Ehrenhausen

Ehrenhausen

Marktplatz, Town Center of Ehrenhausen

Coat of arms
Ehrenhausen

Location within Austria

Coordinates: 46°43′35″N 15°35′04″E / 46.72639°N 15.58444°E / 46.72639; 15.58444Coordinates: 46°43′35″N 15°35′04″E / 46.72639°N 15.58444°E / 46.72639; 15.58444
Country Austria
State Styria
District Leibnitz
Government
 • Mayor Martin Wratschko (ÖVP)
Area
 • Total 3.03 km2 (1.17 sq mi)
Elevation 258 m (846 ft)
Population (1 January 2016)[1]
 • Total 1,019
 • Density 340/km2 (870/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 8461
Area codes +43 3453
Website www.ehrenhausen.at

Ehrenhausen is a former municipality in the district of Leibnitz in Styria, Austria. Since the 2015 Styria municipal structural reform, it is part of the municipality Ehrenhausen an der Weinstraße.[2]

Geography

Ehrenhausen lies on the Mur river in southeastern Styria south of Leibnitz close to the border of Slovenia.

Personalities

The district was at one time the seat of a branch of the Eggenberg dynasty and the Schlossberg to Ehrenhausen features the mausoleum of Ruprecht von Eggenberg and his nephew Wolf von Eggenberg which was designed by Italian painter and architect Giovanni Pietro de Pomis, who was the court painter and architect of Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor.

References

  1. ↑ Statistik Austria - Bevölkerung zu Jahresbeginn 2002-2016 nach Gemeinden (Gebietsstand 2016-01-01), 2016-01-01.
  2. ↑ Die neue Gemeindestruktur der Steiermark
Mausoleum of Freiherr Ruprecht von Eggenberg and his nephew, Freiherr Wolff von Eggenberg on the Schlossberg to Ehrenhausen
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