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Ossiach
Ossiach ( sl, Osoje) is a municipality in the Feldkirchen District in the Austrian state of Carinthia. The small settlement is mainly known for Ossiach Abbey. Geography It is located at the southern shore of Lake Ossiach, on the slope of the small ''Ossiacher Tauern'' range within the Nock Mountains, a range of the Gurktal Alps, at the road between Villach and Feldkirchen. The commune consists of the Katastralgemeinden ''Alt-Ossiach'', ''Ossiach'', ''Ostriach'', ''Rappitsch'', ''Tauern'' and ''Untertauern''. History Ossiach Abbey was founded about 1000. The monastery church was mentioned in a 1028 deed, hence the first of the Benedictine Order in the Duchy of Carinthia. The abbey developed to an ecclesiastical and cultural centre of the region, though no larger homestead arose outside its walls. After the dissolution of the monastery by the order of Emperor Joseph II in 1783, the rural area from 1850 was part of neighbouring Steindorf. The Ossiach municipality was not establish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Ossiach ( sl, Osoje) is a municipality in the Feldkirchen District in the Austrian state of Carinthia (state), Carinthia. The small settlement is mainly known for Ossiach Abbey. Geography It is located at the southern shore of Lake Ossiach, on the slope of the small ''Ossiacher Tauern'' range within the Nock Mountains, a range of the Noric Alps, Gurktal Alps, at the road between Villach and Feldkirchen in Kärnten, Feldkirchen. The commune consists of the Katastralgemeinden ''Alt-Ossiach'', ''Ossiach'', ''Ostriach'', ''Rappitsch'', ''Tauern'' and ''Untertauern''. History Ossiach Abbey was founded about 1000. The monastery church was mentioned in a 1028 deed, hence the first of the Order of Saint Benedict, Benedictine Order in the Duchy of Carinthia. The abbey developed to an ecclesiastical and cultural centre of the region, though no larger homestead arose outside its walls. After the dissolution of the monastery by the order of Emperor Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor, Joseph II in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ossiach Abbey
Ossiach Abbey (''Stift Ossiach'') is a former Benedictine monastery in Ossiach, in the Austrian state of Carinthia. The site is one of the venues of an annual music festival called "Carinthian Summer". History In 878 the East Frankish king Carloman of Bavaria dedicated the Treffen estates around Lake Ossiach to the Benedictine monastery of Ötting. In the late 10th century the lands passed to the Bishops of Passau and later to Emperor Henry II, who conferred them to a certain Count Ozi, affiliated with the Styrian Otakar dynasty and father of Patriarch Poppo of Aquileia. A church probably already existed at Ossiach, when Count Ozi about 1024 established the Benedictine abbey, the first in the medieval Duchy of Carinthia. The first monks probably descended from Niederaltaich Abbey in Bavaria. Ozi's son Poppo succeeded in removing the proprietary monastery from the influence of the Salzburg archbishops and to affiliate it with the Patriarchate of Aquileia, confirmed by Emp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lake Ossiach
Lake Ossiach (german: Ossiacher See, sl, Osojsko jezero) is a lake in the Austrian state of Carinthia. It is the state's third largest lake, superseded only by Lake Wörth and Lake Millstatt. Geography It is situated in the southern Nock Mountains range of the Gurktal Alps along the road from Villach to Feldkirchen, at a height of AA. It reaches a maximum depth of , the surface area is about . Ossiacher See is a dimictic lake with mixing periods in spring and in late autumn. In summer the waters reach 28 °C at the surface. Several uninhabited parts of the shore are protected as natural reserves. The main inflow is the Tiebel creek in the eastern bay, where the Bleistatt mire is currently re-naturalised. The lake empties via the Seebach stream to the Drava river. There are five main villages surrounding the lake, all of them mainly dependent on summer tourism: Annenheim and Sattendorf, both parts of the Treffen municipality, Bodensdorf and Steindorf, all located on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carinthischer Sommer
