Bärnbach
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Voitsberg (district)
Bezirk Voitsberg is a district of the state of Styria in Austria.-Municipalities:Suburbs, hamlets and other subdivisions of a municipality are indicated in small characters.* Bärnbach**Hochtregist* Edelschrott**Kreuzberg* Gallmannsegg**Hadergasse...
, 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...
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The city is popular for its church (designed by Friedensreich Hundertwasser
Friedensreich Hundertwasser
Friedensreich Regentag Dunkelbunt Hundertwasser was an Austrian painter and architect. Born Friedrich Stowasser in Vienna, he became one of the best-known contemporary Austrian artists, although controversial, by the end of the 20th century.-Life:Hundertwasser's father Ernst Stowasser died three...
), manual glass manufacturing and coal mining (surface mining).
Today the coal mine is closed, because it is uneconomical.
Culture and Sightseeings
Magnet of tourism is the church of Saint Barbara (patron of miners) which was built in 1948 and was renovated by Friedensreich HundertwasserFriedensreich Hundertwasser
Friedensreich Regentag Dunkelbunt Hundertwasser was an Austrian painter and architect. Born Friedrich Stowasser in Vienna, he became one of the best-known contemporary Austrian artists, although controversial, by the end of the 20th century.-Life:Hundertwasser's father Ernst Stowasser died three...
in 1987.
There is museum of history and technique of glass manufacturing in the "Stölze Oberglas" company and a museum of castles in the castle "Altkainach".
Infrastructure
Bärnbach has a small railway station, connecting it with KöflachKöflach
Köflach is a small city in the district of Voitsberg in Styria, Austria, at the foot of the Stubalpe mountain. The town has a population of roughly 10,000 and contains a federal stud in the village of Piber that supplies the Lipizzaner horses to the famous Spanish Riding School in Vienna...
and 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...
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The nearest Autobahn (Freeway) is the "A2 Südautobahn", the nearest connections are "Modriach" and "Mooskirchen"
The most important Road is the "B70 Packerbundesstraße" connecting Bärnbach with 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...
and Villach
Villach
Villach is the second largest city in the Carinthia state in the southern Austria, at the Drava River and represents an important traffic junction for Austria and the whole Alpe-Adria region. , the population is 58,480.-History:...
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Most of the inhabitants are commuters and use the B70 to reach 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...
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Distance to Graz: approx. 48 km
Economy
Because of the infrastructural situation industry is not very interested in Bärnbach. Exhaust manufacturer Remus have had their headquarters in the city since 1990.In former times the important industrial locations were the coal mines, the steam-powerplant "Voitsberg III" and the glassworks.
The powerplant was closed in 2006, but there are plans to open it again.
Today the glassworks closed the industrial production section, but the glassblowing
Glassblowing
Glassblowing is a glassforming technique that involves inflating molten glass into a bubble, or parison, with the aid of a blowpipe, or blow tube...
and glass art section are still existing.
Most of the people work in neighbouring cities or in 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...
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Bärnbach also has a mall
Shopping mall
A shopping mall, shopping centre, shopping arcade, shopping precinct or simply mall is one or more buildings forming a complex of shops representing merchandisers, with interconnecting walkways enabling visitors to easily walk from unit to unit, along with a parking area — a modern, indoor version...
, called WEZ (Weststeirisches Einkaufszentrum = Weststyrian Shopping centre) which is the biggest mall in the district.