Trofaiach

Trofaiach is a municipality in the Leoben district of the state of Styria in Austria, the site of a post World War II British sector displaced persons camp.

Trofaiach
Trofaiach
Coat of arms
Trofaiach
Location within Austria
Coordinates: 47°25′33.69″N 15°00′24.12″E
CountryAustria
StateStyria
DistrictLeoben
Government
  MayorMario Abl (SPÖ)
Area
  Total143.63 km2 (55.46 sq mi)
Elevation
658 m (2,159 ft)
Population
 (2018-01-01)[2]
  Total11,125
  Density77/km2 (200/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
8793
Area code+43 3847
Vehicle registrationLN
Websitetrofaiach.steiermark.at

Neighboring municipalities

Sons and daughters of the town

Josef Forster
  • Josef Forster (1838-1917), composer, he wrote several, at that time successful, but now forgotten operas
  • Hellmuth Stachel (born 1942), grew up in Trofaiach, Austrian mathematician and professor of geometry at the Vienna University of Technology.
  • Hannes Arch (1967-2016), aerobatics pilot, first Austrian participant in the Red Bull Air Race Series
  • Monika Maierhofer (born 1967), former ski racer
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gollark: 𝕃𝕪𝕣𝕚𝕔𝕃𝕪 𝕚𝕤 𝕤𝕥𝕦𝕡𝕚𝕕; 𝔼𝕤𝕠𝕝𝕒𝕟𝕘𝕤 𝕒𝕣𝕖 𝕔𝕠𝕠𝕝.𝙻𝚢𝚛𝚒𝚌𝙻𝚢 𝚒𝚜 𝚜𝚝𝚞𝚙𝚒𝚍; 𝙴𝚜𝚘𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚜 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚘𝚕.
gollark: 𝓛𝔂𝓻𝓲𝓬𝓛𝔂 𝓲𝓼 𝓼𝓽𝓾𝓹𝓲𝓭; 𝓔𝓼𝓸𝓵𝓪𝓷𝓰𝓼 𝓪𝓻𝓮 𝓬𝓸𝓸𝓵.
gollark: 𝗟𝘆𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗟𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗽𝗶𝗱; 𝗘𝘀𝗼𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗼𝗹.

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