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Sankt Lambrecht is a market town in the judicial district or district of Murau in Styria and the highest market town in the province (1028 meters above sea level) in the Thajagraben of the Styrian-Carinthian border mountains. As of January 1, 2015, the municipality of Sankt Blasen was incorporated as part of the municipal structural reform in Styria.

Culture and sights

    St. Lambrecht Monastery: The Benedictine monastery is one of the most important in Austria and is located in the Zirbitzkogel-Grebenzen Nature Park. The earliest work of the Benedictines is documented for the year 1076.
    Collegiate Church of St. Lambrecht: The Romanesque church building collapsed in 1327, the nave walls up to the eighth pair of pillars and the lower parts of the west towers have been preserved. The Gothic church building continued until 1421, but burned down in 1471 and was rebuilt. From 1639 the collegiate church was baroqueized and the rood screen was removed.
    From 1945 to 1951, the Sankt Lambrecht trolleybus connected the dynamite factory with the Mariahof-Sankt Lambrecht station on the Rudolf Railway. The facility was mainly used for freight traffic.
    Nature Park Zirbitzkogel-Grebenzen
    Klamm St. Lambrecht: The ice age gorge is accessible by the ice age hiking trail.