Ehrenhausen

Ehrenhausen is a former municipality in the district of Leibnitz in Styria, Austria. Since the 2015 Styria municipal structural reform, it is part of the municipality Ehrenhausen an der Weinstraße.[2]

Ehrenhausen
Marktplatz, Town Center of Ehrenhausen
Marktplatz, Town Center of Ehrenhausen
Coat of arms of Ehrenhausen
Ehrenhausen is located in Austria
Ehrenhausen
Ehrenhausen
Location within Austria
Coordinates: 46°43′35″N 15°35′04″E
CountryAustria
StateStyria
DistrictLeibnitz
Government
  MayorMartin Wratschko (ÖVP)
Area
  Total3.03 km2 (1.17 sq mi)
Elevation
258 m (846 ft)
Population
 (1 January 2016)[1]
  Total1,019
  Density340/km2 (870/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
8461
Area code+43 3453
Websitewww.ehrenhausen.at

Geography

Ehrenhausen lies on the Mur river in southeastern Styria south of Leibnitz close to the border of Slovenia.

Personalities

The district was at one time the seat of a branch of the Eggenberg dynasty and the Schlossberg to Ehrenhausen features the mausoleum of Ruprecht von Eggenberg and his nephew Wolf von Eggenberg which was designed by Italian painter and architect Giovanni Pietro de Pomis, who was the court painter and architect of Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor.

References

Mausoleum of Freiherr Ruprecht von Eggenberg and his nephew, Freiherr Wolff von Eggenberg on the Schlossberg to Ehrenhausen



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