Hüttenberg () is a market town in the district of
Sankt Veit an der Glan in the
Austria
Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine Federal states of Austria, states, of which the capital Vienna is the List of largest cities in Aust ...
n state of
Carinthia
Carinthia ( ; ; ) is the southernmost and least densely populated States of Austria, Austrian state, in the Eastern Alps, and is noted for its mountains and lakes. The Lake Wolayer is a mountain lake on the Carinthian side of the Carnic Main ...
.
Geography
The municipality includes the Görtschitz valley in the southern foothills of the
Seetal Alps
The Seetal Alps () are a mountain range in the Lavanttal Alps, Lavanttal or Noric Alps in Austria south of the River Mur (river), Mur between Scheifling and Zeltweg.
Their highest peak is the Zirbitzkogel (2,396 m).
Topography
The Seetal ...
. On the north, it borders
Styria
Styria ( ; ; ; ) is an Austrian Federal states of Austria, state in the southeast of the country. With an area of approximately , Styria is Austria's second largest state, after Lower Austria. It is bordered to the south by Slovenia, and cloc ...
. Neighboring municipalities are
Reichenfels,
Bad Sankt Leonhard, and
Wolfsberg on the east,
Klein Sankt Paul on the south, and
Guttaring and
Friesach
Friesach () is a historic town in the Sankt Veit an der Glan (district), Sankt Veit an der Glan district of Carinthia (state), Carinthia, Austria. First mentioned in an 860 deed, it is known as the oldest town in Carinthia.
Geography Location
Fri ...
on the west.
Personalities
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Heinrich Harrer
Heinrich Harrer (; 6 July 1912 – 7 January 2006) was an Austrian mountaineer, explorer, writer, sportsman, geographer, and briefly SS sergeant. He was a member of the four-man climbing team that made the first ascent of the North Face of the ...
was born in the town and a museum is dedicated to him today.
References
Cities and towns in Sankt Veit an der Glan District
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