Stattegg is a village and a suburb 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...

, the capital 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 state of Styria. It lies at the bottom of the Schoeckl, a mountain of the European Alps

Alps

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Stattegg has 2580 inhabitants (as of 31 December 2005) and consists of 13 Katastralgemeinden: Buch, Eichberg, Hochgreit, Hohenberg, Hub, Kalkleiten, Krail, Leber, Mühl, Neudorf, Rannach, Steingraben, Ursprung.

History

In medieval times the Stadeck

Stadeck

Stadeck was an important family of ministeriales in Styria during the 13th and 14th centuries.The family is named for Stattegg castle, beginning with Rudolph I . His son Rudolph II Stadeck was an important family of ministeriales in Styria during the 13th and 14th centuries.The family is named for...

er were a dynasty of ministeriales in the service of the sovereign of Styria. Their seat was the castle of Stadeck located in Hub, a part of Stattegg. Ulrich I von Stadeck was 26th arch bishop of Salzburg

Salzburg

-Population development:In 1935, the population significantly increased when Salzburg absorbed adjacent municipalities. After World War II, numerous refugees found a new home in the city. New residential space was created for American soldiers of the postwar Occupation, and could be used for...

(1256–1265), Rudolf von Stadegge was a minstrel, several were Landeshauptmann of Styria. 1400 the dynasty ended with Hans and Leuthold of Stadeck.

Objects of Interest

• Church Maria Schutz in Kalkleiten
• Old limekiln (founded 1890, stopped 1966, classified as a historical monument since 1981)
• Well of Andritz-Ursprung ( Jakob- Lorber Begegnungsstätte )