Ruine Puxerloch

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Puxerloch is the local name for a pair of adjacent medieval Höhlenburgen (cave castles) – Burg Luegg and Burg Schallaun, on the Pleschaitz mountain near Teufenbach-Katsch in the Murau district of Styria, Austria. The site lies on the nearly vertical Puxer Wand cliff overlooking the Mur River valley, at roughly 900–950 m above sea level. Both castles occupy natural caves in the limestone cliff, the larger western cave (Luegg) and a smaller cave about 50–70 m to its west (Schallaun). They are among only a handful of surviving cave castles in Austria.

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