hu|Stájerországi Szövetségi Tartomány}}
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| anthem            = Dachsteinlied ("Song of the Dachstein")<br>{{center|[[File:Steirische Landeshymne.ogg]]}}
| anthem            = Dachsteinlied ("Song of the Dachstein")<br/>{{center|[[File:Steirische Landeshymne.ogg]]}}
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| leader_title      = [[List of governors of Styria|Governor]]
| leader_title      = [[List of governors of Styria|Governor]]
| leader_name        = [[Mario Kunasek]]
| leader_name        = [[Mario Kunasek]]
| leader_title1      = Deputy Governor
| leader_name1      = [[Manuela Khom]] ([[ÖVP]])
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'''Styria''' ({{langx|de-AT|Steiermark}} {{IPA|de-AT|ˈʃtaɪɐmark||Steiermark.ogg}}; {{langx|bar|Steiamårk}}; {{langx|sl|Štajerska}}; {{langx|hu|Stájerország}} {{IPA|hu|ˈʃtaːjɛrorsaːɡ|}}) is an Austrian [[Federal states of Austria|state]] in the southeast of the country. With an area of approximately {{Convert|16399|km2|abbr=on}}, Styria is Austria's second largest state, after [[Lower Austria]]. It is bordered to the south by [[Slovenia]], and clockwise, from the southwest, by the other Austrian states of [[Carinthia]], [[Salzburg (federal state)|Salzburg]], [[Upper Austria]], Lower Austria, and [[Burgenland]].<!-- The population (as of {{EWD|AT|6}}) was {{EWZ|AT|6}}. --> The state's capital is [[Graz]], the second largest city in Austria after only [[Vienna]].
'''Styria''' ({{langx|de-AT|Steiermark}} {{IPA|de-AT|ˈʃtaɪɐmark||De-at-Steiermark.ogg}}; {{langx|bar|Steiamårk}}; {{langx|sl|Štajerska}}; {{langx|hu|Stájerország}} {{IPA|hu|ˈʃtaːjɛrorsaːɡ|}}) is an Austrian [[Federal states of Austria|state]] in the southeast of the country. With an area of approximately {{Convert|16399|km2|abbr=on}}, Styria is Austria's second largest state, after [[Lower Austria]]. It is bordered to the south by [[Slovenia]], and clockwise, from the southwest, by the other Austrian states of [[Carinthia]], [[Salzburg (federal state)|Salzburg]], [[Upper Austria]], Lower Austria, and [[Burgenland]].<!-- The population (as of {{EWD|AT|6}}) was {{EWZ|AT|6}}. --> The state's capital is [[Graz]], the second largest city in Austria after [[Vienna]].


