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Former municipality in Styria, Austria
Ehrenhausen
Former municipality
Marktplatz, Town Center of EhrenhausenMarktplatz, Town Center of Ehrenhausen
Coat of arms of EhrenhausenCoat of arms
Ehrenhausen is located in AustriaEhrenhausenEhrenhausenLocation within Austria
Coordinates: 46°43′35″N 15°35′04″E / 46.72639°N 15.58444°E / 46.72639; 15.58444
CountryAustria
StateStyria
DistrictLeibnitz
Area
 • Total3.03 km (1.17 sq mi)
Elevation258 m (846 ft)
Population
 • Total1,019
 • Density340/km (870/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code8461
Area code+43 3453
Websitewww.ehrenhausen.at

Ehrenhausen is a former municipality in the district of Leibnitz in Styria, Austria. Since the 2015 Styria municipal structural reform, it is part of the municipality Ehrenhausen an der Weinstraße.

Geography

Ehrenhausen lies on the Mur river in southeastern Styria south of Leibnitz close to the border of Slovenia.

Personalities

The district was at one time the seat of a branch of the Eggenberg dynasty and the Schlossberg to Ehrenhausen features the mausoleum of Ruprecht von Eggenberg and his nephew Wolf von Eggenberg which was designed by Italian painter and architect Giovanni Pietro de Pomis, who was the court painter and architect of Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor.

References

  1. Statistik Austria - Bevölkerung zu Jahresbeginn 2002-2016 nach Gemeinden (Gebietsstand 1.1.2016) for Ehrenhausen.
  2. Die neue Gemeindestruktur der Steiermark
Mausoleum of Freiherr Ruprecht von Eggenberg and his nephew, Freiherr Wolff von Eggenberg on the Schlossberg to Ehrenhausen



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