Mürzzuschlag is a town in northeastern Styria, Austria, the capital of the former Mürzzuschlag District. It is located on the Mürz river near the Semmering Pass, the border with the state of Lower Austria, about 85 km (53 mi) southwest of Vienna. The population is 8,745 (2011).
Population: 9,410
Latitude: 47° 36' 0.00" N
Longitude: 15° 40' 59.99" E
The Semmering railway (German: Semmeringbahn) in Austria, which starts at Gloggnitz and leads over the Semmering to Mürzzuschlag was the first mountain railway in Europe built with a standard gauge track. It is commonly referred to as the world's fi…
For the town of the same name, see Semmering, Austria.
The Rax is a mountain range in the Northern Limestone Alps on the border of the Austrian federal provinces of Lower Austria and Styria. Its highest peak is the Heukuppe (2,007 m). The Rax, together with the nearby Schneeberg, are a traditional mount…
The Schneeberg, with its 2,076-metre (6,811 ft) high summit Klosterwappen, is the highest mountain of Lower Austria, and the easternmost 2000 m-high mountain in the Alps.
Flavia Solva was a municipium in the ancient Roman province of Noricum. It was situated on the western banks of the Mur river, close to the modern cities of Wagna and Leibnitz in the southern parts of the Austrian province of Styria.
The Höllental ("Hell Valley") in Lower Austria is a narrow valley between the steep limestone massifs of the Schneeberg and Rax through which the River Schwarza flows.
Neuberg Abbey (German: Stift Neuberg) is a former Cistercian monastery in Neuberg an der Mürz in Styria, Austria, and is one of the few extant set of monastic buildings in Austria to have retained its medieval character to any great extent.
Ursprung Pass (836 m) is a mountain pass in the Alps, located on the border between Austria and Germany between the Bundesländer of Tyrol and Bavaria.
The Pfaffen Saddle (German: Pfaffensattel) (el.
Lahnsattel (el.
The Lower Austrian Höllental Railway (German: Höllentalbahn) is a narrow gauge electric railway with a track gauge of 760 mm (2 ft 5 15⁄16 in), which runs from the Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) station of Payerbach Reichenau on the Semmering Railw…
Veitsch Mount of Olives Pilgrims Cross, (German: Pilgerkreuz am Veitscher Ölberg) is the world's largest pilgrims cross. It is situated near Veitsch in Austria.
Preiner Gscheid Pass (el. 1070 m.) is a high mountain pass in the Austrian Alps in the Bundesland of Lower Austria.
The Feistritz Saddle (German: Feistritzsattel, el.
Wechsel Pass (elevation 980 m, 3,215 ft) is a mountain pass in the Austrian Alps, located between the Bundesländer of Lower Austria and Styria.