==Name==
==Name==
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* The term "'''[[Upper Styria]]'''" ({{langx|de|Obersteiermark}}) refers to the northern and northwestern parts of the federal state (districts [[Liezen (district)|Liezen]], [[Murau (district)|Murau]], [[Murtal District|Murtal]], [[Leoben (district)|Leoben]], [[Bruck-Mürzzuschlag District|Bruck-Mürzzuschlag]]). The districts of Leoben and Bruck-Mürzzuschlag are also called "'''High Styria'''" (Hochsteiermark).
* The term "'''[[Upper Styria]]'''" ({{langx|de|Obersteiermark}}) refers to the northern and northwestern parts of the federal state (districts [[Liezen (district)|Liezen]], [[Murau (district)|Murau]], [[Murtal District|Murtal]], [[Leoben (district)|Leoben]], [[Bruck-Mürzzuschlag District|Bruck-Mürzzuschlag]]). The districts of Leoben and Bruck-Mürzzuschlag are also called "'''High Styria'''" (Hochsteiermark).
* The term "'''Western Styria'''" (''Weststeiermark'') is used for the districts west of Graz ([[Voitsberg (district)|Voitsberg]], [[Deutschlandsberg (district)|Deutschlandsberg]], western part of the district [[Leibnitz (district)|Leibnitz]]). Because of the similar landscape with hills, valleys, wine and culture, the region in western Styria is also called "Styrian Tuscany".<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.nzz.ch/feuilleton/die-steiermark-ist-fast-wie-die-toskana-ld.1492974?reduced=true | title=''Die Steiermark ist da, wo es aussieht wie in der Toskana'' (in German) | publisher=Neue Zürcher Zeitung | access-date=November 13, 2021 | url-status=dead | archive-date=November 13, 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211113125247/https://www.nzz.ch/feuilleton/die-steiermark-ist-fast-wie-die-toskana-ld.1492974?reduced=true }}</ref>
* The term "'''Western Styria'''" (''Weststeiermark'') is used for the districts west of Graz ([[Voitsberg (district)|Voitsberg]], [[Deutschlandsberg (district)|Deutschlandsberg]], western part of the district [[Leibnitz (district)|Leibnitz]]). Because of the similar landscape with hills, valleys, wine and culture, the region in western Styria is also called "Styrian Tuscany".<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.nzz.ch/feuilleton/die-steiermark-ist-fast-wie-die-toskana-ld.1492974?reduced=true | title=''Die Steiermark ist da, wo es aussieht wie in der Toskana'' (in German) | publisher=Neue Zürcher Zeitung | access-date=13 November 2021 | url-status=dead | archive-date=13 November 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211113125247/https://www.nzz.ch/feuilleton/die-steiermark-ist-fast-wie-die-toskana-ld.1492974?reduced=true }}</ref>
* The districts east of Graz ([[Weiz (district)|Weiz]], [[Hartberg-Fürstenfeld District|Hartberg-Fürstenfeld]], and [[Südoststeiermark District|Südoststeiermark]]) are referred to as "'''Eastern Styria'''" (''Oststeiermark'').
* The districts east of Graz ([[Weiz (district)|Weiz]], [[Hartberg-Fürstenfeld District|Hartberg-Fürstenfeld]], and [[Südoststeiermark District|Südoststeiermark]]) are referred to as "'''Eastern Styria'''" (''Oststeiermark'').
The western and eastern parts of the district [[Graz-Umgebung (district)|Graz-Umgebung]] (literally, "Graz-surroundings") may or may not be considered parts of West and East Styria, respectively. The southern fourth of the historic [[Styria (duchy)|Duchy of Styria]], which after [[World War I]] became part of [[Yugoslavia]] and later [[Slovenia]] (except for World War II), was (and sometimes colloquially still is) referred to as "'''[[Lower Styria]]'''" (''Untersteiermark''; {{langx|sl|Štajerska}}).
The western and eastern parts of the district [[Graz-Umgebung (district)|Graz-Umgebung]] (literally, "Graz-surroundings") may or may not be considered parts of West and East Styria, respectively. The southern fourth of the historic [[Styria (duchy)|Duchy of Styria]], which after [[World War I]] became part of [[Yugoslavia]] and later [[Slovenia]] (except for World War II), was (and sometimes colloquially still is) referred to as "'''[[Lower Styria]]'''" (''Untersteiermark''; {{langx|sl|Štajerska}}).
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Under the Otakar dynasty, Styria was made into a margraviate in 1056 and in 1180, also separated from the [[Duchy of Carinthia]] to become a Duchy of its own; Per the [[Georgenberg Pact]], the Austrian Duke Leopold V also became Duke of Styria in 1192. After the demise of the Babenberg dynasty (to which Leopold belonged), Styria came briefly under the control of Hungary and later Bohemia. During this time, it lost vast parts of its territory, including the former capital Steyr (which would later form a significant part of the emerging "Duchy of Austria above the Enns" or Upper Austria), as well as Pitten (now the southeastern part of Lower Austria). When the [[Habsburgs]] reunified Austria in 1282, Pitten was returned to Styria until the 16th century when Austria finally annexed it. During this time, Styria formed the central part of [[Inner Austria]].
Under the Otakar dynasty, Styria was made into a margraviate in 1056 and in 1180, also separated from the [[Duchy of Carinthia]] to become a Duchy of its own; Per the [[Georgenberg Pact]], the Austrian Duke Leopold V also became Duke of Styria in 1192. After the demise of the Babenberg dynasty (to which Leopold belonged), Styria came briefly under the control of Hungary and later Bohemia. During this time, it lost vast parts of its territory, including the former capital Steyr (which would later form a significant part of the emerging "Duchy of Austria above the Enns" or Upper Austria), as well as Pitten (now the southeastern part of Lower Austria). When the [[Habsburgs]] reunified Austria in 1282, Pitten was returned to Styria until the 16th century when Austria finally annexed it. During this time, Styria formed the central part of [[Inner Austria]].
[[Ottoman–Habsburg wars|Ottoman raids]] into Styria were a recurrent threat from the 15th to the 17th century. The incursions caused severe devastation and depopulation.<ref>{{cite book |last1=H. Wilson |first1=Peter |title=Heart of Europe: A History of the Holy Roman Empire |date=2016 |publisher=Harvard University Press |isbn=9780674915923 |page=399 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=opmtCwAAQBAJ}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=M. Mastnak |first1=Martin |title=Turks, Trubar, and Tabori: Turkish "Incursions," Peasants, and Built Space in the Nineteenth-Century Slovene National Awakening |journal=Princeton Historical Review |date=5 July 2024 |volume=9 |issue=2 |url=https://history.princeton.edu/undergraduate/princeton-historical-review/summer-2024-issue/turks-trubar-and-tabori}}</ref>


