Mürz
The Mürz is a river in Styria, Austria, with a length of 84 km. Its drainage basin is 1,505 km2. The Mürz begins at the confluence of the Stille Mürz and Kalte Mürz near Kaltenbach, Neuberg and the border to Lower Austria.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Jacquesverlaeken, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: River
- Description: river in Styria, tributary of river Mur
- Also known as: “Murz”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Burgruine Landskron and Kornmesserhaus.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bruck an der Mur and Kapfenberg.
Bruck an der Mur
Photo: Eweht, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Bruck an der Mur is a city of about 16,000 people in the north of Styria in Austria. In medieval times was one of the most important trading centres in Styria, nowadays Bruck an der Mur is one of the major train hubs in Austria, so it's very likely that you come across this city while travelling through the country.
Kapfenberg
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Kapfenberg is an industrial town in Styria on the Mürz River of about 23,000 inhabitants. The city suffered heavy war damage from Allied bombers between 1943 and 1945 due to its steel industry.
Frauenberg
Village
Photo: Bwag, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Frauenberg is a former municipality in the district of Bruck-Mürzzuschlag in Styria, Austria. Since the 2015 Styria municipal structural reform, it is part of the municipality Sankt Marein im Mürztal.
Mürz
- Category: body of water
- Location: Austria, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
47.41077° or 47° 24′ 39″ northLongitude
15.27486° or 15° 16′ 30″ eastElevation
489 metres (1,604 feet)Open location code
8FVQC76F+8WOpenStreetMap ID
way 1157945713OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=riverGeoNames ID
2770998Wikidata ID
Q640923
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Satellite Map
Discover Mürz from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Asturian to Venetian—“Mürz” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Mürz”
- Bosnian: “Murica”
- Catalan: “Mürz”
- Cebuano: “Mürz”
- Chinese: “米爾茨河”
- Czech: “Mürz”
- Danish: “Mürz”
- Dutch: “Mürz”
- Egyptian Arabic: “مورز”
- Estonian: “Mürz”
- French: “Mürz”
- German: “Mürz”
- Greek: “Μυρτς”
- Irish: “Mürz”
- Lithuanian: “Miurcas”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Mürz”
- Persian: “مورتس”
- Russian: “Мюрц”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Mürz”
- Slovenian: “Murica”
- Swedish: “Mürz”
- Tajik: “Мурз”
- Tajik: “Муртс”
- Uzbek: “Mürz”
- Venetian: “Fiume Mürz”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Schlossberg and Wiener Vorstadt.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Minoritenkirche Maria im Walde and Europabrücke.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Mürz”. Photo: Jacquesverlaeken, CC BY-SA 3.0.