Graz (German pronunciation: Slovene: Gradec), formerly known as Gratz,is the second-largest city in Austria after Vienna and the capital of the federal confess of Styria (Steiermark). On 1. January 2015 it had a population of 309,323 (of which 276,526 had principal quarters status). In 2014 the population of the Graz Larger Urban Zone who had principal residence status stood at 605.143Graz has a long tradition as a student city: its six universities have on peak of 44,000 students. Its "Old Town" is one of the best-preserved city centres in Central Europe.
Politically and culturally, Graz was for centuries more important for Slovenes than Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia, and still remains influential.
In 1999, Graz was supplementary to the UNESCO list of World Cultural Heritage Sites, and the site was outstretched in 2010 by Schloss Eggenberg. Graz was sole Cultural Capital of Europe for 2003 and got the title of a City of Culinary Delights in 2008.
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