Mürzzuschlag market fortification
The market fortification Mürzzuschlag was a city wall of today's municipality of Mürzzuschlag in the district of Bruck-Mürzzuschlag in Styria .
history
The place Mürzzuschlag originated at the confluence of the Fröschnitz in the Mürz . The place was mentioned in a document in 1227. In 1270 the place was raised to the market. Only from 1478 to 1485 was the place fortified with a circular wall, towers and gates, only small remains of it have survived. In 1924 the town was granted city rights.
Market consolidation
The fortified old core of the place is located south of the Fröschnitz, which flows from east to west. The central street, running from east to west, is called Wiener Straße, Hauptplatz, and Grazer Straße, the latter continuing in a southerly direction after the former market fortification. The formerly fortified Gothic parish church of Mürzzuschlag stands north of the Fröschnitz on the western edge of the former market fortification.
literature
- The art monuments of Austria. Dehio Steiermark (excluding Graz) 1982 . Mürzzuschlag, city, with a historical town plan based on the land register plan from 1824, pp. 311–312.