The Carinthian Summer is a music and cultural festival in the Austrian province of Carinthia. It was founded in 1969 in Ossiach''Carinthian Summer: History'' retrieved 19 August 2021. and since then has been held annually in the months of July and August. Since 1972, also in the city of and since 2003, also at other venues in Carinthia.Carinthischer Sommer , Festival , Ossiach , Villach ''Venues of the Carinthian Summer''. Retrieved 19 August 2021. Programme focus The festival p ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steindorf Am Ossiacher See
Steindorf am Ossiacher See ( sl, Kamna vas) is a municipality in the district of Feldkirchen in the Austrian state of Carinthia. It is the home of the Teuffenbach royal family. Geography The municipality lies on the east side of Lake Ossiach Lake Ossiach (german: Ossiacher See, sl, Osojsko jezero) is a lake in the Austrian state of Carinthia. It is the state's third largest lake, superseded only by Lake Wörth and Lake Millstatt. Geography It is situated in the southern Nock Moun ..., about 8 km from Feldkirchen. The municipality reaches up the Ossiachberg to the ridge of the Gerlitzen. Climate Neighboring municipalities References External links Bodensdorf at the lake ossiach Cities and towns in Feldkirchen District {{Carinthia-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carinthia
Carinthia (german: Kärnten ; sl, Koroška ) is the southernmost States of Austria, Austrian state, in the Eastern Alps, and is noted for its mountains and lakes. The main language is German language, German. Its regional dialects belong to the Southern Bavarian group. Carinthian dialect group, Carinthian Slovene dialects, forms of a South Slavic languages, 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 Carinthian Slovenes, small minority in the area. Carinthia's main Industry (economics), 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 settlement of the Eastern Alps, Slavic "Carantani" tribe as the eastern neighbours of the Bavarians. In his ''History of the Lombards'', the 8th-c ... [...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] |
Feldkirchen (district)
Bezirk Feldkirchen is a district of the state of Carinthia in Austria. Municipalities Towns (''Städte'') are indicated in boldface; suburbs, hamlets and other subdivisions of a municipality are indicated in small characters. * Albeck ( Slov.: ''Št. Rupert'') (2) ** Albeck Obere Schattseite, Albeck Untere Schattseite, Benesirnitz, Egarn, Frankenberg, Grillenberg, Hochrindl, Hochrindl-Alpl, Hochrindl-Kegel, Hochrindl-Tatermann, Hofern, Holzern, Kalsberg, Kogl, Kruckenalm, Lamm, Leßnitz, Neualbeck, Oberdörfl, Obereggen, Seebachern, Sirnitz, Sirnitz-Schattseite, Sirnitz-Sonnseite, Sirnitz-Winkl, Spitzwiesen, St. Ruprecht, Stron, Unterdörfl, Untereggen, Weitental, Wippa * Feldkirchen in Kärnten ( Slov.: ''Trg'') (1) * Glanegg ( Slov.: ''Klanec'') (3) ** Bach, Besendorf, Deblach, Flatschach, Friedlach, Glanegg, Glantscha, Gösselsberg, Gramilach, Grintschach, Haidach, Kadöll, Krobathen, Kulm, Maria Feicht, Maria Feicht-Gegend, Mauer, Mautbrücken, Meschkowitz, Metschach, Pain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Feldkirchen District
