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<body> <ul> <li class="standard"><b>Late 10th Century</b>: Slavs built a castle on the Schlossberg which later gave the city its name (gradec = little castle)</li> <li class="standard"><b>1128</b>: Graz is first documented</li> <li class="standard"><b>1147</b>: Streetmarket in Sackstrasse is started</li> <li class="standard"><b>1160</b>: second market on todays Hauptplatz</li> <li class="standard"><b>15th Century</b>: Friedrich III of Habsburg, whos favourite residence was Graz, was elected to be the Emporer of the "Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation" in 1452. He made Graz into a imperial city. A castle dates back to this time, of which now only the double spiral staircase still exists. Like the building of the Hofkirche, of todays Doms. There you can also find the famous motto of the </li> </ul> <P> </P> </body>