Liezen

Liezen
Liezen Location within Austria
Coordinates:
Country	Austria
State	Styria
District	Liezen
Government
• Mayor	Rudolf Hakel (SPÖ)
Area
• Total	56.36 km2 (21.76 sq mi)
Elevation	664 m (2,178 ft)
Population (1 January 2014)
• Total	6,865
• Density	120/km2 (320/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	8940
Area code	03612
Vehicle registration	LI
Website	www.liezen.at

Liezen is a municipality in the Austrian federal state of Styria, district capital of the district of the same name and economic center on the River Enns.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1869	1,944	—
1880	2,260	+16.3%
1890	2,220	−1.8%
1900	2,143	−3.5%
1910	2,224	+3.8%
1923	2,218	−0.3%
1934	2,417	+9.0%
1939	2,868	+18.7%
1951	4,802	+67.4%
1961	5,444	+13.4%
1971	6,402	+17.6%
1981	7,034	+9.9%
1991	7,051	+0.2%
2001	6,908	−2.0%
2011	6,839	−1.0%

Politics

Its mayor, Rudolf Hakel, is a member of the regionally prominent political party SPÖ, which also holds an absolute majority in the local council with 17 members out of 25.

Economy

A large mechanical engineering plant, Maschinenfabrik Liezen und Gießerei, is located in the east of the town; it was connected to the "Noricum scandal" in the 1980s due to the illegal export of armaments. As of 2012, the company remained a large employer.

Popular Culture

Liezen figures in the adventure novel series by Gerard de Villiers It is the location of the fictional Schloss von Linge home of the man of adventure Prince Malko Linge.