Spital am Semmering, in the
Semmering Pass, is a municipality in the district of
Bruck-Mürzzuschlag in
Styria
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,
Austria
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. It is home to the Stuhleck ski hill. Spital was largely endowed in 1160 by seven of the Margrave of
Styria
Styria ( ; ; ; ) is an Austrian Federal states of Austria, state in the southeast of the country. With an area of approximately , Styria is Austria's second largest state, after Lower Austria. It is bordered to the south by Slovenia, and cloc ...
's
ministeriales. The endowment included income from wide estates, vineyards and a town.
[Arnold, Benjamin. German Knighthood 1050–1300 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1985) p. 153]
References
Fischbach Alps
Cities and towns in Bruck-Mürzzuschlag District
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