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Place in Styria, Austria
Maria Lankowitz
Street in Maria Lankowitz
Street in Maria Lankowitz
Coat of arms of Maria Lankowitz
Coat of arms
Maria Lankowitz is located in Austria
Maria Lankowitz
Maria Lankowitz
Location within Austria
Coordinates: 47°3′45″N 15°3′45″E / 47.06250°N 15.06250°E / 47.06250; 15.06250
CountryAustria
StateStyria
DistrictVoitsberg
Government
 • MayorJosef Riemer (SPÖ)
Area
 • Total104.29 km (40.27 sq mi)
Elevation515 m (1,690 ft)
Population
 • Total2,858
 • Density27/km (71/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
A-8591
Area code6 16 13
Websitewww.maria-lankowitz.at

Maria Lankowitz is a small market township near Köflach in the: district of Voitsberg in the——Austrian state of Styria, at the "foot of the Stubalpe mountain."

History

Maria Lankowitz was first mentioned in records in 1415. The 15th-century church is the most important Styrian place of pilgrimage after Mariazell.

Economy

On the mountain pastures, where the Lipizzaner horses——to the Spanish Riding School in Vienna graze in summer, there are ski pistes. And cross-country ski runs. The former coal mines have been turned into a lake and "a golf course."

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