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Kappel Am Krappfeld
Kappel am Krappfeld ( sl, Kapela na Grobniškem polju) is a town in the district of Sankt Veit an der Glan in the Austrian state of Carinthia. It is the birthplace of Maria Lassnig. Geography Kappel lies about 25 km northeast of Klagenfurt. Neighboring municipalities from the north clockwise are Althofen, Guttaring, Klein Sankt Paul, Eberstein, Sankt Georgen am Längsee, and Mölbling Mölbling ( sl, Molnek ) is a municipality on the Gurk River in the district of Sankt Veit an der Glan in the Austrian state of Carinthia. Geography Mölbling lies about 27 km northeast of Klagenfurt. The Gurk runs through the eastern ed .... References {{Carinthia-geo-stub Cities and towns in Sankt Veit an der Glan District ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sankt Veit An Der Glan (district)
The District of Sankt Veit an der Glan is an administrative district in Carinthia, Austria. Communities The district is divided into 20 municipalities, of which 4 are towns and 9 are market towns. Towns *Althofen ( Slov.: ''Stari Dvor'')(4,732) **Aich, Althofen, Eberdorf, Epritz, Krumfelden, Muraniberg, Rabenstein, Rain, Töscheldorf, Treibach *Friesach ( Slov.: ''Breže'')(5,462) **Dobritsch, Dobritsch, Dörfl, Engelsdorf, Friesach, Gaisberg, Grafendorf, Guldendorf, Gundersdorf, Gunzenberg, Gwerz, Harold, Hartmannsdorf, Hundsdorf, Ingolsthal, Judendorf, Kräuping, Leimersberg, Mayerhofen, Moserwinkl, Oberdorf I, Oberdorf II, Olsa, Pabenberg, Reisenberg, Roßbach, Sattelbogen, Schratzbach, Schwall, Silbermann, St. Johann, St. Salvator, St. Stefan, Staudachhof, Stegsdorf, Timrian, Wagendorf, Wels, Wiegen, Wiesen, Zeltschach, Zeltschachberg, Zienitzen, Zmuck * Sankt Veit an der Glan ( Slov.: ''Šentvid ob Glini'')(12,839) **Affelsdorf, Aich, Altglandorf, Arndorf, Baardorf, Baiersd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carinthia (state)
Carinthia (german: Kärnten ; sl, Koroška ) is the southernmost Austrian state, in the Eastern Alps, and is noted for its mountains and lakes. The main language is German. Its regional dialects belong to the Southern Bavarian group. Carinthian Slovene dialects, forms of a South Slavic language that predominated in the southeastern part of the region up to the first half of the 20th century, are now spoken by a small minority in the area. Carinthia's main industries are tourism, electronics, engineering, forestry, and agriculture. Name The etymology of the name "Carinthia", similar to Carnia or Carniola, has not been conclusively established. The ''Ravenna Cosmography'' (about AD 700) referred to a Slavic "Carantani" tribe as the eastern neighbours of the Bavarians. In his ''History of the Lombards'', the 8th-century chronicler Paul the Deacon mentions "Slavs in Carnuntum, which is erroneously called Carantanum" (''Carnuntum, quod corrupte vocitant Carantanum'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sankt Georgen Am Längsee
Sankt Georgen am Längsee ( sl, Šentjurij ob Dolgem jezeru) is a municipality in the district of Sankt Veit an der Glan in Carinthia, Austria. Geography Sankt Georgen is located at the Längsee north of the Zollfeld Valley. In the east, the Gurk River flows southwards into the Klagenfurt basin. The municipal area comprises the cadastral communities of Goggerwenig, Gösseling, Launsdorf, Osterwitz, and Taggenbrunn as well as famous Hochosterwitz Castle in the south. History The settlement arose from the former Sankt Georgen monastery of Benedictine nuns established about 1002/08 by the local Countess Wichburg, a granddaughter of the Bavarian duke Eberhard. Rebuilt in a Baroque style, it was dissolved by order of Emperor Joseph II in 1783. Today the premises serve as a conference centre. Politics Seats in the municipal assembly (''Gemeinderat'') elections: * Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ): 11 *Freedom Party in Carinthia (BZÖ): 8 * Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eberstein, Austria
Eberstein ( Slovenian: ''Svinec'') is a town in the district of Sankt Veit an der Glan in the Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...n state of Carinthia. Geography The municipality lies in the central Görtschitz valley at the foot of the Saualpe. World War II Peter Pearson tells a story about the region on the BBC Website "WW2 People's War". He says that Signal Platoon of HQ Company 5th Battalion Sherwood Foresters came from Italy into Eberstein, Austria in 1945, and that it was ''Somewhere in the area between St Viet and Neumark we eventually came to a stop in an idyllic picturesque village called Eberstein. It was the sort of place you see on Austrian postcards with a clear sparkling river (complete with trout) and green meadows full of wild flowers, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Klein Sankt Paul
Klein Sankt Paul ( sl, Mali Šentpavel ) is a town in the district of Sankt Veit an der Glan in the Austrian state of Carinthia. Geography Klein Sankt Paul lies in the central Görtschitz valley about 36 km northeast of Klagenfurt Klagenfurt am WörtherseeLandesgesetzblatt 2008 vom 16. Jänner 2008, Stück 1, Nr. 1: ''Gesetz vom 25. Oktober 2007, mit dem die Kärntner Landesverfassung und das Klagenfurter Stadtrecht 1998 geändert werden.'/ref> (; ; sl, Celovec), usually .... Communities: Buch, Drattrum, Dullberg, Filfing, Grünburg, Katschniggraben, Kirchberg, Kitschdorf, Klein St. Paul, Maria Hilf, Mösel, Müllergraben, Oberwietingberg, Prailing, Prailing, Raffelsdorf, Sittenberg, Unterwietingberg, Wietersdorf, Wietersdorf, Wieting References External links www.klein-st-paul.at- city website Cities and towns in Sankt Veit an der Glan District {{Carinthia-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guttaring
Guttaring ( sl, Kotarče) is a town in the district of Sankt Veit an der Glan in the Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...n state of Carinthia. Geography Guttaring lies between Krappfeld and Görtschitztal and is traversed by the Silberbach. References Cities and towns in Sankt Veit an der Glan District {{Carinthia-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Althofen
