Globasnitz (
Slovene: ''Globasnica'') is a town in the district of
Völkermarkt in the
Austrian state of
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 t ...
.
Population
A considerable percentage (42.1%) of the population are
Carinthian Slovenes, and Slovene is a second official language of the municipality.
History
In the
Carinthian Plebiscite of 1920, Sankt Jakob was one of the 17 Carinthian municipalities, where the majority of the population (52%) voted for the annexation to the
Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (
Yugoslavia).
References
External links
* Reconstruction of an
Ostrogoth
The Ostrogoths ( la, Ostrogothi, Austrogothi) were a Roman-era Germanic people. In the 5th century, they followed the Visigoths in creating one of the two great Gothic kingdoms within the Roman Empire, based upon the large Gothic populations who ...
woman from a skull, discovered in Globasnitz (her skull was
intentionally deformed at birth)
Cities and towns in Völkermarkt District
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