Kapfenberg is a city in 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. ...

, 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...

, near Bruck an der Mur

Bruck an der Mur

Bruck an der Mur is a city of some 13,500 people located in the Austrian state of Styria. It is located at the confluence of the Mur and Mürz Rivers. Its manufactures include metal products and paper; Bruck is an important rail junction in the region located on the Graz to Vienna main...

. The town's landmark is Burg Oberkapfenberg. Main employer in the city of Kapfenberg was and still is the steel manufacturer Böhler

Böhler

Böhler, is an Austrian steel producer for special steel. Its multinational presence includes locations around the world, including the Americas, Europe, Asia and Africa....

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The town has a swimming complex, a football

Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

 stadium (Franz Fekete Stadium

Franz Fekete Stadium

Franz Fekete Stadion is a multipurpose stadium in Kapfenberg, Austria. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of Kapfenberger SV. The stadium holds 12,000 people and was built in 1987....

) used by the football club Kapfenberger SV

Kapfenberger SV

Kapfenberger SV is an Austrian association football club from Kapfenberg. In the 2007/08 Austrian Football First League season they became champion and advanced to Austrian Bundesliga. The club was founded in 1919 as Kapfenberger SC...

 and an ice rink. With the Kapfenberg Bulls

Kapfenberg Bulls

Kapfenberg Bulls is a basketball club based in Kapfenberg, which is a town in Styria, a state of Austria. Since 1991, the team plays in the Österreichische Basketball Bundesliga, the highest Austrian professional basketball league. Between 2001 and 2004, the club had its most successful era with 4...

, the city has a team in the Österreichische Basketball Bundesliga

Österreichische Basketball Bundesliga

The Österreichische Basketball Bundesliga is the top men's professional basketball league in Austria. Until the 2004–05 season, the league was known as the A-Liga and then until the 2008–09 season it was called the Österreichische Basketball Bundesliga...

, the highest professional basketball league in Austria.

External links

Official website