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Ries, Graz — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Ries, the tenth district of Graz, is named for the hill range within it and carries the Medical University of Graz on its ground.
About Ries
Where to stay in Ries
The right area depends on your trip — here's what each neighbourhood is best for.
Campus traffic decides most bookings in Ries, because the Medical University of Graz brings in visitors who want a bed near the lecture halls rather than a room in the old town. The hills do the rest. Rooms sit on residential slopes, in houses more often than in blocks, and the walk down through Geidorf or St. Leonhard puts central Graz within reach.
Nightlife is elsewhere.
About Ries
What are the main landmarks in Ries?
One church stands out. Bruder-Klaus-Kirche is the district's named monument, a parish building among the residential slopes, while the Medical University of Graz supplies the other landmark by weight of activity rather than by architecture. Everything else is ground rather than building.
The hill range that gives Ries its name shapes the streets, and the district lines meet Mariatrost, Geidorf, St. Leonhard and Waltendorf around the edges.
What is the history of Ries?
The name came from the ground. Ries is called after a hill range, and Graz numbers it tenth among its districts, with Mariatrost, Geidorf, St. Leonhard and Waltendorf meeting it at the boundary. Medicine holds a corner.
The Medical University of Graz took ground here, and the Bruder-Klaus-Kirche stands as the parish church of an Austrian district built mostly of houses.
Where is Ries?
Ries covers the hill range that gives it its name, meeting Mariatrost, Geidorf and Waltendorf along the district lines of Graz.
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Updated September 2026