Styria developed economically under [[Archduke John of Austria]], the so-called "Styrian Prince", between 1809 and 1859.
Styria developed economically under [[Archduke John of Austria]], the so-called "Styrian Prince", between 1809 and 1859.


In 1918, after [[World War I]], the [[Duchy of Styria]] was partitioned broadly along ethnic lines (, though where mixed, the defeated Austrian side lost the lands in question to Yugoslavia, such as the majority German-speaking Abstall basin,) into a northern part, constituting the Austrian state of Styria, as well as the continuation of the Styrian state altogether, and a southern one, traditionally called [[Styria (Slovenia)|Lower Styria]], though Lower Styria does not exist as any political entity and is only a traditional term. As a result of the turbulence of two world wars, the [[German language|German]]-speaking population of [[Lower Styria]], which had mainly been concentrated in the cities, particularly the so-called "Festungsdreieck" (fortress-triangle) of [[Maribor]] (Marburg an der Drau), [[Celje]] (Cilli) and [[Ptuj]] (Pettau) migrated from the region or was expelled.
In 1918, after [[World War I]], the [[Duchy of Styria]] was partitioned broadly along ethnic lines (though where mixed, the defeated Austrian side lost the lands in question to Yugoslavia, such as the majority German-speaking Abstall basin) into a northern part, constituting the Austrian state of Styria, as well as the continuation of the Styrian state altogether, and a southern one, traditionally called [[Styria (Slovenia)|Lower Styria]], though Lower Styria does not exist as any political entity and is only a traditional term. As a result of the turbulence of two world wars, the [[German language|German]]-speaking population of [[Lower Styria]], which had mainly been concentrated in the cities, particularly the so-called "Festungsdreieck" (fortress-triangle) of [[Maribor]] (Marburg an der Drau), [[Celje]] (Cilli) and [[Ptuj]] (Pettau) migrated from the region or was expelled.


==Economy==
==Economy==
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The [[Formula One]] [[Austrian Grand Prix]] has been held in the region, first at the [[Zeltweg Air Base|Zeltweg Airfield]] in [[1964 Austrian Grand Prix|1964]] and then at the [[Osterreichring]] from 1970 to 1987. The sport returned to the circuit, now redesigned and rebranded as the A1-Ring, from 1997 to 2003. Formula One once again returned to the circuit, now renamed the Red Bull Ring, in 2014 and has been held at the track every year since. The COVID-19 pandemic saw the 2020 Formula One calendar massively revised, resulting in the Red Bull Ring becoming the first circuit to host consecutive Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, with the first round running under the Austrian Grand Prix name and the second held as the Styrian Grand Prix. This continued in 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.formula1.com/en/racing/2021/Styria.html|title=Styrian Grand Prix 2021 - F1 Race|website=Formula 1® - The Official F1® Website}}</ref>
The [[Formula One]] [[Austrian Grand Prix]] has been held in the region, first at the [[Zeltweg Air Base|Zeltweg Airfield]] in [[1964 Austrian Grand Prix|1964]] and then at the [[Osterreichring]] from 1970 to 1987. The sport returned to the circuit, now redesigned and rebranded as the A1-Ring, from 1997 to 2003. Formula One once again returned to the circuit, now renamed the Red Bull Ring, in 2014 and has been held at the track every year since. The COVID-19 pandemic saw the 2020 Formula One calendar massively revised, resulting in the Red Bull Ring becoming the first circuit to host consecutive Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, with the first round running under the Austrian Grand Prix name and the second held as the Styrian Grand Prix. This continued in 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.formula1.com/en/racing/2021/Styria.html|title=Styrian Grand Prix 2021 - F1 Race|website=Formula 1® - The Official F1® Website}}</ref>
Styria is served by [[Graz Airport]] which provides direct routes to [[Vienna]] and some other European destinations. The airport had received around 820,000 passengers in 2024.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://graz-airport.at/en/graz-airport-upward-trend-continues-in-2024/|title=Graz Airport: Upward trend continues in 2024 |website=Graz Airport |access-date=1 October 2025 }}</ref>


