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TobelbadTobelbad (formerly also Doblbad), Styria, village in the district of Graz-Umgebung, alt. 353 m, old thermal spa situated on the Doblbach stream to the southwest of Graz in the municipality of Haselsdorf-Tobelbad. - Two mineral springs (23 and 26 °C), rehabilitation centre and specialised hospital of the Allgemeine Unfallversicherungsanstalt (accident insurance). The mineral springs had already been discovered in the 13th century. - Parish church (1628-1630) built by the Welsche Bauhütte of Graz; former imperial hunting lodge in Renaissance style (16th century, today rectory), large hall (1731/1732) by J. Carlone with ceiling fresco by F. I. Flurer (1732). Literature: E. Linhardt, Geschichte der ehemals steirisch-ständischen Kuranstalt Tobelbad und deren Einfluß auf die Entwicklung des Ortes gleichen Namens, doctoral thesis, Graz, 1982.
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