Ehrenhausen

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Ehrenhausen
Marktplatz, Town Center of Ehrenhausen
Marktplatz, Town Center of Ehrenhausen
Coat of arms of Ehrenhausen
Coat of arms
Ehrenhausen is located in Austria
Ehrenhausen
Ehrenhausen
Location within Austria
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Country Austria
State Styria
District Leibnitz
Government
 • Mayor Martin Wratschko (ÖVP)
Area
 • Total 3.03 km2 (1.17 sq mi)
Elevation 258 m (846 ft)
Population (1 January 2014)[1]
 • Total 1,019
 • Density 340/km2 (870/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 8461
Area codes +43 3453
Website www.ehrenhausen.at

Ehrenhausen is a municipality in the district of Leibnitz in Styria, Austria.

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

File:Ehs-Mausoleum.jpg
Mausoleum of Freiherr Ruprecht von Eggenberg and his nephew, Freiherr Wolff von Eggenberg on the Schlossberg to Ehrenhausen

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