Wernberg ( sl, Vernberk) is a municipality in the district of
Villach-Land
Bezirk Villach-Land is a district of the state of
Carinthia in Austria.
Municipalities
Towns (''Städte'') are indicated in boldface; market towns (''Marktgemeinden'') in ''italics''; suburbs, hamlets and other subdivisions of a municipality a ...
in the
Austria
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n state of
Carinthia.
Geography
Wernberg lies on the
Drava River at the foot of the
Ossiach Tauern range, east of
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 p ...
, and between
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 It is the state's third largest lake, superseded only by Wörthersee, Lake Wörth and Millstätter See, Lake Millstatt.
Geography
It is situ ...
on the north,
Wörthersee
Wörthersee (; Slovene: ''Vrbsko jezero'', en, Lake WörthTesch, F. W. 1977. ''The Eel: Biology and Management of Anguillid Eels''. Transl. Jennifer Greenwood. London: Chapman and Hall, p. 195.) is a lake in the southern Austrian state of Carin ...
on the east, and
Lake Faak
Lake Faak (german: Faaker See; sl, Baško jezero) is a lake in the Austrian state of Carinthia. With an area of approximately , it is the state's fifth-largest lake.
Geography
The lake is located southeast of Villach in the Drava Valley, below ...
in the southern part of the municipality. It is located at the northwestern rim of the traditional settlement area of
Carinthian Slovenes
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.
The municipal area comprises the
cadastral communities of Neudorf (''Nova vas''), Sand (''Pešče''), Trabenig (''Trabenče''), Umberg (''Umbar''), and Wernberg (''Vernberk'').
Neighboring municipalities
History
![Wernberg Kloster Nordportal Supraporte mit Khevenhueller Brustreliefs 16082008 44](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d5/Wernberg_Kloster_Nordportal_Supraporte_mit_Khevenhueller_Brustreliefs_16082008_44.jpg)
Archaeological findings indicate an early settlement of the area already in
Roman
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times. A castle near the village of Sternberg, today a ruin, was first mentioned in a deed issued at
Saint Paul's Abbey about 1170/80. Wernberg itself first appeared in a document dated 17 November 1227 determining the demolition of a Drava bridge and the transfer of ''Werdenberch'' Castle to the
Carinthian
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estates of the
Bishopric of Bamberg
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.
The castle, situated on arock above the Drava river, was built under the rule of Duke
Bernhard of Carinthia, it later passed to the Austrian
Habsburgs. Held by the
Khevenhüller noble family from 1519 onwards, the present-day
Renaissance
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building was erected at the behest of the Carinthian governor
George Khevenhüller (1533–1587). Part of the
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 Ca ...
estates from 1672, it is since 1935 a possession of the Catholic
Missionary Sisters of the Precious Blood.
The municipality of Wernberg was established in 1850.
Politics
![Wernberg Gemeindeamt 03022007 01](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e1/Wernberg_Gemeindeamt_03022007_01.jpg)
Seats in the municipal council (''Gemeinderat'') as of 2015 local elections:
*
Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ): 12
*
Austrian People's Party (ÖVP): 4
*
Freedom Party of Austria
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(FPÖ): 4
*
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*Gree ...
: 2
*''Wählergemeinschaft Wernberg'' (
independent
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* Independ ...
): 1
References
External links
Municipal site
Cities and towns in Villach-Land District
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