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Judenburg (German: [juːdn̩.buɐ̯k, juːdn̩.buʁk]; Bavarian: Judnbuag) is a historic town in Styria, Austria. It is the administrative centre of the Murtal district , which was created on 1 January 2012 from the former Judenburg District and former Knittelfeld District .
The Duchy of Austria (Latin: Austriae Ducatus; German: Herzogtum Österreich) was a medieval principality of the Holy Roman Empire, established in 1156 by the Privilegium Minus, when the Margraviate of Austria (Ostarrîchi) was detached from Bavaria and elevated to a duchy in its own right.
Small historical town Judenburg. The Judenburg area was already inhabited in the Hallstatt period, around 800 BC. The Strettweg cult chariot, which was found during fieldwork in 1851, dates from this period. Today, the grave goods are considered the most important find from this period.
In the late Middle Ages, Judenburg controlled most of the Mur Valley trade, which consisted primarily of iron and lavender. You can learn more about the history of Judenburg as well as details on the iron heritage of this part of Styria in the Stadtmuseum or Town Museum.
Judenburg. Judenburg appears to have shelted the earliest Jewish community of Styria; the name may provide a hint of a Jewish origin of this place. In 1305 a certain Suezman asked the judge of Judenburg to sign a receipt in the presence of five Jewish witnesses who also lived there.
JUDENBURG , city in Styria, S. central Austria. The name Judenburg first appears between 1074 and 1087, bearing witness to Jewish settlements there in the early Middle Ages (see *Carinthia, *Graz ). It may be assumed that the name was also derived from the city's ancient Latin name Idunum.
Judenburg in the Murtal, Styria, has a turbulent past and lets the influences be felt through museums and buildings to this day. Past and present meet here, and you can travel to distant galaxies with the highest planetarium, sniff nostalgic atmosphere in the Puch Museum and walk in the footsteps of times long past in the Museum Murtal.
