Prealps East of the Mur

#917 among destinations in Austria

Nature, Natural attraction, Natural feature

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The Prealps East of the Mur are the easternmost mountain range of the Central Eastern Alps. They comprise the eastern foothills of the Alpine crest beyond the Mur river and the adjacent southeastern Alpine Foreland. ()

Local name: Randgebirge östlich der Mur Maximum elevation: 459318 ftCoordinates: 47°34'48"N, 15°48'0"E

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Prealps East of the Mur – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Zauberberg, Wechsel, Stuhleck, Semmering railway.

3.8 miN
Winter sport, Ski area
Zauberberg, Semmering
98 min walk • Zauberberg is a ski area in eastern Austria, at Semmering Pass on the border of the states of Styria and Lower Austria. It is approximately midway between Vienna and Graz, about one hundred kilometres from each.
6.3 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Wechsel
161 min walk • The Wechsel is a low mountain range in eastern Austria whose highest summit is the Hochwechsel. It also has two other summits over 1700 m.
1.5 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Stuhleck
39 min walk • Stuhleck is a mountain in Steiermark, Austria. It is the highest mountain of the Fischbach Alps and of the Prealps east of the Mur.
4.6 miN
, Scenic railroads, Tours
Semmering railway, Semmering
117 min walk • The Semmering railway in Austria, which starts at Gloggnitz and leads over the Semmering to Mürzzuschlag, was the first mountain railway in Europe built with a standard gauge track.
3.9 miN
47°37'56"N • 15°49'48"E
Karl VI Monument, Semmering
99 min walk • Memorial
3.3 miNW
City hall
City Hall, Spital am Semmering
84 min walk • The list of listed objects in Spital am Semmering contains the 17 listed immovable objects in the Austrian municipality of Spital am Semmering in the Styrian district of Bruck-Mürzzuschlag.
7.4 miNE
Forts and castles
Burg Wartenstein
189 min walk • Wartenstein Castle is a well-preserved castle complex in the cadastral municipality of the same name Wartenstein in the municipality of Raach am Hochgebirge near Gloggnitz in the district of Neunkirchen in southern Lower Austria.
3.9 miN
Mountain pass with a ski resort
Semmering Pass, Semmering
99 min walk • Semmering is a mountain pass in the Eastern Northern Limestone Alps connecting Lower Austria and Styria, between which it forms a natural border.
0.6 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Natural feature
Fischbach Alps
16 min walk • The Fischbach Alps are part of the Prealps East of the Mur.
0.9 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain pass
Pfaffen Saddle
25 min walk • The Pfaffen Saddle is a high mountain pass in the Austrian Alps in the Bundesland of Styria. It connects Rettenegg and Steinhaus am Semmering.
3.9 miN
47°37'58"N • 15°49'47"E
Ski-Weltcup Semmering, Semmering
100 min walk • Monuments and statues