Trofaiach
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Trofaiach
| native_name =
| settlement_type = Municipality
| image_skyline = Trofaiach Panorama.jpg
| imagesize = 270px
| image_caption = Trofaiach
| image_shield = AUT Trofaiach COA.jpg
| shield_size = 80x110px
| shield_link =
| pushpin_map = Austria
| pushpin_mapsize = 270
| pushpin_map_caption = Location within Austria
| image_map =
| map_alt =
| map_caption = Location within Leoben district
| coordinates = {{coord|47|25|33.69|N|15|00|24.12|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = Austria
| subdivision_type1 = State
| subdivision_name1 = Styria
| subdivision_type2 = District
| subdivision_name2 = Leoben
| parts_type =
| parts_style = para
| p1 =
| leader_title = Mayor
| leader_name = Mario Abl
| leader_party = {{Polparty|Austria| SPÖ }}
| leader_title1 =
| leader_name1 =
| area_footnotes = {{Austria population Wikidata|area_footnotes}}
| area_total_km2 = {{Austria population Wikidata|area_total_km2}}
| elevation_m = 658
| elevation_max_m =
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| population_as_of = {{Austria population Wikidata|population_as_of}}
| population_footnotes = {{Austria population Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
| population_total = {{Austria population Wikidata|population_total}}
| population_urban =
| population_metro =
| population_note =
| population_density_km2 = auto
| established_title =
| established_date =
| timezone = CET
| timezone_DST = CEST
| utc_offset = +1
| utc_offset_DST = +2
| registration_plate = LN
| postal_code_type = Postal code
| postal_code = 8793
| area_code_type = Area code
| area_code = +43 3847
| website = [http://trofaiach.steiermark.at trofaiach.steiermark.at]
| footnotes =
}}
Trofaiach is a municipality in the Leoben district of the state of Styria in Austria, the site of a post World War II British sector displaced persons camp. On 1 January 2013, it was merged with the neighbouring municipalities of Hafning bei Trofaiach and Gai. The municipality had 11,003 inhabitants on 1 January 2023.
Sons and daughters of the town
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- Josef Forster (1838-1917), composer, he wrote several, at that time successful, but now forgotten operas
- Hellmuth Stachel (born 1942), grew up in Trofaiach, Austrian mathematician and professor of geometry at the Vienna University of Technology.
- Hannes Arch (1967-2016), aerobatics pilot, first Austrian participant in the Red Bull Air Race Series
- Monika Maierhofer (born 1967), former ski racer
References
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{{Adjacent communities
| CENTER = Trofaiach
| NORTHWEST = Eisenerz
| NORTH = Vordernberg
| NORTHEAST = Tragöß
| WEST =
Kalwang
| EAST = Sankt Katharein an der Laming
| SOUTHWEST = Kammern im Liesingtal
| SOUTH =
Sankt Peter-Freienstein
| SOUTHEAST = Proleb
}}
{{Leoben}}
{{Authority control}}
Category:Cities and towns in Leoben District
Category:Displaced persons camps in the aftermath of World War II
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