!!!Gußwerk

Gusswerk, Styria, municipality in the district of Bruck an der Mur, 
alt. 747 m, pop. 1,896 (1981: pop. 2,142), area 
285.38 km%%sup 2/%, main village of the Salzatal valley and 
largest municipality in Styria in terms of area, situated in a heavily 
wooded region; the nature preserve II "Wildalpener Salzatal" 
extends into the territory of Gusswerk. - Sawmill and forestry 
enterprise of the Oesterreichische Bundesforste AG (federal forests), 
forestry inspectorate; 1%%sup st/%  and 2%%sup nd/%  springwater 
pipelines to Vienna (3 quarters of Vienna's drinking water is drawn 
from Gusswerk,  Vienna Spring Water Supply System); forestry, wood 
processing and timber trade, production of metal springs, power plant. 
- Ironworks near Gusswerk in the Middle Ages; the name Gusswerk 
(German Gusswerk = cast-iron works) is derived from the iron foundry, 
founded in 1740, famous in the 19%%sup th/%  century for its 
decorative cast iron; neo-Classicist parish church (1850); mining 
museum (old office building). Near Gusswerk,  Brandhof hunting lodge.

!Literature
M. Pichler, Geschichte der Gemeinde Gusswerk, 1959.


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