Murau’s central Schillerplatz is anchored by a Mariensaule, a Marian column with a gilded Virgin Mary figure, the type of monument erected across Catholic Central Europe during the Counter-Reformation as a public statement of Catholic identity. The square is Murau’s market and social center, ringed by historic facades. Always accessible and free. Combine with a visit to Schloss Murau above the town. Murau is reachable by the scenic Murau-Murtal narrow-gauge railway from Unzmarkt.
square in Murau
Schillerplatz and Mariensaeule
Also known as Schillerplatz und Mariensaeule
Murau's main square, the Schillerplatz, is anchored by a Mariensaule: a Marian column with a gilded Virgin Mary figure on top, the kind of monument that was built across Catholic Central Europe in the 17th and 18th centuries as a visual statement of Counter-Reformation loyalty and survival after plague or war.
- Type
- square
- Destination
- Murau
- Cost
- Free to visit
- Address
- 8850 Murau
- Coordinates
- 47.1106, 14.1716