History Of Bad Mitterndorf

Prehistoric hunter used the Lieglloch cave in the Krahsteinstock above Tauplitz as a hunting site during the milder fluctuation phase of the Würm Ice Age and the final interglacial period. Finds include stone blades, fires containing charred cave bear bones, and drill-shaped canine teeth of cave bears.

Along with other Bronze Age artifacts in Kainisch and close to Ödensee, the municipality of Bad Mitterndorf boasts a bronze sword at Grubegg sawmill and a Lapp ax discovered in Mühlreith. A Roman stone showing three nude women and a man in a toga and a Roman coin discovered at the source attest to Roman knowledge of the Heilbrunn thermal spring.

The Hinterberg Valley saw Slavic habitation in the early Middle Ages; archeological evidence from the 8th to 10th century includes the Krungl cemetery. German immigrants started coming in the eighth century, with pauses brought on by battles with the Magyars in the tenth century. In 1056 the Traungauer family took control of the region.

The Traungauer margraves came to govern over Mitterndorf, which was first recorded in 1147. Numerous localities in the municipal area are listed in a land register from the reign of Duke Albrecht I (1280–1295). Emperor Friedrich III briefly owned private land in Hinterberg in the late Middle Ages.

Church-wise, the region was formerly part of the parishes of Grauscharn and Pürgg. Mitterndorf had a vicariate parish founded about 1335. Protestantism in Hinterberg during the Reformation period was marked by disputes and Catholic conversions. Joseph II established additional parishes, such as Tauplitz and Maria Kumitz, in the eighteenth century.

In 1577 the Mitterndorf parish was taken over by Jesuits from the Order of St. George; the parish was subsequently incorporated into the Seckau General Vicariate in 1773. While Tauplitz parish saw major events in 1751 that resulted in the creation of a separate parish, Maria Kumitz parish was established in the 18th century.

In the latter part of the 19th century, Bad Mitterndorf gained popularity as a summer resort and, starting in 1905, as a winter sports resort. Social upheaval was seen in the area in 1525 during the Schladming farmers’ and miners’ uprising. Because manorial lordships dominated most of the Hinterberg Valley, the French Wars had little effect there.

In 1934, during the July Putsch, Bad Mitterndorf saw violence. The town joined the Reichsgau Oberdonau after Austria was annexed in 1938. Winter tourism to the area increased after World War II, and in 1972 it was named a health resort. Administrative changes had place; in 1948 Bad Mitterndorf was returned to Styria; in 2013 it was included in the Liezen district. Even now, people go there for summer and winter activities.