!!!Ehrenhausen

Ehrenhausen, Styria, market town in the district of Leibnitz, alt. 
258 m, pop. 1,184, area 3.03 km%%sup 2/%, at the entry of 
Gamlitzbach river into the River Mur/Mura, near the Slovenian border; 
starting point of the "Suedsteirische Weinstrasse" (South Styrian Vine 
Road). - Sports and leisure centre; viniculture (winery and champagne 
cellars, production of brandy), canning factory. - Late Baroque parish 
church (1752-1755) with Pietà (early 15%%sup th/% 
 century), Renaissance castle (first documented mention 1240, in 
the 16%%sup th/%  and 17%%sup th/%  centuries owned by the 
Eggenberg family, re-constructed around 1552) with medieval keep and 
arcaded courtyards; Historicist Georgi mansion (late 19%%sup th/% 
 century); mausoleum (construction begun in 1609, completed in 
1680-1693) for Ruprecht (d. 1611) and Wolff von Eggenberg, domed 
building, façade with two colossal statues, stucco decoration, 
crypt with sarcophagi.

!Literature
P. Stauder, 750 Jahre Ehrenhausen, 1988.


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