!!!Krakaudorf

Krakaudorf, Styria, municipality in the district of Murau, alt. 1,173 
m, pop. 640, area 29.68 km%%sup 2/%, scattered settlement in the 
mountains near the southern edge of the Niedere Tauern mountain range. 
- Main sources of income: agriculture, summer tourism (17,280 
overnight stays).- Romanesque-Gothic parish church (1759-1767 
remodelled in Baroque style), timber-panelled ceiling (1534) and 
frescoes by J. Lederwasch (1793); Late Gothic church of St. Ulrich 
(1478-1497) with winged altarpiece (1521) in the municipality of 
Krakauhintermuehlen. Customs: Samson procession on the feast day of 
St. Oswald (first Sunday in August), biennial carnival run.

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The Krakau Valley lies between the Mur Valley and the Niedere Tauern 
mountains and is drained by the Rantenbach stream. The area, which is 
highly interesting in terms of folklore, comprises the municipalities 
of Krakau, Krakauschatten (alt. 1,124 m, pop. 327) and 
Krakauhintermuehlen with the Krakau Plain (alt.1,260 m, pop. 579).


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