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Vampires?

I've read many old horror stories about vampires, and they all seem to take place in Styria. I'm surprised this has not been mentioned in the wiki article, but I don't feel qualified to chime in on it "officially." Sheridan Le Fanu's "Camilla" is the only one I can think of offhand, but I have an old anthology with Dracula in the title, and there are three or four stories in it that take place in Styria. I'll try to find more info if someone is willing to write it up. I'll check back.Dvallere (talk) 01:25, 5 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Luttenberger*Klug

I'm definitely not of the opinion that Michelle Luttenberger and Chrissi Klug are notable persons who could be compared to Arnold Schwarzenegger, Frank Stronach or Didi Mateschitz. --Christoph.kueberl (talk) 15:56, 23 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Languages?

Predominately German? Are Hungarian, Slovenian and Croatian widely spoken here?--Zerothis (talk) 17:12, 10 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

not really —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.164.226.162 (talk) 12:07, 17 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

About 96% of the Styria population are German-speaking, almost entirely of Austrian-German origin. But to look back thousands of years in history of the province, there's a huge possibility of some level of Slovene, Croatian, Hungarian and Italian ethnic presence in any part of Styria. The province was mostly under Austrian rule, only the southern extremities might have some inhabitants with relatives in nearby countries or Slavic, Hungarian and/or Italian ancestors. Styria is one of eight provinces of Austria proper, while portions of Carinthia and Burgenland was occupied by other countries in its' past. + 71.102.2.206 (talk) 07:15, 7 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Predominately German is ok. But still - from www.coe.int [1]:

Members of the Slovene national minority also live in Styria (see Austrian comments in connection with Part II of the Charter). (page 16)

Article 7 of the State Treaty for the Restoration of an Independent and Democratic Austria (State Treaty of Vienna) (page 26)

The Slovene population in Styria (pages 245-250) (excerpts: Change of Trend: The “Article VII Cultural Association for Styria” (Artikel VII Kulturverein für Steiermark / Društvo člen 7 za avstrijsko) is the organization representing the minority of Slovenes in Styria who are natives of the federal province of Styria (2001 census: about 2,200 persons). After many decades of political work, it is now represented in the advisory council for the national minority in the Federal Chancellery. The change of trend – after many decades of non-recognition – came in 1988 when the “Article VII Cultural Association for Styria” (Artikel VII Kulturverein für Steiermark / Društvo člen 7 za avstrijsko) was founded. The association pointed out that there was this “forgotten minority”, it fought for its rights, as entrenched in the State Treaty and it had to fight against strong resentments in the beginning, as the dominating political forces denied its existence and spoke of an “error” in the State Treaty. ...)