Bärnbach
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| Bärnbach | |
| Coat of arms | Location |
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| Administration | |
| Country |  Austria |
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| State | Styria |
| District | Voitsberg |
| Mayor | Maximilian Kienzer (SPÖ) |
| Basic statistics | |
| Area | 17.15 km² (6.6 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 424 m (1391 ft) |
| Population | 5,176 (31/12/2005) |
| - Density | 302 /km² (782 /sq mi) |
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| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Licence plate | VO |
| Postal code | 8572 |
| Area code | 03142 |
| Website | www.baernbach.at |
Bärnbach is the smallest city of the district of Voitsberg, Austria. The city is popular for his church (designed by Friedensreich Hundertwasser), manual glass manufacturing and coal mining (surface mining). Today the coal mine is closed, because it is uneconomical.
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[edit] Culture and Sightseeings
Magnet of tuorism is the church of Saint Barbara (patron of miners) which was build 1948 and was renovated by Friedensreich Hundertwasser 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".
[edit] Infrastructur
Bärnbach has a small railway station, connecting it with Köflach and Graz. 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 and Villach.
Most of the inhabitants are commuters and use the B70 to reach Graz.
Distance to Graz: approx. 48km
[edit] Economy
Because of the infrastructural situation industry is not very interested in Bärnbach. Mentioned can be a factory of REMUS, producer of exhaust systems.
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 and glass art section are still existing.
Most of the people work in neighbouring cities or in Graz.
Bärnbach also has a mall, called WEZ (Weststeirisches Einkaufszentrum = Weststyrian Shopping centre) which is the biggest mall in the district.
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