!!!Eisenerz

Eisenerz, Styria, town (since 1948) in the district of Leoben, alt. 
730 m, pop. 7,759 (1981: pop. 10,068), area 
124.53 km%%sup 2/%, ancient mining site near Erzberg mountain, in 
Erzbach valley, at the foot of Pfaffenstein mountain (alt. 
1,871 m) and Kaiserschild mountain (alt. 2,084 m). - 
District court, Employment Services, health and social insurance 
office, Chamber of Labour, hospital, district-heating station, small 
hydraulic power-plants, stadium, training centre for Nordic 
disciplines, various schools: upper-level federal science-oriented 
secondary school (Bundesoberstufenrealgymnasium), commercial school 
(Handelsschule with continuation courses for Handelsakademie - 
commercial academy), vocational schools of trade and commerce. Only 
open-cast ore mine in Austria (VOEST-Alpine steel works, smelting in 
Linz and Donawitz), the ore face is open to visitors (stepped strip 
mine and underground mines; annual output of 
3.5 million tons of siderite containing approximately 
33 % iron), mine open to the public; glass industry (VOEST-Alpine 
Glas GmbH: plate glass, windscreens), metal processing industry, 
production of expanded metal and agricultural machinery, beer 
warehouses. -St. Oswald Gothic parish church (15%%sup th/% and 
16%%sup th/%  centuries), the largest fortified church 
(fortification 1532-1534) in Styria, with outstanding west choir 
(1513-1517), 1890-1899 redecorated in Gothic style; Marktkirche 
church, built in 1435, redecorated in Baroque style, Renaissance 
course masonry tower with bell, built in 1581. - Geyeregg (1621-1622) 
and Leopoldstein Castles (built in 1680, renovated in 1890-1894, 
boarding school) are nearby; Municipal Museum in the Kammerhof 
building (documentation of the historical development of ore mining); 
northeast of Eisenerz is the Frauenmauerhoehle cave (length 
644 m, ice cave, stalactite formations); 4 km to the north 
is Lake Leopoldstein, 7 km to the south is Praebichl Pass (alt. 
1,232 m, winter resort).

!Literature
O. Rainer, Eine Stadt und ihr Berg, 1984.


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