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and a Gothic bed chamber with
Virgin Mary on the rainbow arch,
and a 15th- century carved a panel listing the supposed
altarpiece. The castle was well characteristic traits of various
restored in the 20th century, European nationalities.
and is now a museum and Below the castle is the popular
cultural centre. Mauterndorf resort of St Michael, with an
also has excellent summer and interesting Gothic church.
winter sports facilities.

r Schloss
Moosham
Road map D4. @ Schloss Moosham:
Moosham 13. Tel (06476) 305. Open
for guided tours only; Apr–Sep: 10 am,
11am, 1pm, 2pm, 3pm & 4pm Tue–
Sun (Aug daily); Oct & mid-Dec–Mar:
Grossarler Ache rushing through the 11am & 2pm Tue–Sun. &
Liechten steinklamm, near Wagrain
Moosham Castle, near the
It is also worth going inside the southern end of Radstädter
Gothic church in Altenmarkt Tauernstrasse, high above the
im Pongau. Wagrain itself has Mur river, is famous for its ghosts
a museum devoted to Joseph and witch trials, as popularized
Mohr, who wrote the words on American television. The
for Silent Night, and to the structure probably dates from
pop ular 20th-century Austrian the 13th century and consists of
writer and humorist Karl an upper and a lower castle. Stained-glass window in the church of
Heinrich Waggerl. After the secularization of the St Leonard in Tamsweg
The views from the tops of archbishop’s principality, the
Schwarzkopf, Rosskopf and castle fell into ruin, but in 1886 t Tamsweg
Mooskopf are stunning and it passed to Count Hans Wilczek, Road map E4. * 5,600. £ @
worth a detour. who fully renovated it. Among n (06474) 2145. _ Samson
the remaining original features Procession (late Jun, Jul, Aug).
are the Baroque roadway, Gothic
e Mauterndorf stained-glass windows in the The largest town in the isolated
presbytery of the chapel and a Lungau region, Tamsweg is
Road map D4. * 1,700. @
n (06472) 7949. collection of local works of art, famous for its curious Samson
which are kept in the castle Procession, when an effigy of
Strategically positioned on the museum. The coach house and Samson and other figures are
road connecting Salzburg with the armoury are also of interest. paraded around town. Tamsweg
the Hohe Tauern passes, this Some rooms are open to the owes its past wealth to the
little town owed its former public, such as a torture chamber, iron and salt trades. Fine town
wealth to the road tolls it houses, such as the 15th-
was able to collect. cen tury Mesnerhaus and the
Mauterndorf’s greatest 16th-century turreted town hall,
attraction is its Burg, built line the market square. The
in the 13th century and 18th-cen tury Post House has
extended in the 16th frescoes by Gregor Lederwasch,
century under Archbishop who also painted the pictures in
Leonhard von Keutschach. Heiliger Jakobus (St James’s
Scenically located and church), built in 1741 to a
well proportioned, it is design by Fidelis Hainzl. The
an attractive medieval original Rococo interior has
structure. The rooms are been preserved. The 15th-
richly decorated with century church of St Leonard,
stuccowork and provide towering above the town,
interesting interiors. The is an important pilgramage
castle’s best feature is the church. It has beautiful stained-
lovely chapel devoted to glass windows, including the
St Henry (Emperor famous Golden Window (created
Henry II), with superb between1430 and 1450). The
14th-century frescoes of interior furnishings are almost
the Coronation of the Bedchamber in Schloss Moosham entirely late medieval.
For hotels and restaurants in this region see pp297–8 and pp322–3

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