Peggau#
Peggau, Styria, market town in the district of Graz-Umgebung, alt. 405 m, pop. 2,063, area 11.20 km2, situated on the river Mur, north of Graz, at the foot of the Peggau Face (many caves). Starting-point for excursions to the Lurgrotte Cave (largest stalactite cave in Austria, Lurgrotten Cave Museum); other caves in the area are the Badlhoehle and Repolusthoehle caves in Badl graben (earliest evidence of civilisation in Styria), and the Kugelsteinhoehle (west of the river Mur) and Wildemannloch caves. - Labour Market Service, Gebietskrankenkasse (regional health and social insurance agency); cement works, welding appliances, pallet production, sand and stone quarry, production of trailers. - Church originally built in late Gothic style, rebuilt in Baroque style before 1724, with frescoes by J. C. Hackhofer, high altar in Rococo style with paintings by J. A. Moelk, organ (1774) by F. Schwarz; Protestant church (1906); castle ruins on a rock southeast of the town, pillory.