!!!Oberwölz Stadt

Oberwoelz Stadt, Styria, town in the district of Murau, alt. 
830 m, pop. 1,026, area 4.64 km%%sup 2/%, located on Woelzer 
Bach stream, at the southern foot of the Woelzer Tauern mountains. - 
District court, forest ranger station, trade. - Settlement dating back 
to the Hallstatt Period and Roman times, first documented mention in 
1007, when it was acquired by the bishopric of Freising (until 1806); 
documented mention as town in 1305; trade centre in the Middle Ages. 
Well preserved, partially medieval townscape: parts of the town 
fortifications date back to the 14%%sup th/% -16%%sup th/%  centuries 
(city walls, tower and 3 gates), parish church in late Romanesque 
style, pier-supported basilica with tower above the square choir, 
chancel in late Gothic style (1480), frescoes by J. A. Moelk 
(1777), furnishings in late Baroque style; St. Sigismund Church 
(15%%sup th/%  century) with high altar (1651) and larger than 
life-size crucifix (early 16%%sup th/%  century), pews in Gothic 
style, painting by J. Lederwasch (1789); east of the town on a steep 
rock formation, Rothenfels Castle (documented mention in 1305), parts 
of the medieval core of the castle have been preserved, various 
buildings dating back to the 16%%sup th/% -19%%sup th/%  centuries, 
Oesterreichisches Blasmusikmuseum - museum of brass-band music in 
Austria, local museum with exhibits of the history of Oberwoelz Stadt 
and popular culture.

!Literature
I. Woisetschlaeger-Mayer, Die Kunstdenkmaeler des 
Gerichtsbez. Oberwoelz, 1973.


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