Leoben

Leoben is a Styrian town in crucial Austria, placed at the Mur river. With a population of approximately 25,000 it's miles a nearby commercial middle and hosts the University of Leoben, which specialises in mining. The Peace of Leoben, an armistice between Austria and France preliminary to the Treaty of Campo Formio, became signed in Leoben in 1797. The Justice Center Leoben is a prison designed with the aid of architect Josef Hohensinn, which become finished in 2005. Leoben is known as the “Gateway to the Styrian Iron Road”. The thirteenth century Main Square capabilities the Hackl House with its baroque façade in pink and white.

The City Parish Church, St. Francis Xavier, built in 1660, incorporates a 17th-century indoors and is taken into consideration one of the maximum significant Jesuit churches in Austria. Also of word is the Art Nouveau Lutheran church that's at the higher cease of the Franz-Josef-Strasse. The oldest convent for girls in Styria is Göss Abbey. Founded in 1020 A.D., it turned into run by way of the Benedictine nuns until it become dissolved in 1782. The early Romanesque crypt is of observe as is the 'Gosser Ornat,' which may be seen in Vienna.