Murau

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Murau

Coat of arms	Location

Administration
Country	Austria
State	Styria
District	Murau
Mayor	Herbert Bacher (ÖVP)
Basic statistics
Area	10.75 km² (4.2 sq mi)
Elevation	829 m (2720 ft)
Population	2,191 (31/12/2005)
- Density	204 /km² (528 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	MU
Postal code	8850
Area code	03532
Website	murau.steiermark.at Coordinates: 47°06′43″N 14°10′23″E / 47.11194, 14.17306

Murau is the capital of the district of the same name in Styria, located along the Mur river. 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 forces was located here, in which captured British prisoners of war had been kept. In May of 1945 groups of resistances freed those prisoners. The area was not occupied 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.^{[citation needed]}