Bezirk Feldkirchen is a district of the state of Carinthia in Austria. Municipalities Towns (''Städte'') are indicated in boldface; suburbs, hamlets and other subdivisions of a municipality are indicated in small characters. * Albeck ( Slov.: ''Št. Rupert'') (2) ** Albeck Obere Schattseite, Albeck Untere Schattseite, Benesirnitz, Egarn, Frankenberg, Grillenberg, Hochrindl, Hochrindl-Alpl, Hochrindl-Kegel, Hochrindl-Tatermann, Hofern, Holzern, Kalsberg, Kogl, Kruckenalm, Lamm, Leßnitz, Neualbeck, Oberdörfl, Obereggen, Seebachern, Sirnitz, Sirnitz-Schattseite, Sirnitz-Sonnseite, Sirnitz-Winkl, Spitzwiesen, St. Ruprecht, Stron, Unterdörfl, Untereggen, Weitental, Wippa * Feldkirchen in Kärnten ( Slov.: ''Trg'') (1) * Glanegg ( Slov.: ''Klanec'') (3) ** Bach, Besendorf, Deblach, Flatschach, Friedlach, Glanegg, Glantscha, Gösselsberg, Gramilach, Grintschach, Haidach, Kadöll, Krobathen, Kulm, Maria Feicht, Maria Feicht-Gegend, Mauer, Mautbrücken, Meschkowitz, Metschach, Pain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Feldkirchen In Kärnten
Feldkirchen in Kärnten ( sl, Trg) is a town in the Austrian state of Carinthia and the capital of the district of the same name. It consists of the Katastralgemeinden ''Fasching'', ''Feldkirchen'', ''Glanhofen'', ''Gradisch'', ''Hoefling'', ''Klein Sankt Veit'', ''Pernegg'', ''Rabensdorf'', ''Sankt Ulrich'', ''Sittich'', ''Tschwarzen'' and ''Waiern''. The name ''Feldkirchen'' means the church in the fields. Geography Location Feldkirchen is located on the northern edge of the Klagenfurt Basin at the junction of the federal highways (''Bundesstraßen'') ''B 93 Gurktal Straße'' toward Friesach, ''B 94 Ossiacher Straße'' to Villach and ''B 95 Turracher Straße'' to Klagenfurt. Waters Both the Glan river and the small ''Tiebel'', main inflow of Lake Ossiach, run through the town. There are three lakes in the vicinity to Feldkirchen * The Lake of Flatschach (''Flatschacher See'') * The Lake of Dietrichstein (''Dietrichsteiner See'') * The Lake of Maltschach (''Maltschacher S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilhelm Backhaus
Wilhelm Backhaus ('Bachaus' on some record labels) (26 March 1884 – 5 July 1969) was a German pianist and pedagogue. He was particularly well known for his interpretations of Mozart, Beethoven, Schumann, Chopin and Brahms. He was also much admired as a chamber musician. Musical biography Born in Leipzig, Backhaus was the son of a well-known architect. He began learning piano at the age of four with his mother, an amateur pianist. The boy's talent was soon recognized by Arthur Nikisch, at whose recommendation Backhaus studied under Alois Reckendorf at the Leipzig Conservatory between 1891 and 1899, then took private piano lessons with Eugen d'Albert in Frankfurt. As a boy of 9 or 10 he was taken to hear both of the Brahms piano concertos performed by d'Albert — and conducted by Brahms himself. He made his first concert tour at the age of sixteen. In 1900 he went to England and in 1901 played for the first time in Manchester at the Gentleman's Concerts. In 1902 he performe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Villach
Villach (; sl, Beljak; it, Villaco; fur, Vilac) is the seventh-largest city in Austria and the second-largest in the federal state of Carinthia. It is an important traffic junction for southern Austria and the whole Alpe-Adria region. , the population is 61,887. Together with other Alpine towns Villach engages in the Alpine Town of the Year Association for the implementation of the Alpine Convention to achieve sustainable development in the Alpine Arc. In 1997, Villach was the first town to be awarded Alpine Town of the Year. Geography Villach is a statutory city, on the Drau River near its confluence with the Gail tributary, at the western rim of the Klagenfurt basin. The municipal area stretches from the slopes of the Gailtal Alps (Mt. Dobratsch) down to Lake Ossiach in the northeast. The Villach city limits comprise the following districts and villages: }) * Dobrova (''Dobrova'') * Drautschen (''Dravče'') * Drobollach am Faaker See (''Drobolje ob Baškem jezeru'') ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
