Worth seeing in and surround Leoben
Embark on an exciting explorer tour.
Impressive buildings and remarkable history
You will be astonished – the many hidden treasures of the region in and surround Leoben will impress you. Of course, taste is different. But no worries, our sights will meet your expectation. Impressive buildings from the millennium-old history can be found as well as testimonies of the remarkable Montan history, which stands with the Erzberg as the cradle of the Austrian industry. There are also scenic highlights that range extends from idyllic to spectacular.
Embark on an exciting explorer tour through Styria, the tourism team of Leoben will gladly give you a hand selecting.
MuseumsCenter, © Stadtgemeinde Leoben, picture: Freisinger
MuseumsCenter Leoben
The MuseumsCenter Leoben in the middle of town offers a complex world of experience for all who are interested in history, culture and art.
© Museum of Montan-university Leoben
Museum of Montan-university Leoben
The 90 m² small museum represents a historic documentation of the Montan-university and is a gem for the university research and a lesson from the last 170 years.
© Metallurgy Museum Donawitz
Metallurgy Museum Donawitz
The industrial development in Styria is a result from a long history on steel producing and processing. The core of this great tradition is the steel company site Donawitz.
Museum in the old Town Hall, © Erlebnisregion Erzberg, picture: Krapf
The museum in the old Town Hall
Numerous exhibits from the field mineralogy, montan, social and culture history gives a deep insight of the relationship between the Styrian Erzberg, the city and the cultural heritage from Eisenerz.
Pilgrimage Church Maria Freienstein, © TV HerzBergLand, picture: Freisinger
Pilgrimage Church Maria Freienstein in Trofaiach
Die Wallfahrtskirche Maria Freienstein erweckt durch ihren außergewöhnlichen Standort besonderes Interesse. Im Innenraum der Kirche sind Fresken des aus der Steiermark stammenden Malers Matthias von Görz zu finden.
Kirchenburg, © Erlebnisregion Erzberg, picture: Loibnegger
Kirchenburg St. Oswald in Eisenerz
The Kirchenburg St. Oswald in Eisenerz is one of the biggest fortified church facilities obtained in Austria!
Schwammerlturm, © Stadtgemeinde Leoben, picture: Freisinger
Schwammerlturm in Leoben
The Schwammerlturm is an approx. 30 meter high medieval tower in the city of Leoben. The oldest nomination from Leoben as a town was found in a document in 1280.
Ruin Massenburg, © Stadtgemeinde Leoben, picture: Freisinger
Ruin Massenburg in Leoben
The Massenburg goes back in its first plant to the 9th or 10th century. Only for the 12th century was the name Massenburg occupied.
Stibichhofen castle, © TV HerzBergLand, picture: Freisinger
Stibichhofen Castle with town museum
The museum Stibichhofen is situated in the middle of Trofaiach town in Styria. It is originally a late gothic building from the 15th century. On the ground floor of the castle the town museum is located.
Museums courtyard Kammern, © TV Palten Liesing Erlebnistäler, picture: Wassler
Museums courtyard Kammern
The museums courtyard Kammern bears witness for an agricultural history for more than over 200 years and represents the life in coal- and mining as well as agriculture.
Friedhofen Castle, © TV HerzBergLand, picture: Freisinger
Culture offer in St. Peter-Freienstein
Around 100 historical tools from the Saline mining, collected and preserved by Saline board Hofrat Dr. Winfried Aubell, make up the bulk of the modern collection.
© Museum on the Farm
Culture in St. Michael in Obersteiermark
The Farm museum invites you to see in an impressive way the good old farm life with a look at the implements and tools.
Schichtturm, © Erlebnisregion Erzberg, picture: Pezmann
Schichtturm in Eisenerz
The shift tower in Eisenerz is right across the Oswaldi Church. From the Old Town you can reach the tower through serpentines.
Erzbergbahn, © Bahnerlebnis, picture: bahnerlebnis.at
Erzbergbahn - vom Erzberg nach Vordernberg
Disvover the steepest standard gauge railway in the European Union - with the most highest railway station in Styria.
Carriage, © Post Museum Eisenerz
The first Post Museum in Austria
The Austrian Post and Telegraph Museum is housed in the historical rooms of the Kammerhof, a former Hunting Castle of Emperor Franz Joseph I, and was extended by the Telegraph- and Telecommunication in spring of 2016.
Cooper mine, © Erlebnisregion Erzberg, picture: Gottsbacher
Copper Mine – Paradeisstollen in Radmer
In a small guided tour, visitors get to know up close and personal about the exhausting work and the living conditions of the old copper miners.
Radwerk IV, © Erlebnisregion Erzberg, picture: Freisinger
Radwerk IV – The Sight of the Eisenstraße
The Radwerk IV is the biggest iron historical Sight of the Eisenstraße und worldwide the only remaining charcoal blast furnace.
Pilgrimage Church St. Antonius, © Erlebnisregion Erzberg, picture: Gottsbacher
Pilgrimage Church to St. Antonius in Radmer
In the interior of the church the first look inevitably falls to the magnificent ceiling decorated with stucco and her beautiful attached frescoes from an unknown artist.