Austria-Hungary : with excursions to Cetinje, Belgrade, and Bucharest : handbook for travellers . the South Railway Station (Sud-Bahnhof; PL A, 1) we proceed in a straight direction across theMur-Briicke to the Neustadt and then follow the Kaiser-Franz-Joseph-Str., past the new building of the Mining College {Mon-tanistische Hochschule; PL B, 2), to the (10 min.) Erzherzog-Johann-Str. (PL A, B, 2), separating the new town from the old. In the latterstreet, to the W. (right) of the Kaiser-Franz-Joseph-Str., are a bust byHackstock (1904) of Peter Tanner (d. 1897; PL 7), the first directorof the
Austria-Hungary : with excursions to Cetinje, Belgrade, and Bucharest : handbook for travellers . the South Railway Station (Sud-Bahnhof; PL A, 1) we proceed in a straight direction across theMur-Briicke to the Neustadt and then follow the Kaiser-Franz-Joseph-Str., past the new building of the Mining College {Mon-tanistische Hochschule; PL B, 2), to the (10 min.) Erzherzog-Johann-Str. (PL A, B, 2), separating the new town from the old. In the latterstreet, to the W. (right) of the Kaiser-Franz-Joseph-Str., are a bust byHackstock (1904) of Peter Tanner (d. 1897; PL 7), the first directorof the mining college, and the Savings Bank, containing the Muni-cipal Museum (PL 4; open free in summer on Sun. 10-12, at other >64 Route 36. LEOBEN. From Vienna times 40/0; to the E. (left) is a marble monument of BurgomasterHomann (PI. 1). A little to the S., in the old town, is the Haupt-Platz(PL B, 2, 3), containing a Trinity Column (1716) and two fountains,that to the S. with a figure of a miner. To the W. of the Haupt-Platzis the Maut-Turm (PL 2), restored in 1790, in the suburb of Waasen. v^ tf JakDtd-JC ^GossB A ™* SVMichaeL ??™,~ Warner ^Debes, Leipzig (on the left bank of the Mur). The old Parish Church (Waasen-Kirche; PL A, B, 3) contains fine stained glass of the 14th a hill to the S. of the old town is the Medemptorist Church (PLB, 3; 1846), commanding a good view. On the side of thetown is the Stadt-Park (PL B, 1), with a summer-restaurant. From Leoben to Hieflau, 34 M., railway in ca. 31/-? hrs. Best viewsto the right. — The train ascends to (7 M.)~Trofaiach (2160 ft.; Fuchs,R. from 2 K), a favourite summer-resort. — 13V2 M. Vordernberg-JInrkt(2770 ft.; G-oldene Krone; Schwarzer Adler), a prosperous town with2775 inhab. and blast-furnaces. Here begins the *Erzberg Railway (Erz-hergbahn), interesting both from the boldness of its engineering andfrom the beautiful views it commands. Between Vordernberg andKrumpen
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