Feldkirchen bei Graz explained

Feldkirchen bei Graz
Settlement Type:Municipality
Pushpin Map:Austria
Pushpin Mapsize:270
Pushpin Map Caption:Location within Austria
Mapsize:260x260px
Coordinates:47.0125°N 15.4425°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Austria
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Styria
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Graz-Umgebung
Parts Style:para
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Erich Gosch
Elevation M:352
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:CET
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset:+1
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Registration Plate:GU
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:8073, 8401
Area Code Type:Area code
Area Code:0316, 03135
Website:www.feldkirchen-graz.at

Feldkirchen bei Graz (pronounced as /de/) is a municipality in the district of Graz-Umgebung in the Austrian state of Styria.

History

It is the site of the mass grave of prisoners interned, tortured and killed by the Austro-Hungarian Empire at the nearby Thalerhof internment camp, now the site of the Graz Airport. [1] [2]

Population

Notes and References

  1. Terrorism in Bohemia.; Medill McCormick Gets Details of Austrian Cruelty There . New York Times . 1917 . December 16 . 2008-09-28 . PDF.
  2. Web site: Horbal . Bogdan . Talerhof . web article . 2008-09-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20071007041333/http://www.rusyn.org/histalerhof.html . 2007-10-07 . dead .