the Terglou, see p. 199. — 54 M. Kronau (2625 ft.; Post), at the
mouth of the picturesque Pischenza Valley. — 59 M. Ratschach-
Weissenfels (2775 ft.), on the watershed between the Save and
the Drave. The village of Ratschach (Jalen) lies 1 ½ M. to the E.,
Weissenfels (2590 ft.; Stückl; Post), 2 ¼ M. to the W.
Charming walk to the (1 hr.) two Weissenfels Lakes (3060 ft.; Re-
staurant). The Rudolfs-Felsen (3220 ft.), between the lakes, commands the
best survey of the imposing head of the valley with the towering Manhart
(8785 ft.).
The train crosses the Weissenbach by a viaduct (125 ft. high) and
then the rocky ravine of the Schlitza (bridge 160 ft. high).
64 M. Tarvis, and thence to (80 ½ M.) Villach, see pp. 203, 202.
31. From Bruck to Villach and Udine (Venice).
Comp. Maps, pp. 200, 192, 198.
210 M. Railway to (128 M.) Villach in 5 ¼-7 ½ hrs.; to Udine in 9-13 hrs.
Sleeping-cars by the night-express. — From Vienna to Venice viâ the
Pontebba Railway, 467 M., express in 15 ¼ hrs.; fares 76 fr. 5, 53 fr. 85 c.
(comp. R. 28).
Bruck on the Mur, see p. 177. The train diverges to the right
from the main line, crosses the Mur, and turns to the W. into the
narrow Murtal. 7 ½ M. Niklasdorf. It then crosses the Mur to —
10 M. Leoben ( 1745 ft.; Hôtel Gärner, Franz-Josefs-Platz,
¼ M. from the station; Hôt. Südbahnhof, at the station; Steirerhof;
Post;Kindler;Mohr, etc.; Rail. Restaurant), a town of 10,000 inhab.,
with old walls and towers, on a peninsula formed by the Mur, is the
seat of a noted school of mining. A miner forms the Fountain Figure
in the market-place. View from the height 5 min. above the modern
Church of the Redemptorists, on the Mur. — To Vordernberg and
Eisenerz, see p. 182.
The train describes a wide circuit round the town, and to the S.
of the suburb of Waasen stops at the (12 M.) Staats-Bahnhof or State
Railway Station. It then follows the left bank of the Mur (passing
Schloss Göss on the left) to (18 ½ M.) St. Michael (Rail. Restaurant;
Hôtel Kronprinz Rudolf, at the station), the junction for Selztal (R. 26).
20 M. Kaisersberg; 28 M. St. Lorenzen. — 33 M. Knittelfeld
(2115 ft.; Post;Eck), a prettily-situated industrial town (8100 in-
hab.), with the workshops of the state-railway. An ancient mon-
ument in the chief square commemorates the ravages of the plague,
the Turks, and locusts. About 2 M. to the W. lies Schloss Spielberg
(2300 ft.), commanding a fine view. — Diligence from Knittelfeld
to (7 M.) Sekkau, with a fine abbey-church.
The valley expands. — 37 ½ M. Zeltweg (Railway Hotel), with
extensive iron-works. To Unter-Drauburg and Cilli, see p. 196.
42 M. Judenburg (2380 ft.; Post;Brand;Fichtner;Frank,
with garden), a very ancient town (4900 inhab.), on a height on the
right bank of the Mur, at the foot of the Seetal Alps. In the Platz