racetrack
Red Bull Ring
Short, fast circuit at Spielberg in the Styrian mountains hosting the Austrian Grand Prix, with big elevation changes, alpine views, and a busy calendar of public track days.
8 km · about 15 min drive
Styria, Austria · Europe
Sankt Margarethen bei Knittelfeld is worth a stop: 5 minutes from Knittelfeld, 51km from Grüner See (Green Lake).
Sankt Margarethen bei Knittelfeld is a town located in Styria, Austria. With a population of 830, it is an important destination in Europe.
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Sankt Margarethen bei Knittelfeld is a municipality in the Murtal District of Styria, Austria. It is located in Upper Styria, south of the Mur and southeast of Knittelfeld, at the foot of the Gleinalpe.
The municipality covers 148.2 km2 (57.2 sq mi) and had 2,666 inhabitants on 1 January 2025. The municipal officeRead more
lies at an elevation of 633 m (2,077 ft), and the municipality has the official municipal number 62046.
The present municipality was enlarged on 1 January 2015 as part of the Styria municipal structural reform. The former municipalities of Sankt Lorenzen bei Knittelfeld and Rachau were merged into Sankt Margarethen bei Knittelfeld. Since then, the municipality has consisted of the main areas of Sankt Margarethen, Sankt Lorenzen and Rachau. Its cadastral communities include St. Margarethen, Pichl, Preg, St. Lorenzen, Glein, Mitterbach, Rachau I and Rachau II.
Sankt Margarethen bei Knittelfeld is a rural residential municipality with agricultural land, forested slopes and scattered settlements between the Mur valley and the Gleinalpe. It is promoted as part of the Murtal tourism region and is known locally for hiking, cycling and mountain-bike routes. The municipality also lies near the Murradweg, a long-distance cycle route along the Mur.
Among the municipality’s historic sites is the church of St. Benedikten, located on a terrace at the southern edge of the Aichfeld. The church was documented in 1147, although an earlier chapel may have stood on the site. Its later development produced a twin-church layout with two chancels, and the interior includes a late Gothic winged altar from the early 16th century.
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Sankt Margarethen bei Knittelfeld is located in Styria, Austria, Europe. The coordinates are 47.2167 latitude, 14.8667 longitude.
Sankt Margarethen bei Knittelfeld has a population of approximately 830 people, making it a town in Austria.
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Full driving guide for Austria6 notable places within an hour's drive.
racetrack
Short, fast circuit at Spielberg in the Styrian mountains hosting the Austrian Grand Prix, with big elevation changes, alpine views, and a busy calendar of public track days.
8 km · about 15 min drive
landmark
A wooded hill in the centre of Graz crowned by the iconic 13th-century clock tower, with the futuristic Kunsthaus 'friendly alien' at its base.
46 km · about 55 min drive
museum
In the last surviving hall of Johann Puch's original factory, some 2,500 exhibits trace Austria's own marque: Puch mopeds and motorcycles, the 500 microcar, and Haflinger and Pinzgauer off-roaders.
47 km · about 55 min drive
landmark
The world's largest monastic library, a breathtaking Baroque hall with ceiling frescoes, housing 70,000 volumes in the Styrian Alps.
50 km · about 60 min drive
natural wonder
A seasonal phenomenon in Styria where snowmelt floods a park creating a crystal-clear emerald lake with submerged benches and paths.
51 km · about 60 min drive
mountain pass
The highest surfaced mountain pass in Styria at 1,788 m, a quiet single-track alternative to the busy Tauern crossings linking the Enns and Mur valleys through unspoilt alpine pasture.
59 km · about 70 min drive
April to October
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