Eisenerz

Eisenerz ("Airn ure") is a mercat place an auld minin toun in Styrie, Austrick, 68 mi (109 km). N.W. o Graz bi rail. Pop. (2001) 6,400. It is situatit in the deep Erzbach Valley, dominatit on the east bi the Pfaffenstein (6140 ft), on the wast bi the Kaiserschild (6830 ft), an on the sooth bi the Erzberg (5030 ft). It haes an interestin ensaumple o a medieval fortifeed kirk, a Gothic edifice foondit bi Rudolph o Habsburg in the 13t century an rebuilt in the 16t.

History
At the turn o the past century the Erzberg (Ore Muntain) furnished sic rich ore that it wis quarried in the open air lik stane, in the simmer months. Thare is documentary evidence o the mines haein been wirked as far back as the 12t century. Thay affordit employment tae twa or three thoosan haunds in simmer an aboot hauf as mony in winter, an yieldit some 800,000 tons o iron per annum.

Durin World War II, a subcamp o Mauthausen concentration camp wis locatit here. It providit slave labour for local industry.Christine O'Keefe.Concentration Camps.wwwtartanplace.com/tartanhistory/concentrationcamps.html Eisenerz wis connectit wi the mines bi the Erzberg railwey, a bauld piece o ingineerin wirk, fowerteen miles (21 km) lang, constructit on the Abt's rack-an-pinion seestem. It passed throu some bonnie scenery, an descends tae Vordernberg, an important centre o the iron tred situatit on the sooth side o the Erzberg. Eisenerz possesses, in addition, twinty-five furnaces, which produce iron, an pairticularly steel, o exceptional excellence. The day the Erzberg is hame tae motocross races.

A few miles tae the N.W. o Eisenerz lies the castle o Leopoldstein, an near it the bonnie Leopoldsteiner Lake. This lake, wi its daurk-green watter, situatit at an altitude o 2028 ft., an surroondit on aw sides bi heich peaks, is no big an haes a depth o 100 ft (30 m).

Economy
The independent record label Napalm Records is based in this toun.

Demographic evolution
 1928  6.945
 1939  12.395
 1944  18.419
 1948  11.103
 1956  12.679
 1992  7.965
 2000  6.750
 2005  5.839
 2007  5.566

References

Category:Ceeties an touns in Styrie