The market town of St Lambrecht (1,036m/3,399ft), situated near Murau in a nature park, is the seat of a Benedictine abbey founded in the 11th C., probably by monks from St Blasien in the Black Forest. The church, with twin onion-domed towers, a beautiful pulpit and richly carved choir stalls, dates from the 14th-15th C., the other buildings
from the 17th-18th C. The abbey possesses an art collection and a collection of Austrian birds. The parish church of St Peter (1424) has fine carved winged altars.