Graz Highlands Graz Highlands The Graz Highlands or Graz Mountains () are a low mountain range north of the Styrian state capital of Graz in Austria. It is part of the Central Alps and forms the start of the Prealps East of the Mur. From a geological perspective, regions on the west bank of the Mur, which are clearly separate from the building of the Styrian Prealps, belong to the Graz Highlands. The Graz Highlands are a low mountain massif in the north of the Styrian Hills and lie mainly east of the River Mur. The core area of settlement is the
Graz city, with three Austrian championships and five runner-up seasons. The Grazer AK also won an Austrian championship, but went into administration in 2007 and was excluded from the professional league system. In ice hockey, the ATSE Graz was the Austrian Hockey League champion in 1975 and 1978. The EC Graz was runner-up in 1991-92, 1992–93 and 1993-94. The Graz 99ers plays in first division since 2000. UBSC Raiffeisen Graz plays in the Austrian Basketball League. The Graz Giants play in the Austrian Football League (American Football). The city were bid the 2002 Winter Olympics in 1995, but lost election to