Knittelfeld
Knittelfeld is a city in Styria, Austria, located on the banks of the Mur river. The name of the town has become notorious for the Knittelfeld Putsch of September 7, 2002, a party meeting of the Freedom Party of Austria, which resulted in the 2002 Austrian elections.
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Knittelfeld is a city in Styria, Austria, located on the banks of the Mur river. The name of the town has become notorious for the Knittelfeld Putsch of September 7, 2002, a party meeting of the Freedom Party of Austria, which resulted in the 2002 Austrian elections.
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• Name — Knittelfeld • Type — Municipality • Image Shield — AUT_Knittelfeld_COA.svg • Pushpin Map — Austria • Pushpin Map Size — 270 • Pushpin Caption — Location within Austria • Map Caption — Location within Murtal district • Subdivision Type — Country • Subdivision Name — Austria • Subdivision Type1 — State • Subdivision Name1 — Styria • Subdivision Type2 — District • Subdivision Name2 — Murtal • Parts Style — para • Leader Title — Mayor • Leader Name — Harald Bergmann • Leader Party — SPÖ • Area Footnotes — area_footnotes • Area Total Km2 — area_total_km2 • Elevation M — 645 • Population As Of — population_as_of • Population Footnotes — population_footnotes • Population Total — population_total • Population Density Km2 — auto • Time Zone — CET • Time Zone Dst — CEST • Utc Offset — +1 • Utc Offset Dst — +2 • Registration Plate — MT • Postal Code Type — Postal code • Postal Code — 8720 • Area Code Type — Area code • Area Code — 03512 • Website — www.knittelfeld.at Knittelfeld is a city in Styria, Austria, located on the banks of the Mur river. The name of the town has become notorious for the Knittelfeld Putsch of September 7, 2002, a party meeting of the Freedom Party of Austria, which resulted in the 2002 Austrian elections.
Notable people
Notable people
• Illustration — Lizzi Waldmüller The following are past and present notable residents of Knittelfeld. • Hermann Lichtenegger (1900–1984), resistance fighter, politician (KPÖ) and Govt. minister • Lizzi Waldmüller (1904–1945), singer and actress • Franz Weissmann (1911–2005), Brazilian sculptor, emigrated to Brazil aged 11, a founder of the Neo-Concrete Movement • Karl Troll (politician) (1923–1977), politician (SPÖ) • Gert Hofbauer (1937–2017), Austrian conductor and trumpeter
Sport
Sport
• Zoran Lerchbacher (born 1972), darts player • Klaus Ambrosch (born 1973), decathlete • Harald Proczyk (born 1975), racing driver • Jürgen Saler (born 1977), a retired Austrian footballer who scored over 280 goals • Andi Siebenhofer (born 1977), extreme sports athlete and entrepreneur • Stefan Rucker (born 1980), former racing cyclist • Marcel Ritzmaier (born 1993), football player, played over 240 games
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