Graz travel guide — Graz tourism and travel information

Graz travel guide

about Graz

Graz [graːts] (Slovenian: Gradec), with a population of 305.000 (council census 2000) is the second-largest city in Austria, capital of the province of Styria (Steiermark in German). It has a long tradition of being a student city, with 4 Universities and 2 Universities of Applied Sciences with over 50.000 students. During the brief Lutheran phase of Graz, in 1540 Eggenberg founded the Paradies or Lutheran school, in which Johannes Kepler later taught.

The city is situated on the Mur river, in the southeast of Austria. Archduke Charles II of Inner Austria had 20,000 Protestant books burned in the square of what is now an insane asylum, and succeeded in returning Styria to the authority of Rome. Nikola Tesla studied electrical engineering at the Politechnic in Graz in 1875. Nobel Laureate Otto Loewi taught at the university from 1909 until 1938. Erwin Schrödinger was briefly chancellor of the University of Graz in 1936. Soon thereafter, there was a small concentration camp nearby, a sub-camp of Mauthausen, and Schrödinger had fled.

The name Graz is derived from the Slovenian word for castle, grad; gradec, pronounced gradets, means "small castle". Graz was built around the Schlossberg. The first mention of it under its present name is in a document of A.D. 881, after which its stronghold became the residence of the rulers of the surrounding district, known later as Styria. The privileges of its ancient charter were confirmed by the Habsburg Rudolph I in 1281. With a strategic situation at the head of the open and fertile valley of the Mur, Graz was often assaulted (unsuccessfully): by Hungarians under Matthias Corvinus in 1481, and by the Ottoman Turks in 1529 and 1532.

Near cities to Graz

• Leoben travel guide 43 km
• Judenburg travel guide 60 km
• Murzzuschlag travel guide 60 km
• Maribor travel guide 61 km
• Slovenj Gradec travel guide 69 km
• Murska Sobota travel guide 72 km
• Slovenska Bistrica travel guide 78 km
• Slovenske Konjice travel guide 78 km
• Ptuj travel guide 81 km
• Velenje travel guide 86 km

Near webcams to Graz

• Graz - Posthochhaus webcam 1.9 km
• Graz - Hauptplatz webcam 1.9 km
• Graz - Karl-Franzens Universität webcam 1.9 km
• Graz - Landhaushof webcam 1.9 km
• Unterpremstätten bei Graz webcam 1.9 km
• Graz - Downtown webcam 1.9 km
• Graz - Airport webcam 1.9 km
• Graz - Marburger Kai webcam 1.9 km
• Graz - Plabutsch webcam 1.9 km
• Graz - Schlossberg, Sea-height 375 m webcam 2.2 km

back to top

Graz travel services

cheap flights to Graz

• book cheap flights to Graz »
• book cheap flights to Austria »

City Travel Guide is exclusive partner of four main cheap airline tickets and cheap flights online booking systems. We are happy to offer cheap airline tickets Graz, cheap flights Graz, also available cheap airline tickets to Austria and to the whole world. Up to date cheap flights Graz deals also available.

cheap Graz hotels

• book cheap hotels to Graz »
• book cheap hotels to Austria »

City Travel Guide is exclusive partner of main cheap hotels and accommodation online booking systems. We are happy to offer cheap hotels in Graz, Austria hotel guide and cheap hotels and accommodation in lot of other world-wide destinations. Up to date cheap Graz hotel deals and discount accommodation tips also available.

cheap Graz vacations

• book Graz vacations »
• book Austria vacations »

City Travel Guide is exclusive partner of main cheap vacations online booking systems. We are happy to offer cheap vacations in Graz, Austria vacation rentals and cheap vacations in lot of other destinations world-wide. Up to date Graz vacation deals also available.

cheap car rentals in Graz

• book cheap car rental in Graz »
• book cheap car rentals in Austria »

City Travel Guide is exclusive partner of main car rentals online booking systems. We are happy to offer car rentals in Graz, car hire in Austria and cheap car rental in lot other world-wide destinations. Up to date cheap Graz car hire deals also available.

Graz travel insurance

• Graz cheap travel insurance »
• cheap travel insurance for Austria »

City Travel Guide is exclusive partner of Essential Travel Ltd., leading online travel insurance company, we can offer you health travel insurance for Graz, accident health Graz travel insurance, all using our online Graz travel insurance form. We also offer travel insurance for other cities in Austria. This offer is available for UK residents only.

Graz real estate

• Graz real estate guide »
• real estate listings in Austria »

City Travel Guide comes with Graz real estate guide with several tips on home valuation, realtors comparison, secrets on finding the "right" home, loans guide and other helpful real estate advices. Our partners also maintain Graz property for sale and rental listings, real estate laws and reviews. We will try to help you with buying property in Austria, choosing real estate agents, property finders, relocation help, and information for English speakers wanting to buy real estate in Graz.

back to top

Graz travel books

Graz travel guide books

• Graz travel guide books »
• Austria travel guide books »

Graz maps and atlases

• Graz maps and atlases »
• Austria maps and atlases »

back to top