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Semmering may refer to:
- Semmering (ski resort)
- Semmering, Austria
- Semmering Pass
- Semmering railway
Semmering, located in Semmering, Lower Austria, from Vienna, is the oldest ski resort in Europe. The resort was founded in 1888 and nowadays it is a classical Austrian resort of year-round operation with ski and toboggan runs for winter entertainment and modern bike park, hiking routes and mountain lakes for the summer.
Semmering is a town in the district of Neunkirchen in the Austrian state of Lower Austria. It is famous for its skiing, and has hosted the Alpine skiing World Cup several times. When the famous Semmering Railway was completed in 1854, it brought many tourists from Vienna to here. Today, tourists are fewer, but more than 100,000 overnight stays are still recorded each year. In 2001, the town had a permanent population of 610.