!!!Spital am Semmering

Spital am Semmering, Styria, municipality in the district of 
Muerzzuschlag, alt. 778 m, pop. 2,168, area 
72.59 km%%sup 2/%, bi-seasonal tourist resort (106,764 overnight 
stays) on the Froeschnitzbach stream, on the Styrian side of the 
Semmering Pass. - Children´s home, recreation home of the 
Association of War Victims and the Private Employees' Union; trading 
and manufacturing companies. Owes its origin to the hospital founded 
by Margrave Otakar III in 1160. - Gothic parish church (with 
Romanesque core, façade altered in neo-Gothic style) with 
Gothic portals, choir fresco (at the end of the 15%%sup th/%  century) 
and splendid high altar (around 1630-1640); in the vicinity of the 
so-called "Raeuberhoehle" ("Robbers´ Cave").


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