!!!Pürgg-Trautenfels

Puergg, Styria, village in the district of Liezen, alt. 790 m, 
settlement with a castle and a church located near where the Grimming 
Valley meets the Ennstal valley, cadastral community belonging to the 
municipality of Puergg-Trautenfels. - Romanesque St. John´s 
Chapel with important frescoes (around 1160-1165, including a 
depiction of the "Katzen-und-Maeuse-Krieg" (Cat and Mouse 
War)); parish church, a pillared basilica, originally Romanesque but 
redone in the Gothic style, with a Gothic fresco cycle (around 1300), 
statues and stained glass.

!Literature
W. Suppan (ed.), Die Puergg. 850 Jahre Pfarrkirche 
St. Georg auf der Puergg, Festschrift, 1980.


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