Neumarkt in der Steiermark

Neumarkt in der Steiermark, Styria, market town in the district of Murau, alt 847m, pop. 1,913, area 5.14 km², at the western foot of the Zirbitzkogel mountain (2,396m) to the southeast of the Neumarkter Sattel Pass. - District Court, Employment Services, regional health and social security agency; Villa Barbara provincial recreation centre, banqueting hall, trade school. Close by, army training area in the Seetaler Alpen mountains (municipality of Judenburg); dairy, metal processing, construction, wood processing, summer and winter tourism. - Forchtenstein Castle, constructed and fortified before 1224 (today, "Europahaus"), integrated into the partially preserved city walls (3 circular towers); late Gothic parish church (1492-1501) with tower (1914), high altar (1735-1740) by B. Prandstätter, side altar with late-Gothic statue of the Virgin Mary, Gothic ossuary (1438); column of the Virgin Mary (1717); 2-storey houses on the main square (some parts 16th - 17th century).

Literature: W. Brunner, Geschichte von Neumarkt in der Steiermark, 1985.