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Mitscha-Märheim, Herbert - Mitterkirchen im Machland (14/25)
Mitterauer, Michael Mitterbauer, Peter

Mitterbach am Erlaufsee


Mitterbach am Erlaufsee, Lower Austria, municipality in the district of Lilienfeld, alt. 789 m, pop. 667, area 67.28 km2, summer and winter sports resort (43,276 overnight stays) at the eastern foot of Gemeindealpe mountain (1,626 m), at the Lower Austrian-Styrian border; with Josefsberg skiing area. Transmitting station of the Austrian broadcasting corporation ORF on Gemeindealpe hill; hotel and restaurant businesses. - Catholic parish church (1914/15, 1967 extended) with crib from the Biedermeier period; Protestant parish church (1785) enlarged in the 19th century. Nearby, Erlaufstauseen reservoirs with electric power station (originally for operating the Mariazeller Bahn railway) and Lake Erlauf; northwest of Mitterbach am Erlaufsee, Ötschergräben gorge with waterfalls, Ötscher mountain (1,893 m) with ice caves.


 
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