Liezen

Template:Infobox Ort in Österreich Liezen is a municipality in the Austrian federal state of Styria, district capital of the district of the same name and economic center on the River Enns.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1869	1,944	—
1880	2,260	+16.3%
1890	2,220	−1.8%
1900	2,143	−3.5%
1910	2,224	+3.8%
1923	2,218	−0.3%
1934	2,417	+9.0%
1939	2,868	+18.7%
1951	4,802	+67.4%
1961	5,444	+13.4%
1971	6,402	+17.6%
1981	7,034	+9.9%
1991	7,051	+0.2%
2001	6,908	−2.0%
2011	6,839	−1.0%

Politics

Its mayor, Rudolf Hakel, is a member of the regionally prominent political party SPÖ, which also holds an absolute majority in the local council with 17 members out of 25.

Economy

A large mechanical engineering plant, Maschinenfabrik Liezen und Gießerei, is located in the east of the town; it was connected to the "Noricum scandal" in the 1980s due to the illegal export of armaments. As of 2012, the company remained a large employer.

Popular Culture

Liezen figures in the adventure novel series by Gerard de Villiers It is the location of the fictional Schloss von Linge home of the man of adventure Prince Malko Linge.