Mariahof

Mariahof, Styria, municipality in the district of Murau, alt. 963 m, pop. 1,324, area 32.71 km², Summer resort (37,084 overnight stays) situated on the Neumarkter Sattel Pass (alt. 894 m). - Recreation home (Villa Barbara), power supply centre (private), Pichlschloß rehabilitation centre; timber processing, gravel works; ornithological research centre situated on Furtnerteich Pond (nature reserve). - Late Gothic parish church (first documented mention in 1066, present church building dating from the 14^th century), was destroyed, and rebuilt and fortified between 1482 and 1511, nave redesigned in the Baroque style (1679-1681), impressive church tower, splendid high altar (after 1627) with a Gothic statue of the Virgin, side altars (dating from the second half of the 17^th century), crucifixion group including a Late Gothic crucifix (around 1500-1510), panel painting of St. Beatrice (around 1520); Romanesque-Baroque church of St. Nicholas, Baroque interior, two Roman tombstones set into the church walls, church bells (dating around 1300, the 16^th century.).