University of Graz University of Graz The University of Graz (), located in Graz, Austria, is the largest and oldest university in Styria, as well as the second-largest and second-oldest university in Austria. The university was founded in 1585 by Archduke Charles II of Austria. The bull of 1 January 1586, published on 15 April 1586, was approved by Pope Sixtus V. For most of its existence it was controlled by the Catholic Church, and was closed in 1782 by Emperor Joseph II in an attempt to gain state control over educational institutions. Joseph II transformed it into a "lyceum", where civil servants
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