Steinerhof. Narrow-gauge railway from Kapfenberg to Au-Seewiesen,
see p. 180.
106 M. Bruck on the Mur (1525 ft.; Rail. Restaurant; Hôtel
Post, at the station; Löwe; Adler) is a small town (5500 inhab.)
at the confluence of the Mürz and the Mur, with a Gothic church
of the 15th century. In the principal square is the late-Gothic. Korn-
messer-Haus, the old ducal residence (built in 1497-1505), with
arcades and an open loggia. The Gloriette, to the E. of the station,
and the Calvarienberg, on the right bank of the Mur, are good points
of view. On a rocky hill to the N. is the ruin of Landskron, burned
down in 1792. — To St. Michael and Linz, see R. 26; to Mariazell,
see R. 25; to Villach, see R. 31.
The train enters the narrow valley of the Mur. At(113 M.) Per-
negg (Linde) is a large château of Mr. Lippitt, an American. Near
(114 M.) Mixnitz (Schartner) is an extensive stalactite cavern,
called the Drachenhöhle, in the Rötelstein, 1600 ft. above the village.
122 M. Frohnleiten; the village (Stadt Strassburg), with forges and
a hydropathic, lies on the opposite bank. To the right is Schloss
Neu-Pfannberg or Grafendorf, and on a hill to the left are the
ruins of the castle of Pfannberg. The château of Rabenstein rises
on a rock on the right bank. The valley contracts to a narrow defile,
through which the line is carried along the Badelwand by a gallery
of 35 arches (400 yds. long). At (127 M.) Peggau the Schöckel (p. 188)
is seen to the left. Opposite, at the mouth of the Uebelbach, lies
Deutsch-Feistritz, with lead and zinc mines.
The train now crosses the Mur. 129 M. Stübing, with a château
of Prince Palffy; 132 M. Gratwein (1295 ft.), with a large paper-
mill. — 134 M. Judendorf (1246 ft.; Kurhôtel Styria; Wolf;
Materleitner) is a favourite summer-resort with fine woods, nu-
merous villas, and a hydropathic establishment. On a height to the
right lies Maria-Strassengel (1512 ft.), a graceful Gothic pilgrimage-
church of 1355, with an open tower. Beyond (136½ M.) Gösting,
with a château of Count Attems, the train enters a fertile basin,
where the isolated Schlossberg of Gratz rises on the left, with the
capital of Styria at its base.
140 M. Gratz, see p. 184.
25. From Murzzuschlag to Mariazell and Bruck on
the Mur.
Railway from Mürzzuschlag to (7½ M.) Neuberg in 34 minutes. —
Diligence from Neuberg to Mariazell (29 M.) twice daily in 7½ hrs. (6 K. 60 h.).
one-horse Carriage from Neuberg to Mürzsteg 4, two-horse 6, K.; two-
horse carr. to Mariazell in 5 hrs., 21-28 K. — From mariazell to (24 M.) Au-
Seewiesen Diligence twice daily in summer in 5 hrs. (6 K. 36 h.); from Au-
Seewiesen to (14 M.) Kapfenberg, railway in 1 hr. 35 minutes. — From Ga-
ming to Mariazell, see p. 179 ; from St. Polten, viâ Lilienfeld and Kernhof, see
pp. 85, 179. — Railway from Neuberg to Kernhof under construction.