Everything about Mura totally explained
Mura (
German Mur) is a
river in
Central Europe, a
tributary of the bigger
Drava and subsequently the
Danube.
The source of the river is in the
Austrian
national park Hohe Tauern. The
source is 1,898 m above
sea level. Its total length is 465 km, of which 295 km is in Austria, 98 km is in
Slovenia and the rest constitutes the border between
Hungary and
Croatia. The biggest city on the river is
Graz, Austria.
The river gives its name to the Slovenian region of
Prekmurje ("Trans-Mura-land") and the Croatian region of
Međimurje ("between-Mura-land"). In this area, one can still use
cable ferry as transportation mean.
In the area of
upper Međimurje, in the western part of the region, the Mura floods and change its course rather often, moving slowly toward the north on its left. Here, the biggest forest along the river, the
Murščak, is located between
Domašinec and
Donji Hrašćan, (
hrast is
oak in the
Croatian language).
Since the
4th century BC, there have been reports of floating mills powered by the streams of the river. The
ancient technology was adopted later by arriving
Slavs and then by
Magyars. Several decades ago, in the 1920s and '30s, many of these mills were still operating along the river. At least one of the old mills --
Babičev mlin near
Veržej, Slovenia -- continues to operate to this day.
The river ends near
Legrad in the
Koprivnica-Križevci county of
Croatia, where it flows into the
Drava river.
Mura is known to carry small quantities of
gold, not enough to be suitable for exploitation today but was the focus of activity for many people since ancient times. Organized
research and exploitation of gold and other local resources was encouraged for the first time in
1772.
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