Graz

 

Today i will write about my hometown Graz

As i mentioned before Graz is the second biggest city in Austria. It is also the capital city of the state styria. Graz has 17 districts and its area is about 128 square kilometers. These districts are: Innere Stadt, Saint Leonhard, Geidorf, Lend, Gries, Jakomini, Liebenau, Saint Peter, Waltendorf, Ries, Mariatrost, Andritz, Gösting, Eggenberg, Wetzelsdorf, Straßgang and Puntigam.

Graz is a student city. In Graz there are six universities with more than 25000 students. The Karl Franzens University is one of the oldest universities in Europe.  The university was founded in the year 1585 by Karl II von Österreich.

In the year 2003 Graz was the Cultural Capital of Europe.  In 1999, it was added to the UNESCO list of World Cultural Heritage Sites.

Thats it for now. See you