Small bridge in Steinhaus am Semmering

            Steinhaus am Semmering is a village on the Semmering Pass in the Mürztal of Upper Styria, and the town of Spital am Semmering in the district of Bruck-Mürzzuschlag, Styria.
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The Alfredhütte in "industrial gothic style" with pointed arched windows
In Steinhaus am Semmering iron mining was operated until 1882, which was the main source of income in the region. The bloom had the iron mining around the year 1740. 1882 the iron dismantling was stopped because of too big competition.

In 1838/1839 the Alfredhütte was built on behalf of Alfred Prince of Schönburg-Hartenstein to process the ore from the Fröschnitz and Dürgrabengruben. This had to be transported first for smelting awkward to Aue at Schottwien. The hut produced up to 3000 tons of pig iron per year and was shut down in 1885.

In April 1945, the area around Steinhaus am Semmering scene of fierce fighting between the later German 9th Mountain Division (East) and the Red Army, which tried to penetrate over the Semmering Pass in Styria. The village was located behind the German front and was used by the Mountain Division as Aufmarschraum and divisional command post. One dark chapter of the last days of the war was the tribunals, which imposed many death sentences on deserters in order to maintain morale and the will to resist. In the area of ​​the 6th Army, which included the 9th Mountain Division, there was a mobile tribunal, which met occasionally in Steinhaus am Semmering. The conviction and summary execution of three soldiers in the village is known.

Taken in: Österreich / Steiermark / Steinhaus am Semmering (show map)

Taken on: January 13, 2018

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