Editing History of Styria (section)

===Modern era===
[[File:023 Grenzmaut zwischen Kärnten und Steiermark bei der Ruine Dürnstein - J.F.Kaiser Lithografirte Ansichten der Steiermark 1825.jpg|thumb|Historical view of the border between Styria and Carinthia, 1830]]
The [[Semmering Railway]], completed in 1854, was a triumph of engineering in its time, the oldest of the great European mountain railways.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Gehrer|first=Elisabeth|date=1998-05-12|title=The World Heritage Documentation for the Nomination of Semmering Railway – cultural site Semmeringbahn (Kulturlandschaft)|url=https://whc.unesco.org/uploads/nominations/785.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151010105558/http://whc.unesco.org/uploads/nominations/785.pdf|archive-date=2015-10-10|access-date=2021-06-11|website=UNESCO World Heritage Centre|page=13}}</ref> It was remarkable for its numerous and long tunnels and viaducts spanning mountain valleys, running from Gloggnitz in Lower Austria to Mürzzuschlag in Styria, and passing through the area's scenery.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Gehrer|first=Elisabeth|date=1998-05-12|title=The World Heritage Documentation for the Nomination of Semmering Railway – cultural site Semmeringbahn (Kulturlandschaft)|url=https://whc.unesco.org/uploads/nominations/785.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151010105558/http://whc.unesco.org/uploads/nominations/785.pdf|archive-date=2015-10-10|access-date=2021-06-11|website=UNESCO World Heritage Centre|pages=4–5}}</ref> The railway brought tourists to alpine lake resorts and mineral springs at [[Rogaška Slatina|Rohitsch]] (today's Rogaška Slatina) and [[Bad Gleichenberg]], the brine springs of [[Bad Aussee]], and the thermal springs of [[Laško|Tuffer]] (today's Laško), [[Neuhaus am Klausenbach]] and [[Haselsdorf-Tobelbad|Tobelbad]].

Following [[World War I]], Styria was divided by the [[Treaty of Saint Germain]]. [[Lower Styria]] with the cities of [[Celje]] and [[Maribor]] became part of the [[Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes]], while the rest remained with Austria as the [[Styria|State of Styria]]. Other than in [[Carinthia (duchy)|Carinthia]], no fighting resulted from this, in spite of a German minority in Slovenia (the larger cities of Lower Styria were largely German-speaking).

Lower Styria was reattached to the [[Reichsgau]] Steiermark from 1942 to 1945, whence it was annexed by Germany. After [[World War II]], Styria became part of the British [[Allied-occupied Austria|occupation zone in Austria]]. The lower third was returned to [[Yugoslavia]] and today, it makes up about the eastern third of [[Slovenia]].