Graz forming a hypocoristic derivative of Proto-West-South Slavic *gradьcъ, whichs descends via liquid metathesis from Common Slavic *gardьcъ and via the Slavic third palatalisation from Proto-Slavic *gardiku, originally denoting "small town, settlement". The name thus follows the common South Slavic pattern for naming settlements as "grad". The German name 'Graz' first appears in records in 1128. Graz is situated on the Mur river in southeast Austria. It is about southwest of Vienna. The nearest larger urban centre is Maribor in Slovenia which is about away. Graz is the capital and largest city in Styria, a green and heavily forested area. These
Graz Reininghaus fields. Peter Reininghaus Sr.’s death in 1973 signaled the beginning of a period of 25 years in which many projects were conceived, but none were actually completed. On the property itself one finds a building housing research-oriented companies, a day-care center specializing in integration and an allotment garden facility. The Fachhochschule Joanneum and the flagship operation of the Styrian human technology cluster Roche Diagnostics border on the area. Geographical Coordinates EU- Support Programme für Graz West: http://www.urban-link.at/ Project website of the current development: https://web.archive.org/web/20130617164359/http://reininghaus017.at/ Graz Reininghaus The grounds of the former Reininghaus brewery, covering 50 hectares, represent the largest undeveloped