Bruck an der Mur is a city of some 13,500 people located in the district Bruck-Mürzzuschlag, in the Austrian state of Styria. It is located at the confluence of the Mur and

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Rivers. Its manufacturing includes metal products and paper. Bruck is located on the Graz to

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main line, and is an important regional rail junction.

History

The earliest surviving record of Bruck dates from the time of King Ludovicus II "Germanicus", when it was identified, in a record dated 20 November 860, as "ad pruccam", a manor of the archbishopric of Salzburg. The settlement then identified with this name was in the location currently occupied by the suburb now called "St. Ruprecht". The settlement then located at what is now the centre of Bruck is identified in the ninth century record as "muorica kimundi" (i.e. the mouth of the Mürz River). The town was refounded in 1263 by King Otakar II of Bohemia, who was responsible for surrounding Bruck with its city walls. Bruck received its

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in 1277 from King Rudolph von Habsburg who in 1273 succeeded Otakar. Bruck an der Mur was an important medieval trade center specializing in iron work.

Main sights

The Heiligen-Geist-Kapelle is a 15th-century

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chapel, which is of a unique design. The floor plan is an

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in honor of the

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. This church was completely restored as much as possible to its original appearance, reopening in 2020. In the centre, there is also the famous Kornmesser house, built in the Venetian style by Pankraz Kornmess in the 15th century. The castle of Landskron burned down in the great fire of 1792. After that fire, just two of 166 houses were left standing. The Grüner See (Green Lake) located in the neighboring municipality of

Tragöß-Sankt Katharein Tragöß-Sankt Katharein is since 2015 a new municipality in Bruck-Mürzzuschlag District in Styria, Austria, which had merged after 31 December 2014 the independent municipalities Tragöß and St. Katharein an der Laming. This merger was p ...

is one of the main tourist attractions of the region.

Sister cities

Bruck an der Mur is twinned with: *

Hagen-Hohenlimburg Hagen-Hohenlimburg (formerly known as Limburg an der Lenne, changed to Hohenlimburg in 1903; Westphalian: ''Limmerg''), on the Lenne river, is a borough of the city of Hagen in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Hohenlimburg was formerly the ch ...

, Germany *

Liévin Liévin (; pcd, Lévin; ) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France. The inhabitants are called ''Liévinois''. Overview The town of Liévin is an old mining area of Pas-de-Calais. Near Lens, this town is of modest size bu ...

, France *

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, Italy

Notable people

Ernest, Duke of Austria Ernest the Iron (; 1377 – 10 June 1424), a member of the House of Habsburg, ruled over the Inner Austrian duchies of Styria, Carinthia and Carniola from 1406 until his death. He was head of the Habsburg Leopoldian line from 1411. Biography E ...

(1377–1424) member of the House of Habsburg, ruled over the Inner Austrian duchies of Styria, Carinthia and Carniola from 1406 until his death *

Rudolf Stöger-Steiner von Steinstätten Rudolf Stöger-Steiner Freiherr von Steinstätten (26 April 1861 – 12 May 1921) was a Austro-Hungarian Army#Ranks, colonel general in the Austro-Hungarian army and served as the last Minister of War (Austria-Hungary), Imperial Minister for ...

(1861 in Pernegg an der Mur – 1921) Colonel-General in the Austro-Hungarian army *

Richard Kretz Richard Kretz (12 May 1865 – 13 May 1920) was an Austrian pathologist born in Bruck an der Mur, Styria. He is remembered for pathological research involving regenerative and degenerative processes that take place in liver cirrhosis. Kretz ea ...

(1865–1920) pathologist, particularly liver cirrhosis * Menci Clement Crnčić (1865–1930) Croatian painter, printmaker, teacher and museum director *

Edmund Hlawka Edmund Hlawka (November 5, 1916, Bruck an der Mur, Styria – February 19, 2009) was an Austrian mathematician. He was a leading number theorist. Hlawka did most of his work at the Vienna University of Technology. He was also a visiting profes ...

(1916–2009) mathematician and number theorist *

Hanns Malissa Hanns Malissa (8 October 1920 – 22 June 2010) was an Austrian analytical chemist and environmental chemist who published about 250 scientific papers and several books. Academic career Malissa completed high school in his home town Bruck an de ...

(1920–2010)

analytical chemist Analytical chemistry studies and uses instruments and methods to separate, identify, and quantify matter. In practice, separation, identification or quantification may constitute the entire analysis or be combined with another method. Separati ...

and environmental chemist *

Christian Anders Christian Anders (15 January 1945 in Bruck an der Mur, Austria as ''Antonio Augusto Schinzel-Tenicolo'') is an Austrian singer, musician, composer, author and conspiracy theorist. Life In his childhood he lived with his family in Cagliari, Sa ...

(born 1945) singer, musician, composer and author. *

Eva Rueber-Staier Eva Rueber-Staier (born 20 February 1951) is an Austrian actress, TV host, model and beauty queen who won Miss World 1969. Biography Rueber-Staier was born in 1951 in Bruck an der Mur, Styria. She won the title of Miss Austria and participated ...

(born 1951) actress, TV Host, model, beauty queen, won Miss World 1969 *

Erwin Wurm Erwin Wurm (born 1954) is an Austrian artist. He lives and works in Vienna and Limberg in Austria, and in New York City. Early life Erwin Wurm was born in Bruck an der Mur, Austria, in 1954. His father was a detective, who did not approve of ar ...

(born 1954) artist, currently lives and works in Vienna and Limberg * Werner S. Weiglhofer (1962–2003), theoretical electromagnetcist and Professor of Mathematics at the

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* Ille Gebeshuber (born 1969) physicist, specializes in nanophysics and

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Elisabeth Görgl Elisabeth Görgl (born 20 February 1981) is a retired World Cup alpine ski racer from Austria. Born in Bruck an der Mur, Styria, Görgl made her World Cup debut in March 2000 and has reached World Cup podiums in all five alpine disciplines, wi ...

(born 1981) retired World Cup alpine ski racer *

Florian Neukart Florian Neukart is an Austrian business executive, computer scientist, physicist, and scientific author known for his work in quantum computing and artificial intelligence. He has primarily been working on utilizing quantum computers, artificial ...

(born 1982) computer scientist and mathematician, specializes in

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and

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References

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