Liezen

Liezen
Liezen

Location within Austria

Coordinates: 47°34′00″N 14°14′00″E / 47.56667°N 14.23333°E / 47.56667; 14.23333Coordinates: 47°34′00″N 14°14′00″E / 47.56667°N 14.23333°E / 47.56667; 14.23333
Country Austria
State Styria
District Liezen
Government
  Mayor Rudolf Hakel (SPÖ)
Area
  Total 56.36 km2 (21.76 sq mi)
Elevation 664 m (2,178 ft)
Population (1 January 2016)[1]
  Total 6,865
  Density 120/km2 (320/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 8940
Area code 03612
Vehicle registration LI
Website www.liezen.at

Liezen is a municipality in the Austrian federal state of Styria, district capital of the district of the same name and economic center on the River Enns.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
18691,944    
18802,260+16.3%
18902,220−1.8%
19002,143−3.5%
19102,224+3.8%
19232,218−0.3%
19342,417+9.0%
19392,868+18.7%
19514,802+67.4%
19615,444+13.4%
19716,402+17.6%
19817,034+9.9%
19917,051+0.2%
20016,908−2.0%
20116,839−1.0%

Politics

Its mayor, Rudolf Hakel, is a member of the regionally prominent political party SPÖ, which also holds an absolute majority in the local council with 17 members out of 25.

Economy

A large mechanical engineering plant, Maschinenfabrik Liezen und Gießerei, is located in the east of the town; it was connected to the "Noricum scandal" in the 1980s due to the illegal export of armaments. As of 2012, the company remained a large employer.

Liezen figures in the adventure novel series by Gerard de Villiers It is the location of the fictional Schloss von Linge home of the man of adventure Prince Malko Linge.

References

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