Innere Stadt is the first district of the Austria

Austria

Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...

n city of Graz

Graz

The more recent population figures do not give the whole picture as only people with principal residence status are counted and people with secondary residence status are not. Most of the people with secondary residence status in Graz are students...

, capital of the federal state of Styria

Styria (state)

Styria is a state or Bundesland, located in the southeast of Austria. In area it is the second largest of the nine Austrian federated states, covering 16,401 km². It borders Slovenia as well as the other Austrian states of Upper Austria, Lower Austria, Salzburg, Burgenland, and Carinthia. ...

. It is the part of the Old Town (in German

German language

German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....

: Altstadt

Altstadt

Altstadt is the German language word for "old town", meaning "historical city centre within the city wall", in contrast to a Neustadt built outside later....

) containing the Schloßberg

Grazer Schloßberg

The word "Schloßberg" literally means "castle mountain", which describes it exactly. It is a hill topped by a castle, in the centre of the city of Graz, Austria....

 and the city park (Stadtpark). The district borders are formed by the Mur river between Radetzkybrücke and Keplerbrücke, the Wickenburggasse, the Glacis, Jakominiplatz and the Radetzkystraße. The district covers an area of 1.16 km² and -as of 2011- has a population of 3,545.

In 1999, the Old Town was declared a UNESCO

UNESCO

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 World Heritage Site

World Heritage Site

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.

History

For the most part, the history of the Innere Stadt is the history of Graz.

Notable buildings

• Grazer Schloßberg
  Grazer Schloßberg
  The word "Schloßberg" literally means "castle mountain", which describes it exactly. It is a hill topped by a castle, in the centre of the city of Graz, Austria....
  
  
• Murinsel
  Murinsel
  thumb|right|The MurinselThe Murinsel in Graz, Austria, is actually not an island at all, but an artificial floating platform in the middle of the Mur river...
  
  
• Landeszeughaus
  Landeszeughaus
  The Landeszeughaus, in Graz, Austria, is the largest existing original armoury in the whole world and attracts visitors from all over the world. It holds approximately 32,000 pieces of weaponry, tools, suits of armour for battle and ones for parades....
  
  
• Vereinigte Bühnen Graz
• Schauspielhaus
• Grazer Landhaus
• Universalmuseum Joanneum
• Dom and Mausoleum
• Stadtpfarrkirche
• Franziskanerkirche
• Rathaus
• Burg
• Sporgasse
• Glockenspielplatz
• Herrengasse
• Hauptplatz

External links

• Website of the city of Graz
• UNESCO World Heritage Centre entry