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The city Eisenerz in the northern Styria has an area of 124.5 square kilometers and lies at an altitude of 735m. Between the mountains of the Eisenerzer Alps and Hochschwab, about 25 kilometer northwest of the disdrict capital Leoben live about 5,000 inhabitants. The town charter was granted Eisenerz in 1948. Around Eisenerz are some beautiful mountains like the Pfaffenstein, Eisenerzer Reichstein, Kaiserschild, Wildfeld, and of course the 2.100m high Erzberg. The mountain Eisenerz is the largest iron ore surface mining in central Europe. Since the 8 Century is dominated by the ore mining at the Mining not only the appearance of Eisenerz, but is also of great economic importance for the whole region on both sides of the Präbichl. Near Eisenerz in the north by the lake Leopoldsteinersee should be after a legend an Aquarius been caught with a pitch-coated shell. To regain his freedom, he offered the men 10 years for gold, silver for 100 years or iron for ever. The men chosen for the iron and so showed them the Aquarius ore deposits at the nearby mountain. The history of Eisenerz is in a close relationship to ore mining. This is marked by the iron requirement in times of war, technical issues and the mining methods of iron production. In order to bring the iron ore to the blast furnaces on a cog railway was built over the Präbichl. From the 80s of the 20th Century has been about the steel crisis, the population cut in half. In addition to many cultural events since 1995, the Erzberg Rodeo in Eisenerz is one of the major highlights in the eventscalendar. The spectacular Enduro race is a four-day event in late May - early June and are held at the 1,500 Enduro riders from 30 nations at the start. To the Erzberg Rodeo also come at the 4 days over 30,000 spectators, 400 journalists, 30 camera crews and six helicopters. The final form of the great enduro event in Eisenerz is the Red Bull Hare Scrample. The extremely difficult route (30-35km) changes every year and often not even 10% of 500 qualified Enduro rider reach the finish. The International Erzbergrun (12,2 km and 735 Hm) has been held since 2002 with about 1.000 runners every year.
Points of interest in Eisenerz : Nativity Museum, The City Museum in Kammerhof offers a very interesting exhibition on the history of ore mining in Eisenerz, ore train leads from Leoben on Präbichl, Eisenerz and on to Hieflau, shift tower, Peter Chapel, Church of St. Oswald, Market Church St Mary Birth, Aquarius hole - karst spring north of the city Eisenerz with a cave system of more than 1 km, visit one of iron ore from May to October is worthwhile in any case a visit to the mine. Here you can get to know the mining methods and ride on narrow gauge railway and a Hauly. A Hauly is a huge dump truck with more than 850 horsepower which is used to transport the iron ore. Activities of Eisenerz in the winter: skiing and snowboarding on Präbichl; cross-country skiing and ski jumping in the Eisenerzer Ramsau, skiing in the Eisenerzer Alps; Eisenerzer indoor pool with sauna, Tepidarium, steam bath, massage and solarium, shooting ranges, squash, gym; Activities of Eisenerz in summer: rock climbing, hiking, rock climbing, mountain biking, cycling, boating on the lake Leopoldsteinersee - a few miles north of Eisenerz, swimming in the pool of Eisenerz with beach volleyball, running, roller-skating track 1.9 km, soccer, sportshall Eisenerz (volleyball, basketball, handball, badminton and indoor soccer), tennis, diving, paragliding, Nordic walking, caving. |
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