==Administrative divisions==
==Administrative divisions==
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== Largest cities in Styria ==
== Largest cities in Styria ==
The following is a list of '''the nine largest cities and towns in Styria''' by population:<ref>{{Cite web |title=Städte / Gemeinden |url=https://www.bmi.gv.at/413/Staedte/start.aspx |access-date=2024-04-08 |website=www.bmi.gv.at}}</ref>
The following is a list of '''the nine largest cities and towns in Styria''' by population:<ref>{{Cite web |title=Städte / Gemeinden |url=https://www.bmi.gv.at/413/Staedte/start.aspx |access-date=8 April 2024 |website=www.bmi.gv.at}}</ref>
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==Politics==
==Politics==
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The governor (Austrian political term: ''[[Landeshauptmann]]'') of Styria was, except from 2005 until 2015 and since 2024, always an ÖVP politician.  
The governor (Austrian political term: ''[[Landeshauptmann]]'') of Styria was, except from 2005 until 2015 and since 2024, always an ÖVP politician.  


In the 2021 municipal election in Graz, the [[Communist_Party_of_Austria|Communist Party of Austria (KPÖ)]] surprisingly took over first place from the ÖVP, thus pushing long-time mayor Siegfried Nagl (ÖVP) out of office. The result was noted internationally. [[Elke Kahr]] led the KPÖ for a third time in the [[2021 Graz local election]]. Despite opinion polling suggesting a victory for the ruling ÖVP, the KPÖ became the largest party with 28.8% of votes and 15 seats. After the election, the KPÖ entered into coalition talks with [[The Greens – The Green Alternative]] and the [[Social Democratic Party of Austria|Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ)]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://steiermark.orf.at/stories/3126893/|title=Graz: dark-red–green–red as good as fixed|date=23 October 2021|lang=de|website=[[ORF (broadcaster)|ORF]]}}</ref> On November 13, 2021, the KPÖ, the Greens and the SPÖ announced their coalition: Graz gets a communist mayor with Elke Kahr.  
In the 2021 municipal election in Graz, the [[Communist_Party_of_Austria|Communist Party of Austria (KPÖ)]] surprisingly took over first place from the ÖVP, thus pushing long-time mayor Siegfried Nagl (ÖVP) out of office. The result was noted internationally. [[Elke Kahr]] led the KPÖ for a third time in the [[2021 Graz local election]]. Despite opinion polling suggesting a victory for the ruling ÖVP, the KPÖ became the largest party with 28.8% of votes and 15 seats. After the election, the KPÖ entered into coalition talks with [[The Greens – The Green Alternative]] and the [[Social Democratic Party of Austria|Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ)]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://steiermark.orf.at/stories/3126893/|title=Graz: dark-red–green–red as good as fixed|date=23 October 2021|lang=de|website=[[ORF (broadcaster)|ORF]]}}</ref> On 13 November 2021, the KPÖ, the Greens and the SPÖ announced their coalition: Graz gets a communist mayor with Elke Kahr.  


