# Liezen

Liezen is a district and the major town in the Enns valley part Styria of Austria. Liezen is primarily a regional economic centre. The places worth visiting are in the surrounding area.

## Understand

Liezen has approximately 8,200 inhabitants (2018). It received town rights in 1947. It is the regional commercial cent.
* tourist information (Stadtmarketing & Tourismus Liezen), Rathausplatz 1, 8940 (im Rathaus), ☏ +43 3612 25 658, fax: +43 3612 21 050, office@stadtmarketing-liezen.at.

## Get in
### By plane

The nearest international airports are Vienna-Schwechat (244  km away, around 2½ hours drive), Graz-Thalerhof (120 km, around 75 minutes drive) and Salzburg Airport (139 km, around ½ hours drive).

### By train

* 47.5627114.2419011 Liezen train station (about 1 south of the city centre). It is on the Ennstal railway and has connections from Graz, Salzburg, Innsbruck, and Vienna (updated Dec 2024)

### By bus

Route 910 Liezen ↔ Admont ↔ St.Gallen ↔ Weißenbach an der Enns ↔ Altenmarkt b. St. Gallen

### By car

Take the 320 (E651) exit off the A9 (E57).
From the west (Munich - Salzburg area), tolls on Austrian motorways:
* On the Tauern motorway (A10) via Salzburg in the direction of Graz/Villach until the Ennstal junction (Altenmarkt), then continue for 74 km on the federal road (B146) and via Schladming to Liezen.
* Alternatively, from Salzburg take the A1 (Westautobahn) towards Vienna to the Voralpenkreuz junction and then the A9 (Pyhrnautobahn) to the "Liezen" exit. From here, continue on the main road for another 5 km to Liezen. An  additional €5.00 tunnel toll is payable for the last section of the motorway (as of 2015).
* The toll-free route takes you through numerous towns (Salzburg, Bad Ischl) via the Salzkammergut and on the B145.

## See

* The old town of Liezen is the area with the Ausseer Straße and the church square.
* The parish church of St. Veit. The western part dates back to the 16th century.
* 47.56974814.24531 Calvary Chapel, opposite Salbergweg 24. Built probably around 1770 on the Calvary Hill and east of the old town.

## Do

* 47.56540714.2335571 City Rock Liezen Climbing Center (Kletterzentrum Liezen), Friedau, 8940, ☏ +43 3612 24 2 20, office@city-rock.at. M-F 08:00–22:00, Sa Su 08:00–20:00. The Austrian alpine club Liezen operates the climbing hall, which has 80 routes going 14 m high and a boulder section. They offer courses from beginners on. One first needs to get a card for the entry, beware that the opening hours of the hall and the cash differ as regulars are card holders.

## Buy

A stopping place to get in your suppliers of food, fuel and sports equipment. In the South and East of the town there is a huge shopping area with all kinds of markets.
* 47.56222414.2438121 giga sport Liezen, Bahnhofstraße 6, 8940, ☏ +43 3612 22103, liezen@gigasport.at.

## Go next

The neighbour towns in the Enns valley are Gröbming, Schladming and Radstadt.
* Leoben is the industrial and educational centre of Northern Styria and home of the Austrian mining industry and university. There are direct trains in under an hour.
* Graz is the second-largest city in Austria. The City of Graz including it's historic centre and Schloss Eggenberg is a world heritage site. There are direct trains taking 1h45.