Murzzuschlag

Murzzuschlag is a town in northeastern Styria, Austria, the capital of the previous Murzzuschlag District. It is placed at the Murz river close to the Semmering Pass, the border with the kingdom of Lower Austria, about 85 km southwest of Vienna. The populace is 8,684. Originally an commercial vicinity, the nearby mountains are these days a popular ski resort. The agreement in the Duchy of Styria was first documented in 1227. The minnesinger Ulrich von Liechtenstein in his 1265 poem Frauendienst cited Murzuslage, which he exceeded on his journey from Venice to Vienna.

In 1360 the Habsburg duke Rudolf IV showed the inhabitants' privilege of iron manufacturing, competing with the town of Leoben. In 1854 the Semmering railway opened, by using which the Austrian Southern Railway business enterprise furnished direct get right of entry to to Vienna, largely selling the nearby economic system. The Bleckmann steel mill turned into founded in 1862, it is nowadays a part of Böhler-Uddeholm. A railway museum reveals a set of steam locomotives, associated system and rolling stock.