It was created as part of the Steiermärkische Gemeindestrukturreform of Styria[3] at the end of 2014, dissolving the towns Raaba and Grambach.

The municipal region contains four parts (populations as of 1 Jan 2016 [6]): It contains two Katastralgemeinden (areas as of 2015[7]): In 1265 Grambach was mentioned for the first time in the registers of the Grazer Marschallamt.

Until 1848, the town belonged to a number of landowners such as Herrschaft Liebenau, Messendorf-Hintenfeld, Münzgraben, Mühlegg, Schwarzenegg, Vasoldsberg, the Kommende Leech of the Kreuzerische Gült, the Dominicans of Graz, the Gut Kellerhof and the Pfarrgült Hausmannstätten and Fernitz.

In Raaba there is a station of the Steirische Ostbahn Styrian Eastern Railway, which offers hourly regional train connections to Graz and Gleisdorf.

[8] Blazon (crest description): The Lebenspark 2000 in Raaba was created by the merger of the Bohemian parks with the garden of the Fleckgründe and has an area of about 11,000 square metres (120,000 sq ft).