 The name Turrach is derived from the old term, ""Durrach"", which was used for a forest, where there are a lot of fallen, dried up (""dürr"") trees lying around.The term is widely used in Carinthia, as well as in the rest of Austria.While the region around today's Predlitz and the Mur was already colonised by Slavs in the 6th century, the first clearings and settlements south of Turracher Höhe are known to be from the early 14th century.