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Country
  
Austria

District
  
Hartberg-Fürstenfeld

Vehicle registration
  
HB

Population
  
1,049 (1 Apr 2009)

Postal code
  
8234

State
  
Styria

Time zone
  
CET (UTC+1)

Elevation
  
455 m

Local time
  
Tuesday 3:22 PM

Area code
  
03338

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Website
  
www.rohrbach-lafnitz. steiermark.at

Weather
  
16°C, Wind S at 10 km/h, 56% Humidity

Rohrbach an der Lafnitz is a municipality in Styria, Austria. It is in the judicial district of Hartberg and the political district of Hartberg-Fürstenfeld.

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Map of 8234 Rohrbach an der Lafnitz, Austria

Geography

Rohrbach an der Lafnitz is in the Joglland, approximately 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) north of the city of Hartberg. 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 Hauptschule.

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.

    • References

    Rohrbach an der Lafnitz Wikipedia
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