Oberzeiring Explained
| Oberzeiring |
| Settlement Type: | Former municipality |
| Pushpin Map: | Austria |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 270 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within Austria |
| Coordinates: | 47.25°N 14.4833°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Austria |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Styria |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Murtal |
| Parts Style: | para |
| Area Total Km2: | 38.23 |
| Elevation M: | 932 |
| Population Total: | 834 |
| Population As Of: | 1 January 2016 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone: | CET |
| Timezone Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset: | +1 |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
| Registration Plate: | JU |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 8762 |
| Area Code Type: | Area code |
| Area Code: | 0 35 71 |
| Website: | www.oberzeiring.at |
Oberzeiring is a former municipality in the district of Murtal in Styria, Austria. Since the 2015 Styria municipal structural reform, it is part of the municipality Pölstal.[2]
Tauern Wind Park
The Tauern Wind Park near Oberzeiring was the highest wind farm in the world at 1900m elevation when it began operating in 2002.[3] The Wind Park consists of 13 Vestas V66-1.75MW wind turbines,[3] [4] to be repowered by nine V112-3.45 MW turbines.[5] The operator provides guided tours.[6]
Notes and References
- http://www.statistik.at/wcm/idc/idcplg?IdcService=GET_NATIVE_FILE&RevisionSelectionMethod=LatestReleased&dDocName=080904 Statistik Austria - Bevölkerung zu Jahresbeginn 2002-2016 nach Gemeinden (Gebietsstand 1.1.2016)
- http://www.gemeindestrukturreform.steiermark.at/cms/dokumente/11820435_97007261/c19ab0d1/Liste%20Gemeinden_GSR%20Gesamt.pdf Die neue Gemeindestruktur der Steiermark
- Web site: Alpine Wind Harvest Report No. A/I-2/3.1./5, Work Package 03: Technological Aspects . https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20090318231755/http://www.alpinespace.org/uploads/media/AWH_WP5_Technological_Aspects_37P_EN.pdf . dead . 2009-03-18 . PDF . Hans . Winkelmeier . Geistlinger, Bernhard . Friedburg . November 2004 . 2008-11-23 . 7–9.
- Web site: Tauernwindpark Oberzeiring: Europe's highest situated Wind Park . 2008-11-23 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090112151633/http://www.tauernwind.com/index_e.htm . 2009-01-12.
- Web site: Vestas to repower high-altitude wind project . Froese . Michelle . 2017-11-13 . Windpower Engineering & Development . en-US . 2017-12-09.
- Web site: Tourist attraction - Adventure wind farm in the alps . 2008-11-23 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080708182916/http://www.tauernwind.com/touris_e/adventurepark_tstart_e.htm . 2008-07-08.
