Pruggern is a former municipality in the district of

Liezen Liezen (Central Bavarian: ''Liezn'') is a municipality in the Austrian federal state of Styria, district capital of the district of the same name and economic center on the River Enns. Population Politics Since 1995, the left-wing SPÖ party ...

in the

Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...

n state of

Styria Styria (german: Steiermark ; Serbo-Croatian and sl, ; hu, Stájerország) is a state (''Bundesland'') in the southeast of Austria. With an area of , Styria is the second largest state of Austria, after Lower Austria. Styria is bordered to ...

. Since the 2015

Styria municipal structural reform The Styria municipal structural reform (German: ''Steiermärkische Gemeindestrukturreform'') was a local government reform in the Austrian state of Styria, which was made effective January 1, 2015. This reform nearly halved the number of Styrian ...

, it is part of the municipality

Michaelerberg-Pruggern Michaelerberg-Pruggern is a municipality in the district of Liezen in Styria, Austria. It was created on 1 January 2015 as part of the Styria municipal structural reform, when the former municipalities of Michaelerberg and Pruggern Pruggern is a ...

.Die neue Gemeindestruktur der Steiermark
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Geography

Pruggern lies in the Enns valley between

Gröbming Gröbming is a municipality in the district of Liezen in Styria, Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federati ...

and

Aich Aich may refer to: * Aich, Styria, a municipality in Styria, Austria * Aich (surname), a Bengali Hindu surname * Aich (river), a river in Baden-Württemberg, Germany * Aich's Alloy, a type of brass * Gut Aich Priory, a Benedictine monastery in S ...

east of

Schladming Schladming is a small former mining town in the northwest of the Austrian state of Styria that is now a popular tourist destination. It has become a large winter-sports resort and has held various skiing competitions, including most notably the ...

and not far from the entrance to the

Sölk Pass Sölk Pass (el. 1788 m.) is a high mountain pass in the Austrian Alps in the ''States of Austria, Bundesland'' of Styria. It crosses the Niedere Tauern and connects the Mur River valley with the Enns River valley. The pass road is a secondary ...

References

Schladming Tauern Cities and towns in Liezen District {{Styria-geo-stub