===Recent elections===
===Recent elections===

Latest revision as of 23:02, 8 November 2025

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Styria (Template:Langx Script error: No such module "IPA".; Template:Langx; Template:Langx; Template:Langx Script error: No such module "IPA".) is an Austrian state in the southeast of the country. With an area of approximately Template:Convert, Styria is Austria's second largest state, after Lower Austria. It is bordered to the south by Slovenia, and clockwise, from the southwest, by the other Austrian states of Carinthia, Salzburg, Upper Austria, Lower Austria, and Burgenland. The state's capital is Graz, the second largest city in Austria after Vienna.

Name

The March of Styria derived its name from the original seat of its ruling Otakar dynasty: Steyr, in today's Upper Austria, which in turn derives its name from the namesake river of Steyr, stemming from the Celtic Stiria. In the native German the area is still called "Steiermark", while in English the Latin name "Styria" is used. Until the late 19th century however, the German name "Steyer", a slightly modernized spelling of Steyr, was also common. The ancient link between the city of Steyr and Styria is also apparent in their nearly identical coats of arms, a white Panther on a green background. Styria is also popularly known as the "Green March", owing to it being the most forested of all the Austrian states, or as the "Iron Margraviate" for its long heritage of manufacturing and engineering.

Geography

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Grüner See with part of the Hochschwab Mountains in the back

The western and eastern parts of the district Graz-Umgebung (literally, "Graz-surroundings") may or may not be considered parts of West and East Styria, respectively. The southern fourth of the historic Duchy of Styria, which after World War I became part of Yugoslavia and later Slovenia (except for World War II), was (and sometimes colloquially still is) referred to as "Lower Styria" (Untersteiermark; Template:Langx).

History

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Graz, the capital of Styria
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Admont Abbey library
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Riegersburg Castle is a symbol of Styria

Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote". Styria was inhabited by Celtic tribes. After its conquest by the Romans, the eastern part of what is now Styria was part of Pannonia, while the western one was included in Noricum. During the Barbarian invasions, it was conquered or crossed by the Visigoths, the Huns, the Ostrogoths, the Rugii, and the Lombards. Slavs under the domination of the Avars settled in the valleys around 600. At the same time, Bavarians under Frankish domination began to expand their area to the south and east, ultimately absorbing the Slavic population.

Under the Otakar dynasty, Styria was made into a margraviate in 1056 and in 1180, also separated from the Duchy of Carinthia to become a Duchy of its own; Per the Georgenberg Pact, the Austrian Duke Leopold V also became Duke of Styria in 1192. After the demise of the Babenberg dynasty (to which Leopold belonged), Styria came briefly under the control of Hungary and later Bohemia. During this time, it lost vast parts of its territory, including the former capital Steyr (which would later form a significant part of the emerging "Duchy of Austria above the Enns" or Upper Austria), as well as Pitten (now the southeastern part of Lower Austria). When the Habsburgs reunified Austria in 1282, Pitten was returned to Styria until the 16th century when Austria finally annexed it. During this time, Styria formed the central part of Inner Austria.

Ottoman raids into Styria were a recurrent threat from the 15th to the 17th century. The incursions caused severe devastation and depopulation.[2][3]

Styria developed economically under Archduke John of Austria, the so-called "Styrian Prince", between 1809 and 1859.

In 1918, after World War I, the Duchy of Styria was partitioned broadly along ethnic lines (though where mixed, the defeated Austrian side lost the lands in question to Yugoslavia, such as the majority German-speaking Abstall basin) into a northern part, constituting the Austrian state of Styria, as well as the continuation of the Styrian state altogether, and a southern one, traditionally called Lower Styria, though Lower Styria does not exist as any political entity and is only a traditional term. As a result of the turbulence of two world wars, the German-speaking population of Lower Styria, which had mainly been concentrated in the cities, particularly the so-called "Festungsdreieck" (fortress-triangle) of Maribor (Marburg an der Drau), Celje (Cilli) and Ptuj (Pettau) migrated from the region or was expelled.

Economy

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View over the vineyards of Western Styria

The federal state's gross domestic product (GDP) was 49.6 billion € in 2018, accounting for 12.9% of Austria's economic output. GDP per capita adjusted for purchasing power was €35,400 or 118% of the EU27 average in the same year.[4]

In 2004, Styria had the strongest economic growth rate in Austria at 3.8%—mainly due to the Graz area, which saw strong economic growth that year and has continued to grow in economic and population terms since then.

