Burg Dürnstein is a
castle
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near the municipality
Neumarkt in Steiermark in the
district
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Murau
Murau () is a town in the western part of the Austrian federal state of Styria. It is the administrative seat of Murau District.
Geography
The historic town is located in mountainous Upper Styria in the valley of the Mur river between the Lower ...
of the
state
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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 ...
in
Austria
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. Burg Dürnstein is above sea level.
Burg Dürnstein Altitude and Position
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See also
*List of castles in Austria
This page is a list of castles and castle ruins in Austria, arranged by States of Austria, state. A ''Burgruine'' is a ruined castle, a “castle ruin”.
Burgenland
* Bernstein Castle, Burg Bernstein
* Forchtenstein Castle, Burg Forchtenstein ...
References
Castles in Styria
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