KOFLACH

Lipizzaner stallion with white coat. town, Steiermark Bundesland (federal state), southern Austria, west of Graz. Kflach received market rights in 1170 but did not achieve town status until 1939. It is a rail terminus and has glass and porcelain works. Important lignite (brown coal) mines are nearby, and the Lipizzaner horses (originating from the former Austrian imperial stud at Lipizza, near Trieste; see photograph) for the Winter Riding School in Vienna are bred at Piber, 2.25 miles (4 km) northeast. Pop. (1981) 12,009; (1991) 11,276.