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

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| 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 }}

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| area_footnotes = {{Austria population Wikidata|area_footnotes}}

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| elevation_m = 658

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| population_urban =

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| population_density_km2 = auto

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| 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

Mautern in Steiermark

| EAST = Sankt Katharein an der Laming

| SOUTHWEST = Kammern im Liesingtal

| SOUTH =

Sankt Peter-Freienstein

| SOUTHEAST = Proleb

Leoben

}}

{{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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