page_title: Leoben
section_title: Tradition & Avantgarde
hierarchical_section_title: Leoben / Tradition & Avantgarde
caption_attribution_description: Leoben um 1900 Quelle: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsc.09585 Autor: Robert Lizenz: Public Domain
context_page_description: Leoben is a Styrian city in central Austria, located on the Mur river. With a population of about 25,000 it is a local industrial centre and hosts the University of Leoben, which specialises in mining. The Peace of Leoben, an armistice between Austria and France preliminary to the Treaty of Campo Formio, was signed in Leoben in 1797.
  The Justice Centre Leoben is a prison designed by architect Josef Hohensinn, which was completed in 2005.
context_section_description: Leoben was shaped for centuries by the trade in iron and the research in raw materials carried out at the University of Leoben, which was founded in 1840. Mining traditions still play an important part in city life. Examples are the Miners' Parade, the St. Barbara Celebration or the Ledersprung ("Leather Jump"). The Gösser Kirtag, a street fair, takes place on the Thursday after the first Sunday in October and attracts tens of thousands of visitors to Leoben.
  Other components of the vigorous cultural life of the "Mining City" include classical concerts in the Congress Leoben, productions of the Summer Philharmonics in July and performances of locally created and guest productions in the oldest still-running theatre in Austria.
caption: Leoben around 1900.
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