Murau
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Murau is the capital of the district of the same name in Styria. It has a population of 2,331.
[edit] History
The area was already settled in the Bronze Age and Roman time, for the first time document which mentioned Murau was in the year 1250.
During the Second World War a camp for the German armed forcesa was located here, in which British prisoners of war had been interred. In May of 1945 groups of resistances freed those prisoners. The area was not occupied by by the Russians. As the Russians came near Murau, some people of Murau freed the British prisoners to tell the Russians that Murau is already occupied by the British. The Russians returned and Murau was free.
[edit] Notable Inhabitants
- Ulrich von Liechtenstein (around 1200-1275), poet
- Fritz Haas (1890-1968), architect
- Brunner & Brunner, music duo
- Klaus Ofner (* 1968), skiier
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