Leoben is an industrial city in Styria, in the Murtal on a double loop of the Mur and with around 25,000 inhabitants, the second largest city in Styria. The city is the economic center of Upper Styria and is home to the Austrian Montan University and a technical college. An important steelworks in the Donawitz district, the seat of the Gösser brewery in the Göß district.
Hauptplatz Hauptplatz in the Wikimedia Commons media directory: town
houses with Gothic or Renaissance core, baroque Hacklhaus, old town
hall (1485, tower from 1568), plague column, angel fountain, miner's
fountain
City parish church of St. Xavier. (1665)
Romanesque
Church of St. James. Gothic after 1500, later rebuilt in Baroque
style
Mushroom Tower. (1616) (landmark of the city)
City
Theatre. Commons. (1790/91)
Göß Abbey
Maßenburg
ruins
Museums and collections
MuseumsCenter and Kunsthalle
Leoben. Tel .: +43 (0) 3842 4062-408, email:
kunsthalle@leoben.at.
With changing special exhibitions. Groups of 10 people or more by
appointment. Open: Tue-Sat 10 am–5pm.
Exhibition "Historical
Defense Weapons" in the Schwammerlturm. Open: Mon-Sat 12 p.m.-6 p.m.
Price: Free entry.
Donawitz Metallurgy Museum. Tel .: +43 (0)
50304 252261. Open: Tue 4-8pm and after registration. Price: Free
entry.
Gösser Brewing Museum. Tel .: +43 (0) 3842 2090-5802.
(Guided tours for individual visitors: April – October: Sat, Sun and
public holidays 11.00 a.m. and 3.00 p.m.; adults € 8,
schoolchildren: € 5. Group tours: all year round Mon – Sun, only
after prior registration, adults € 7, schoolchildren: € 4 .50)
By plane
The nearest airport is Graz Airport
(IATA code: GRZ, approx. 70 km). If you want to fly yourself, you
don't get much closer: the nearest airport is Kapfenberg (LOGK)
(approx. 25 km) with a 600 m grass runway.
By train
Alongside Bruck an der Mur, Leoben is an important rail hub in Upper
Styria.
All trains, including express trains on the Vienna –
Klagenfurt line, stop in Leoben.
All trains on the Schoberpass
route also stop in Leoben (Graz - Selzthal)
By bus
Flixbus
actually drives to Leoben. The bus stop is at the station forecourt.
By street
From Vienna via the A 2 to the Seebenstein junction
and on the S 6 to Leoben. From Salzburg or Linz or Passau via the A
1 or A 8 to Voralpenkreuz and on the A 9 to the St. Michael
junction, from there on the S 6 to Leoben.
The city has 7 inner-city bus routes as well as buses to the neighboring communities (bus timetable, as of May 2013).