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For the town of the same name, see Semmering, Austria . Semmering (el. 965 m) is a mountain pass in the Eastern Northern Limestone Alps connecting Lower Austria and Styria between ...
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Semmering Railway - UNESCO World Heritage Centre
Date of Inscription: 1998 Criteria: (ii)(iv) Between Gloggnitz, State of Lower Austria and Simmering, State of Styria N47 38 55.6 E15 49 40.7 Ref: 785

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Semmering Pass, mountain pass, eastern Austria, in the Eastern Alps, near Vienna, 980 m (3,215 ft) above sea level. The Semmering railway passes through a tunnel 1.6 km (1 mi) long, 84 m (275 ft) below the summit. The first mountain railway in the world, it went into operation immediately after the tunnel was completed in 1854. It links Gloggnitz in Lower Austria with Mürzzuschlag in Styria, and is 41 km (25 mi) long. In 1998 the railway was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site.