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AUSTRIA-HUNGAEY. 



the largest town in the Austrian Alpine region, actually occupies such a site in the 

 Avide valley of the Mur, and half-way between Vienna and Trieste. The mines in 

 its vicinity have contributed to the growth of its industry. It is a cheerful town, 

 with a fine public park at the foot of a hill form'erly occupied by the citadel. 

 From the summit of this picturesque knoll we see the city spread out beneath our 

 feet ; we can trace the winding course of the Mur, fringed by ^ooplars, and survey 

 the wooded heights which bound the valley. Many half-pay officers have settled 

 at Gratz, because life is cheap and pleasant there, whilst students are attracted by 

 the scientific collections of its university. 



Marburg (13,085 inhabitants), on the Drave and on the junction of the Puster- 

 thal railway with the Trieste line, is the only other town of importance in Styria. 

 Cilli (4,203 inhabitants), near Carniola, is the ancient Celleia, of which ruins still 

 exist. Bruck (2,879 inhabitants), on the UpjDer Mur, is one of the prettiest towns 

 in Austria. Leohen (5,091 inhabitants) is a mining town, where the preliminaries 



Fig. 15. — Klagexfurt and the Lake of Worth. 

 Scale 1 : 225,000. 



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of the treaty of Campo Formio were signed in 1792. Vordernherg (2,468 inha- 

 bitants) is known for its iron works, as are also Eisenerz (3,841 inhabitants) 

 and Rottenmann. Near the latter is the famous Benedictine abbey of Adinont, 

 with an invaluable library. Judenhurg (Jewsborough, 3,189 inhabitants), the 

 ancient Idunum, occupies a delightful position on the Mur. It is not a town of 

 Jews : on the contrary, the Jews were massacred there during the Middle Ages, 

 and the modern name appears to be a corruption of the old Roman one. Maria- 

 zell (1,200 inhabitants), on the northern frontier, is a famous place of pilgrimage. 

 Teplitz and Tuffer (Franz-Josefsbad) are well-known watering-places. 



Carinthia. — Klagenfurt (15,200 inhabitants), near the Drave and the Lake of 

 "Worth, is the only town of the province. St. Veit (2,322 inhabitants), the old 

 capital, has dwindled into a village, having some iron industry. Feldkirchen (5,316 

 inhabitants) is a large village. Bleiberg (4,061 inhabitants) has lead mines, and 

 Hûtteuherg iron mines and furnaces. ViUacli (4,258 inhabitants), to the north 



