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Trofaiach

Coordinates: 47°25′33.69″N 15°00′24.12″E / 47.4260250°N 15.0067000°E / 47.4260250; 15.0067000
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Trofaiach
Trofaiach
Trofaiach
Coat of arms of Trofaiach
Trofaiach is located in Austria
Trofaiach
Trofaiach
Location within Austria
Coordinates: 47°25′33.69″N 15°00′24.12″E / 47.4260250°N 15.0067000°E / 47.4260250; 15.0067000
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

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.

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

References

  1. ^ "Dauersiedlungsraum der Gemeinden Politischen Bezirke und Bundesländer - Gebietsstand 1.1.2018". Statistics Austria. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
  2. ^ "Einwohnerzahl 1.1.2018 nach Gemeinden mit Status, Gebietsstand 1.1.2018". Statistics Austria. Retrieved 9 March 2019.