The Mürz Valley is the valley system of the Mürz and lies in the Upper Styria in Austria. The Mürz Valley is together with the Upper Murtal one of the most important industrial regions in Austria; Tourism is also increasingly being used.
Regions
- Mürz Valley
- Commonly one understands by Mürz Valley only the approximately 40 km long, straight north-east-south-west course of the Mürz with its relatively wide valley of Mürzzuschlag up to its confluence in Bruck an der Mur. Geographically, this valley train becomes together with the Upper Murtal to Judenburg as Mur-Mürz furrow designated.
- Mürzer Oberland
- The uppermost section of the Mürz from Mürzzuschlag upstream direction Lahnsattel (from there to Mariazell) forms a mostly narrow and winding valley called Mürzer Oberland.
The entire valley of the Mürz is part of the relatively young tourist region Hochsteiermark.
places
In the course of the municipal structural reform in Styria in 2015, several municipal areas were also merged in the Mürz Valley. Since then, the following municipalities have been located on the Mürz (listed downstream, with names of the most important places):
- Neuberg an der Mürz, Market community
- Locations: Mürzsteg, Neuberg an der Mürz, Kapellen, Altenberg an der Rax
- Mürzzuschlag, former district capital of the former district of the same name
- Places: Mürzzuschlag, Hönigsberg (district)
- Langenwang, Market community
- Locations: Langenwang, Hönigsberg (district)
- Krieglach, Market community
- Places: Freßnitz, Sommer, Krieglach
- Sankt Barbara in Mürz Valley, Market community
- Places: Großveitsch, Kleinveitsch, Mitterdorf im Mürz valley, Wartberg im Mürz valley
- Stanz im Mürz Valley, Local community
- Locations: Brandstatt, Sonnberg, Stanz im Mürz Valley
- Kindberg, Township
- Locations: All Saints' Day in Mürz Valley, Mürzhofen, Kindberg
- Sankt Lorenzen in the Mürz Valley, Market community
- Places: Gassing, Sankt Lorenzen im Mürz Valley
- Sankt Marein in the Mürz Valley, Market community
- Locations: Frauenberg, Sankt Marein im Mürz valley
- Kapfenberg, third largest city in Styria
- Bruck an der Mur, District capital of the Bruck-Mürzzuschlag district, at the confluence of the Mürz and the Mur
The villages follow the course of the valley at an altitude of around 800 meters, falling to around 470 meters in altitude.
Other goals
The Mürz Valley is bounded by two mountain ranges:
- Mürzsteg Alps in the North
- Fischbach Alps in the south
The following can be reached from the Mürz Valley in the vicinity:
background
The Mürz Valley as part of the Mur-Mürz Furche developed into an industrial area in the past. From the 1980s, there was an increased emigration from this region for economic reasons (decline in industrial sectors). Since then, attempts have been made to use tourism as a further source of income. The tourist region has existed since the 1990s Hochsteiermark, which advertises the area of eastern Upper Styria as a destination.
language
As in the rest of Upper Styria, the Styrian dialect of Austrian German is spoken, but not in its strongest form.
getting there
- By plane
- Closest international airports are Vienna (approx. 125 km to Mürzzuschlag) and Graz (approx. 65 km to Bruck an der Mur). For sports aircraft there is the Kapfenberg airfield.
- By car
- from the east (Vienna) on the Südautobahn (A 2) and from Seebenstein on the Semmering expressway S 6
- from the south (Graz) on the Pyhrnautobahn (A 9), then turn off Peggau-Deutschfeistritz on the Brucker Schnellstraße (S 36) to Bruck an der Mur and over Wheat on the Weizer Straße (B 72) to Krieglach
- from the west (Murtal) on the Murtal expressway (S 36) or from St. Michael in Upper Styria continue on the Semmering expressway S 6
- from the north (Mariazell) on Gutensteiner Straße (B 21) to Mürzzuschlag or on Mariazeller Straße (B 20) to Kapfenberg
- By train
- Long-distance trains from Vienna, Graz and Klagenfurt stop only in Bruck an der Mur and possibly in Kapfenberg and Mürzzuschlag. Locations in the valley can be reached by regional trains.
- By bus
- Long-distance buses hardly stop in the Mürz Valley. At most, the stopping point is Bruck an der Mur.
- By bicycle
- Bruck an der Mur is on Murtal cycle path.
mobility
- automobile
- As a quick connection crosses the Semmering expressway (S 6) through the Mürz Valley between Mürzzuschlag and Bruck an der Mur with exits at all major locations. At the same time (under three different names) a state road leads through the valley, also further to the uppermost area.
- bicycle
- In the entire valley from Mürzsteg, the 67 km long route is for cyclists Mürz Valley Cycle Path (R 5) signposted.
- train
- The railway line through the Mürz Valley is part of the main connection between Vienna and Graz. Long-distance trains only stop at the end of the valley at the Bruck an der Mur junction and - but not all - in Kapfenberg and Mürzzuschlag. Regional trains between Bruck an der Mur and Mürzzuschlag (from December 2016 as S 8 of the S-Bahn Styria) run at regular intervals and stop at all stops. The branch line from Mürzzuschlag to Neuberg an der Mürz was discontinued in 1996.
- bus
- Postbus routes run at irregular intervals. Timetables are on verbundlinie.at to find.
- as well as some minor lines
