Tragöß (or Tragoess) is a former municipality in the district of
Bruck-Mürzzuschlag in
Styria
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,
Austria
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. 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. The reform nearly halved the number of Styrian ...
, it is part of the municipality
Tragöß-Sankt Katharein.
Die neue Gemeindestruktur der Steiermark
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It is home to Grüner See Grüner See (literally "Green Lake") may refer to:
* Grüner See (Styria), near Tragöß, Austria
* Grüner See (Lower Saxony)
* Grüner See (Hundelshausen)
See also
* Grünsee (disambiguation)
* Green Lake (disambiguation)
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(Green Lake), which dries out almost completely in the autumn. In the spring the lake is filled with snow melt runoff. This gives the lake crystal clear water, the existing rocks and meadow give the lake its green colour.
History
It is likely that Tragöß was already inhabited by the ancient Celts
The Celts ( , see pronunciation for different usages) or Celtic peoples ( ) were a collection of Indo-European peoples. "The Celts, an ancient Indo-European people, reached the apogee of their influence and territorial expansion during the 4 ...
. The centuries that followed the collapse of the Roman Empire
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in western Europe, were marked by a period of large scale migrations, and by the sixth century the Tragöß area was inhabited by Slavs
The Slavs or Slavic people are groups of people who speak Slavic languages. Slavs are geographically distributed throughout the northern parts of Eurasia; they predominantly inhabit Central Europe, Eastern Europe, Southeastern Europe, and ...
, who made their homes not on the valley floors, but on the slopes that overlooked them. Bavarii
The Baiuvarii or Bavarii, sometimes simply called Bavarians (; ) were a Germanic people who lived in and near present-day southern Bavaria, which is named after them.
They began to appear in records by the 6th century AD, and their culture, lang ...
and Franks
file:Frankish arms.JPG, Aristocratic Frankish burial items from the Merovingian dynasty
The Franks ( or ; ; ) were originally a group of Germanic peoples who lived near the Rhine river, Rhine-river military border of Germania Inferior, which wa ...
followed in the ninth century, settling for the most part the fertile ground of the valley floors.
The first surviving written record of the place dates from 16 May 1023, in connection with the gifting of lands by Emperor Henry II
Henry II (; ; ; 6 May 973 – 13 July 1024 AD), also known as Saint Henry, Obl. S. B., was Holy Roman Emperor ("Romanorum Imperator") from 1014. He died without an heir in 1024, and was the last ruler of the Ottonian line. As Duke of Bavaria, ...
to the Convent of Göß.
References
Cities and towns in Bruck-Mürzzuschlag District
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