| Pürgg-Trautenfels | |
| Settlement Type: | Former municipality |
| Pushpin Map: | Austria |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 270 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within Austria |
| Coordinates: | 47.5333°N 14.0833°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Austria |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Styria |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Liezen |
| Parts Style: | para |
| Area Total Km2: | 62.69 |
| Elevation M: | 645 |
| Population Total: | 891 |
| Population As Of: | 1 January 2016 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone: | CET |
| Timezone Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset: | +1 |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
| Registration Plate: | LI |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 8951 |
| Area Code Type: | Area code |
| Area Code: | 03682 |
| Website: | www.puergg-trautenfels.at |
Pürgg-Trautenfels (pronounced as /de/) is a former municipality in the district of Liezen in Styria, Austria. Since 2015 Styria municipal structural reform, it is part of the municipality Stainach-Pürgg.[2]
Pürgg-Trautenfels lies in valley of the upper Ennstal between Gröbming and Stainach. The municipal area is bordered in the south by the Enns; in the north it stretches right up to the main ridge Toten Gebirges (Almkogel, 2,116m elevation). The highest point of the municipality is the Grimming (2,351 m) in the west.
The village of Pürgg lies on a small plateau in the south face of the Rantensteins, about 150 m above the valley floor of the brook Grimmingbach. The village has a few narrow streets which are largely for pedestrian traffic only. The houses are situated around two churches:
The village of Trautenfels is a small settlement around the Schloss Trautenfels, situated directly on the Enns. The castle is on a small hill which rises about 30 meters above the valley floor. In 1261 it was called a castle (Burg) for the first time. In the baroque era it was given its present appearance by Friedrich von Trauttmannsdorf.
A short distance to the west of the castle, on the same ridge, there lie the ruins of the Protestant church Neuhaus. This was, at the time of the Reformation, the most significant religious center in the Upper Ennstal Valley. The church was established by the castle owners in Trautenfels. But later fell victim to the Counter-Reformation. In 1991, the remnants of the building were exposed and furnished as a memorial.
Trautenfels Castle and the village of Pürgg attract tourists and day trippers. The region is also visited by climbers, who set out from here on mountain tours to the Grimming, into the Totes Gebirge and the Niedere Tauern to the south. In the Wörschachwald there is a small ski resort and the Spechtensee lake.