Liezen - Liezen

Town Hall Square
Liezen
federal stateStyria
Residents
8.191 (2018)
height
664 m
Tourist info 43 (0)3612 25 658
http://www.stadtmarketing-liezen.at/
no tourist info on Wikidata: Add tourist information
location
Location map of Austria
Reddot.svg
Liezen

Liezen is a city in the Upper Styria, the capital of the Styrian Ennstal and has about 7,500 inhabitants.

background

Liezen has had city rights since 1947 and is the cultural and economic center of the Styrian Ennstal with numerous commercial and trading companies and as the seat of authorities, institutions and service facilities.

Districts from Liezen are Pyhrn and Reithtal.

getting there

Distances
Linz108 km
Graz119 km
Salzburg148 km
Vienna242 km
Munich278 km
innsbruck310 km

By plane

The nearest international airports are Vienna-Schwechat (244 km distance, around two and a half hours driving time), Graz-Thalerhof (120km, around 75 minutes driving time) and the Salzburg Airport (139 km, around one and a half hours driving time).

By train

The 1 Liezen train station is on the Ennstal railway and has connections to it Graz, Salzburg, innsbruck and Vienna

Liezen train station is about one kilometer south of the city center.

In the street

From the west (Munich - Salzburg area), Toll on the Austrian motorways:

  • On the Tauernautobahn (A10) via Salzburg in the direction of Graz / Villach to the Ennstal junction (Altenmarkt), further about 74 kilometers on the federal road (B146) and via Schladming to Liezen.
  • In a variant from Salzburg via the A1 (Westautobahn) in the direction of Vienna to the Voralpenkreuz junction and then via the A9 (Pyhrnautobahn) to the "Liezen" exit, from here another five kilometers on the federal road to Liezen. For the last section of the motorway, an additional € 5.00 tunnel fee is due (as of 2015).
  • The approach is toll-free with numerous local through-roads (Salzburg, Bad Ischl) via the Salzkammergut and possible on the B145.

mobility

Map of Liezen

Tourist Attractions

Parish Church of St. Veit
Main road

Liezen is mainly a regional economic center. The places worth visiting are in the area.

  • The Liezen old town is the area with Ausseer Straße and the church square.
  • Parish Church of St. Veit. The western part dates back to the 16th century.
  • Calvary Chapel. Erected probably around 1770 on the Kalvarienberg and east of the old town.

activities

shop

Liezen is a regional shopping metropolis with a selection of specialist shops in the city center.

  • Thalia Buchhandlung Arkade Liezen, Hauptstrasse 30, A-8940 Liezen. Tel.: 43 (0)3612 2 67 50.

In the south and east in front of the city and along Ennstalstrasse and Gesäusestrasse there is a larger industrial area with numerous supermarkets, hardware stores, garden centers, car workshops, etc.

kitchen

Liezen old town, top right Kalvarienkapelle

nightlife

accommodation

health

Brief information
surface55.9 km²
Phone code 43 (0)3612
Post Code8940
MarkLI
Time zoneUTC 1
Emergency police133
fire Department122
rescue144
Mountain rescue140
Emergency doctor service141

Practical advice

trips

To the west of Liezen are the Tauplitz skiing and hiking area (accessible via the B 146 to Stainach and further on the B 145) and the skiing area around Schladming and Haus im Ennstal. To the south the Donnersbachtal with the ski resorts Donnersbach and Donnersbachwald. In addition, the national park Gesäuse and the Salzkammergut-Ausseerland easy to reach.

  • Tauplitz
  • Thunder Brook

literature

Web links

Article draftThe main parts of this article are still very short and many parts are still in the drafting phase. If you know anything on the subject be brave and edit and expand it to make a good article. If the article is currently being written to a large extent by other authors, don't be put off and just help.