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Trofaiach

Place in Styria, Austria

Coat of arms

47°25′33.69″N 15°00′24.12″E / 47.4260250°N 15.0067000°E / 47.4260250; 15.0067000CountryAustriaStateStyriaDistrictLeobenGovernment

• MayorMario Abl (SPÖ)Area

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• 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 3847Vehicle registrationLNWebsitetrofaiach.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. On 1 January 2013, it was merged with the neighbouring municipalities of Hafning bei Trofaiach and Gai. The municipality had 11,003 inhabitants on 1 January 2023.

Sons and daughters of the town

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

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