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Mürzzuschlag () is a town in northeastern
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, the capital of the former Mürzzuschlag District. It is located on the Mürz river near the Semmering Pass, the border with the state of
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, about southwest of
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. The population is 8,684 (1 January 2016). Originally an industrial area, the nearby mountains are today a popular
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.


History

The settlement in the
Duchy of Styria The Duchy of Styria (; ; ) was a duchy located in modern-day southern Austria and northern Slovenia. It was a part of the Holy Roman Empire until its dissolution in 1806 and a Cisleithanian crown land of Austria-Hungary until its dissolution i ...
was first documented in 1227. The minnesinger Ulrich von Liechtenstein in his 1265 poem ''Frauendienst'' mentioned ''Murzuslage'', which he passed on his journey from
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to Vienna. In 1360 the
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duke Rudolf IV confirmed the inhabitants' privilege of
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production, competing with the town of
Leoben Leoben () is a Styrian city in central Austria, located on the Mur River, Mur river. With a population in 2023 of about 25,140 it is a local industrial centre and hosts the University of Leoben, which specialises in mining. The Peace of Leoben, ...
. In 1854 the Semmering railway opened, by which the Austrian Southern Railway company provided direct access to Vienna, largely promoting the local economy. The Bleckmann
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was founded in 1862, it is today part of Böhler-Uddeholm. A railway museum exhibits a collection of steam locomotives, associated equipment and rolling stock. In the late 19th century, the mountainous Semmering area was the site of the first
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attempts in Central Europe, which made it one of the oldest ski resorts of Austria, documented by the world's larges
skiing and winter sports museum
Mürzzuschlag received
town privileges Town privileges or borough rights were important features of European towns during most of the second millennium. The city law customary in Central Europe probably dates back to Italian models, which in turn were oriented towards the traditio ...
in 1923.


1931 Workers' Olympiad

On February 5–8, 1931 the second winter Workers' Olympiad organised by the Socialist Workers' Sport International was held in the town. The games were larger (both in number of participants and spectators) than the
1932 Winter Olympics The 1932 Winter Olympics, officially known as the III Olympic Winter Games and commonly known as Lake Placid 1932, were a winter multi-sport event in the United States, held in Lake Placid, New York, United States. The games opened on February 4 ...
held in
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, United States.Wheeler, Robert F..
Organized Sport and Organized Labour: The Workers' Sports Movement
', in ''Journal of Contemporary History'', Vol. 13, No. 2, Special Issue: Workers' Culture (Apr., 1978), pp. 191-210


Population


Twin towns — sister cities

Mürzzuschlag is twinned with: *
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Notable people

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Johannes Brahms Johannes Brahms (; ; 7 May 1833 – 3 April 1897) was a German composer, virtuoso pianist, and conductor of the mid-Romantic period (music), Romantic period. His music is noted for its rhythmic vitality and freer treatment of dissonance, oft ...
(1833–1897) wrote his Symphony No. 4 locally during his in 1884/1885 summer vacations, this led to the establishment of the local Brahms museum * Rudolf Sanzin (1874–1922), an Austrian engineer and locomotive designer. * Viktor Kaplan (1876–1934), engineer and inventor of the Kaplan turbine *
Claudio Arrau Claudio Arrau León (; February 6, 1903June 9, 1991) was a Chilean and American pianist known for his interpretations of a vast repertoire spanning the baroque music, baroque to 20th-century classical music, 20th-century composers, especially B ...
(1903–1991), Chilean pianist, lived his last years in Mürzzuschlag * Jenny Jugo (1904–2001), actress, portrayed bouncy, assertive characters. * Elfriede Jelinek (born 1946), playwright and novelist, awarded the 2004 Nobel Prize in Literature * Johannes Wildner (born 1956), conductor and former member violinist with the
Vienna Philharmonic Vienna Philharmonic (VPO; ) is an orchestra that was founded in 1842 and is considered to be one of the finest in the world. The Vienna Philharmonic is based at the Musikverein in Vienna, Austria. Its members are selected from the orchestra of ...
. * Helmut Brenner (1957–2017), an Austrian ethnomusicologist


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