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Schwarzenegger? P-l-e-a-s-e.....
'''Graz''' is the second biggest city in [[Austria]], with ca. 253,000 inhabitants.
'''Graz''' is the second biggest city in [[Austria]], with ca. 253,000 inhabitants. The most famous person to come from Graz is [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]] and they named a [[stadium]] in his honor.
[[Arnold Schwarzenegger]] is often mentioned in connection with Graz: He was born and raised in the nearby village of [[Thal]], and attended school in Graz for a couple of years. The soccer stadium was named in his honor in 1996, but renamed in 2005.
A famous son of the city is the architect [[Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach]] (1656-1723).
The [[university|Karl-Franzens-Universität]] in Graz was founded in 1585 and attracted some very important scholars who studied or taught there, e.g., [[Johannes Kepler]], [[Ludwig Boltzmann]], [[Walther Nernst]] and [[Erwin Schrödinger]].
[[Category:Austria]][[Category:European Cities and Towns]]
[[Category:Austria]][[Category:European Cities and Towns]]