Zeltweg

Zeltweg is a town in Styria and located about in the middle of Austria. It is located in the Aichfeld at an elevation of about 659m and has a population of about 8189 (as of 2004). The largest river is the Mur. Larger municipalities in the vicinity are Judenburg, Knittelfeld and Fohnsdorf.

Zeltweg today

The most important industries are machine construction, the packaging industry, and timber. Furthermore, Austria's largest military airport (Flughafen Hinterstoisser) is located here, which was built in 1937.

Related Topics:
Machine construction - Packaging - Timber - Airport

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The center of Zeltweg was strongly polluted by by truck traffic, as a large proportion of the traffic coming from Wolfsberg and Obdach (including log wood, hacked wooed and packaged goods) had to be brought through the town. For that reason, a by-pass was built and opened on November 3, 2004. The expressway is 4.5km long, cost ? 11 million and also saves Judenburg and Fisching from traffic.

Related Topics:
Truck - Wolfsberg - Obdach - November 3 - 2004 - Expressway - Fisching

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In Zeltweg, there are, among others, two elementary schools, one Hauptschule (junior high school) (the two Hauptschulen were merged in 2002) and a vocational high school machine construction and building.

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