Liezen

Liezen is a district and the major town in the Enns valley part Styria of Austria. Liezen is primarily a regional economic centre. The places worth visiting are in the surrounding area.

Understand

Liezen has approximately 8,200 inhabitants (2018). It received town rights in 1947. It is the regional commercial cent.

• tourist information (Stadtmarketing & Tourismus Liezen), Rathausplatz 1, 8940 Liezen (im Rathaus), ☏ +43 3612 25 658, fax: +43 3612 21 050, office@stadtmarketing-liezen.at. 

Get in

By plane

The nearest international airports are Vienna-Schwechat (244  km away, around 2½ hours drive), Graz-Thalerhof (120 km, around 75 minutes drive) and Salzburg Airport (139 km, around ½ hours drive).

By train

• 1 Liezen train station (about 1 south of the city centre). It is on the Ennstal railway and has connections from Graz, Salzburg, Innsbruck, and Vienna (updated Dec 2024)

By bus

Route 910 Liezen ↔ Admont ↔ St.Gallen ↔ Weißenbach an der Enns ↔ Altenmarkt b. St. Gallen

By car

Take the 320 (E651) exit off the A9 (E57).

From the west (Munich - Salzburg area), tolls on Austrian motorways:

• On the Tauern motorway (A10) via Salzburg in the direction of Graz/Villach until the Ennstal junction (Altenmarkt), then continue for 74 km on the federal road (B146) and via Schladming to Liezen.
• Alternatively, from Salzburg take the A1 (Westautobahn) towards Vienna to the Voralpenkreuz junction and then the A9 (Pyhrnautobahn) to the "Liezen" exit. From here, continue on the main road for another 5 km to Liezen. An  additional €5.00 tunnel toll is payable for the last section of the motorway (as of 2015).
• The toll-free route takes you through numerous towns (Salzburg, Bad Ischl) via the Salzkammergut and on the B145.

See

• The old town of Liezen is the area with the Ausseer Straße and the church square.
• The parish church of St. Veit. The western part dates back to the 16th century.
• 1 Calvary Chapel, opposite Salbergweg 24. Built probably around 1770 on the Calvary Hill and east of the old town.  

Do

• 1 City Rock Liezen Climbing Center (Kletterzentrum Liezen), Friedau, 8940 Liezen, ☏ +43 3612 24 2 20, office@city-rock.at. M-F 08:00–22:00, Sa Su 08:00–20:00. The Austrian alpine club Liezen operates the climbing hall, which has 80 routes going 14 m high and a boulder section. They offer courses from beginners on. One first needs to get a card for the entry, beware that the opening hours of the hall and the cash differ as regulars are card holders. 

Buy

A stopping place to get in your suppliers of food, fuel and sports equipment. In the South and East of the town there is a huge shopping area with all kinds of markets.

• 1 giga sport Liezen, Bahnhofstraße 6, 8940 Liezen, ☏ +43 3612 22103, liezen@gigasport.at. 

Go next

The neighbour towns in the Enns valley are Gröbming, Schladming and Radstadt.

• Leoben is the industrial and educational centre of Northern Styria and home of the Austrian mining industry and university. There are direct trains in under an hour.
• Graz is the second-largest city in Austria. The City of Graz including it's historic centre and Schloss Eggenberg is a world heritage site. There are direct trains taking 1h45.

Routes through Liezen

Wels ← Becomes ←

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→ Graz → Maribor