Althofen ( sl, Stari Dvor) is a town in the district of Sankt Veit an der Glan in the Austrian state of Carinthia. Geography The town is located about north of Sankt Veit an der Glan and north of the state capital Klagenfurt in the Krappfeld Valley between the Gurktal Alps mountain range in the west and the Lavanttal Alps in the east. The township consists of the cadastral communities Treibach, Althofen, and Töscheldorf. History There are some prehistoric finds in Althofen, namely two Neolithic axes, some Late Bronze Age ceramics and a Hallstatt Age tumulus. Several small finds and some tombstones date from the Roman era. From about 600 Althofen became a settlement area of Slavic people. ''Altanhouun'' in the Duchy of Carinthia was first mentioned in a 1041 deed. Like in neighbouring Friesach, the estates were held by the Archbishops of Salzburg. The local Salzburg bailiffs resided at Althofen Castle, which was devastated in the 15th century Austrian–Hungarian War ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Klagenfurt
Klagenfurt am WörtherseeLandesgesetzblatt 2008 vom 16. Jänner 2008, Stück 1, Nr. 1: ''Gesetz vom 25. Oktober 2007, mit dem die Kärntner Landesverfassung und das Klagenfurter Stadtrecht 1998 geändert werden.'/ref> (; ; sl, Celovec), usually known as just Klagenfurt ( ), is the capital of the state of Carinthia in Austria. With a population of 103,009 (1 January 2022), it is the sixth-largest city in the country. The city is the bishop's seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Gurk-Klagenfurt and home to the University of Klagenfurt, the Carinthian University of Applied Sciences and the Gustav Mahler University of Music. Geography Location The city of Klagenfurt is in southern Austria, near the border with Slovenia. It is in the lower middle of Austria, almost the same distance from Innsbruck in the west as it is from Vienna in the northeast. Klagenfurt is elevated above sea level and covers an area of . It is on the lake Wörthersee and on the Glan river. The city is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria Lassnig
Maria Lassnig (8 September 1919 – 6 May 2014) was an Austrian artist known for her painted self-portraits and her theory of "body awareness".Attias, Lauri''Maria Lassnig'', ''Frieze'', May 1996. She was the first female artist to win the Grand Austrian State Prize in 1988 and was awarded the Austrian Decoration for Science and Art in 2005. Lassnig lived and taught in Vienna from 1980 until her death. Early life Maria Lassnig was born in Kappel am Krappfeld, Austria, on 8 September 1919.Karen Rosenberg (27 March 2014)A Painter, Well Aware, Takes Twists and Turns''The New York Times'', Retrieved 16 April 2014. Her mother gave birth to her out of wedlock and later married a much older man, but their relationship was troubled and Lassnig was raised mostly by her grandmother.Randy Kennedy (9 May 2014)Maria Lassnig, Painter of Self From the Inside Out, Dies at 94''New York Times''. She attended the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna during World War II. Work Lassnig is credited with h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Telephone Numbers In Austria
This article details the use of telephone numbers in Austria. There are no standard lengths for either area codes or subscriber numbers in Austria, meaning that some subscriber numbers may be as short as three digits. Larger towns have shorter area codes permitting longer subscriber numbers in that area. Some examples: Mobile phone codes In ascending numeric order: *1 Telering was bought by T-Mobile in 2005. As of 2006, Telering uses the network-infrastructure of T-Mobile. As a special requirement of the European commission, many of the former transmitters and frequencies previously operated by Telering were given to Orange and Drei. *2 BoB is a discount service of A1. yesss! was a discount service of Orange, now sold to A1. Eety is a discount service of Orange (now 3). Due to Mobile number portability Mobile number portability (MNP) enables mobile telephone users to retain their mobile telephone numbers when changing from one mobile network carrier to another. Gene ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Austria
Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous city and state. A landlocked country, Austria is bordered by Germany to the northwest, the Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia to the northeast, Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west. The country occupies an area of and has a population of 9 million. Austria emerged from the remnants of the Eastern and Hungarian March at the end of the first millennium. Originally a margraviate of Bavaria, it developed into a duchy of the Holy Roman Empire in 1156 and was later made an archduchy in 1453. In the 16th century, Vienna began serving as the empire's administrative capital and Austria thus became the heartland of the Habsburg monarchy. After the dissolution of the H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Postal Codes In Austria
Postal codes in Austria were introduced in 1966 and consist of four digits. System The first indicates the state: * 1xxx: Vienna * 2xxx: Lower Austria (east of Vienna) * 3xxx: Lower Austria (west of Vienna) * 4xxx: Upper Austria * 5xxx: Salzburg and west Upper Austria * 6xxx: Tyrol and Vorarlberg (without East Tyrol) * 7xxx: Burgenland * 8xxx: Styria * 9xxx: Carinthia and East Tyrol The second number indicates the regional area in the state, the third number is for the routing allocation, following railways and post car routes and the fourth number indicates the post office. Every post office has its own number. There are some exceptions to this rule: In Vienna, the second and third numbers show the district, so 1120 would be the twelfth district. Also, some cities close to the German border in Vorarlberg have Austrian and German postcodes. There are also some special post codes: the airport has its own post code (1300), the UN (1400) and some big companies also have their o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
