Introducing Leoben
Leoben is another of those unprepossessing towns that reveal a few surprises once you dig down into its modest urban soul. A revamped museum quarter is one very good reason to prolong a flying visit here between trains. Leoben is also a centre for metallurgical industries and home to Gösser beer, and achieved ultimate fame with the peace treaty signed here in 1797 by Napoleon and Emperor Franz II.
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Stadt Information Leoben (440 18; www.leoben.at; Hauptplatz 12; 7am-5pm Mon, 7am-6.30pm Tue-Thu, 7am-1pm & 3-6.30pm Fri, 9am-12.30pm Sat) has a Gast in Leoben booklet with useful listings; if you’re in town when it’s closed, ask at the Museums Center Leoben – they keep a good supply of city material. The city’s Leoben map also includes a great environs map with hiking trails.
A second Tourismusverband Leoben (481 48; Peter Tunner-Strasse 2; 9am-5pm Mon-Fri) has information and organises tours for Leoben’s Stiftkirche, with a 1000-year-old crypt and paintings in its chapel, and the nearby Göss brewery.
Last updated: Oct 2, 2008
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