Knittelfeld

Knittelfeld
Coat of arms
Knittelfeld Location within Austria
Coordinates: 47°12′54″N 14°49′46″E
Country	Austria
State	Styria
District	Murtal
Government
• Mayor	Harald Bergmann (SPÖ)
Area
• Total	13.81 km2 (5.33 sq mi)
Elevation	645 m (2,116 ft)
Population  (2018-01-01)
• Total	12,626
• Density	910/km2 (2,400/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	8720
Area code	03512
Vehicle registration	MT
Website	www.knittelfeld.at

Knittelfeld (German: [ˈknitl̩ˌfɛlt]) 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 residents

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), a Brazilian sculptor, emigrated to Brazil aged 11, a founder of the Neo-Concrete Movement
• Karl Troll, (DE Wiki) (1923–1977), politician (SPÖ)
• Gert Hofbauer (1937-2017), an Austrian conductor and trumpeter.

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

External links

• Official website (in German)
• Pictures of and information about Knittelfeld in English
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