Modern era History of Styria



historical view of border between styria , carinthia, 1830


the semmering railway, completed in 1854, triumph of engineering in time, oldest of great european mountain railways. remarkable numerous , long tunnels , viaducts spanning mountain valleys, running gloggnitz in lower austria mürzzuschlag in styria, , passing through exceedingly beautiful scenery. railway brought tourists alpine lake resorts , mineral springs @ rohitsch (today s rogaška slatina) , bad gleichenberg, brine springs of bad aussee, , thermal springs of tuffer (today s laško), neuhaus klausenbach , tobelbad.


following world war i, styria divided treaty of saint germain. lower styria cities of celje , maribor became part of kingdom of serbs, croats , slovenes, while rest remained austria state of styria. other in carinthia, no fighting resulted this, in spite of german minority in slovenia (the larger cities of lower styria largely german-speaking).


lower styria reattached reichsgau steiermark 1942 1945, whence returned germany. after world war ii, styria became part of british occupation zone austria. lower third granted yugoslavia , today, makes eastern third of slovenia.







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