Styria is home to more than 150 clean technology companies of which one dozen are world technology leaders in their field. The revenue of Styrian cleantech companies totals €2.7 billion. This equals 8 percent of the gross regional product (GRP) and is one of the highest concentrations of leading clean technology companies in Europe. The companies have an average (real) growth rate of 22 percent per year—well above the worldwide cleantech market growth of 18 percent per year. The region created roughly 2,000 additional green jobs in 2008 alone.[5]

The Formula One Austrian Grand Prix has been held in the region, first at the Zeltweg Airfield in 1964 and then at the Osterreichring from 1970 to 1987. The sport returned to the circuit, now redesigned and rebranded as the A1-Ring, from 1997 to 2003. Formula One once again returned to the circuit, now renamed the Red Bull Ring, in 2014 and has been held at the track every year since. The COVID-19 pandemic saw the 2020 Formula One calendar massively revised, resulting in the Red Bull Ring becoming the first circuit to host consecutive Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, with the first round running under the Austrian Grand Prix name and the second held as the Styrian Grand Prix. This continued in 2021.[6]

Styria is served by Graz Airport which provides direct routes to Vienna and some other European destinations. The airport had received around 820,000 passengers in 2024.[7]

Administrative divisions

The federal state is divided into 13 districts (Bezirke), one of them a statutory city. There are 286 municipalities.

StyriaLänd Bezirke
StyriaLänd Bezirke

Statutory city

Districts

Largest cities in Styria

The following is a list of the nine largest cities and towns in Styria by population:[8]

name district population

(as of 2023)[9]

Graz Graz (statutory city) 298,623
Leoben Leoben 25,140
Kapfenberg Bruck-Mürzzuschlag 22,182
Bruck an der Mur Bruck-Mürzzuschlag 15,970
Feldbach Südoststeiermark 13,421
Leibnitz Leibnitz 13,014
Knittelfeld Murtal 12,781
Gratwein-Straßengel Graz-Umgebung 12,770
Seiersberg-Pirka Graz-Umgebung 12,112

Demographics

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bar:1939 from:0 till:1015 text:1,015,054
bar:1951 from:0 till:1109 text:1,109,335
bar:1961 from:0 till:1138 text:1,137,865
bar:1971 from:0 till:1195 text:1,195,023
bar:1981 from:0 till:1187 text:1,186,525
bar:1991 from:0 till:1185 text:1,184,720
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Politics

The federal state had been a stronghold of the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) since 1945. Graz is markedly more left-wing than the rural districts of the federal state.

The governor (Austrian political term: Landeshauptmann) of Styria was, except from 2005 until 2015 and since 2024, always an ÖVP politician.

In the 2021 municipal election in Graz, the Communist Party of Austria (KPÖ) surprisingly took over first place from the ÖVP, thus pushing long-time mayor Siegfried Nagl (ÖVP) out of office. The result was noted internationally. Elke Kahr led the KPÖ for a third time in the 2021 Graz local election. Despite opinion polling suggesting a victory for the ruling ÖVP, the KPÖ became the largest party with 28.8% of votes and 15 seats. After the election, the KPÖ entered into coalition talks with The Greens – The Green Alternative and the Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ).[10] On 13 November 2021, the KPÖ, the Greens and the SPÖ announced their coalition: Graz gets a communist mayor with Elke Kahr.

Recent elections

In the 2005 elections for the federal state's parliament the 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 elections after setting up his own party. In these elections, the KPÖ also received many votes after it had gained much popularity through its role in local politics in Graz during the preceding years. The two right-wing populist parties, the Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) and the Alliance for the Future of Austria (BZÖ), failed to win seats.

In subsequent elections in 2010 and 2015, the SPÖ, the ÖVP, and the KPÖ each lost between one fourth and one third of their shares of the vote relative to 2005. The FPÖ grew from 4.6 percent to 26.8 percent.[11][12]

In the last state election in 2024, the far-right Freedom Party reached first place for the first time with 34.8 percent of the vote. The current government of Styria is a coalition of FPÖ and ÖVP. The governor, Mario Kunasek, is a representative of the FPÖ. His deputy, Manuela Khom, is a ÖVP member.

Notable Styrians

See also

References

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External links

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