Wald am Schoberpaß#

Wald am Schoberpass, Styria, municipality in the district of Leoben, alt. 841 m, pop. 746, area 90.45 km2, at the watershed of the Palten Valley and the Liesing Valley. - Small power station; timber trade, transport firms, metal-working industry, tourism; A 9 motorway with 3 km long tunnel. - Gothic parish church (first documented mention 1402, extension 1784-1788) with choir frescoes (1789) by J. Lederwasch and late-Gothic murals (discovered in 1972), bishop´s statue (around 1510-1520); the Protestant parish church (1784, newly built in 1829) is one of the oldest in Styria.