Geography Of Graz
Situated on both banks of the Mur, Graz rises through the Graz Uplands and joins the Graz Basin, some 150 kilometers southwest of Vienna.Stretching from west to east, the metropolis takes up almost the whole northern half of the Graz Basin. Mountains rising to 400 metres in three directions encircle it.The urban area reaches onto the Grazer Feld to the south.
Standing 754 meters above sea level, the Plabutsch is the highest point in Graz.A. the lowest point in the city, at 330 meters above sea level.Situated where the Mur empties into the city, A.The Graz clock tower is located on the Grazer Schloßberg, while the Calvary is located on the Austein.
The next major city in Slovenia, Maribor (Marburg a der Drau), is around 60 kilometers south of Graz.The two cities are establishing stronger cultural and economic relations.Graz-Maribor, in Europe, is a prime example of this.
Geology
Geologically speaking, there are two separate components to the hilly area north of Graz, which is located on both sides of the little Mur valley. Immediately south of the longitudinal furrow of the Mur and Mürz valleys are the final eastern foothills of the central Alpine ranges, while the Stub, Glein, and Koralpe mountains gently round to the west. East of the Murquer valley, which descends from Bruck a der Mur, a breakthrough valley, lie the Fischbacher Alps.South of here and just north of the Graz Basin is the real Grazer Bergland. Its main material is limestone, although there are old karst phenomena in the Lurgrotte and other caverns.Within this limestone zone lie the crystalline island of St. Radegund and the adjoining local mountain of Schöckl in Graz.The East-Central Alpine Unit (MOA) comprises the crystalline slate foothills of the Central Alpines that follow the Mur-Mürz Long Valley Furrow.
Over the Variscan and Alpine orogeny, former Paleozoic sediments and volcanic materials underwent metamorphosis in the Graz Uplands at pressures of several kilobars and temperatures of a few hundred degrees Celsius. This is how limestone harboring fossils became fossil-free marble, mica slate or paragneiss from sandy-clayey deposits, and amphibolite from basic volcanic rock.
Districts and Neighborhoods
| municipality | ( 1 Jan 2023) | Area (km²) | Density (inh/km²) |
|---|---|---|---|
| I. Innere Stadt | 3.314 | 1:16 | 2,857 |
| II. St. Leonhard | 14,756 | 1.83 | 8,063 |
| III. Geidorf | 23,847 | 5.50 | 4,336 |
| IV. Lend | 32,859 | 3.70 | 8,881 |
| V. Gries | 30,050 | 5.05 | 5,950 |
| VI. Jakomini | 31,412 | 4.06 | 7,737 |
| VII. Liebenau | 15,896 | 7.99 | 1,989 |
| VIII. St. Peter | 16,629 | 8.86 | 1,877 |
| IX. Waltendorf | 12.158 | 4.48 | 2,714 |
| X. Ries | 6.144 | 10:16 | 605 |
| XI. Mariatrost | 9,998 | 13.99 | 715 |
| XII. Andritz | 19,415 | 18.47 | 1,051 |
| XIII. Gösting | 11.129 | 10.83 | 1,028 |
| XIV. Eggenberg | 23,942 | 7.79 | 3,073 |
| XV. Wetzelsdorf | 16,731 | 5.77 | 2,900 |
| XVI. Straßgang | 20,095 | 11.75 | 1,710 |
| XVII. Puntigam | 10,251 | 6:18 | 1,659 |
