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Feldkirchen In Kärnten
Feldkirchen in Kärnten 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 See'') Fl ...
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Municipality (Austria)
In the Republic of Austria, the municipality (, sometimes also ) is the administrative division encompassing a single village, town, or city. The municipality has municipal corporation, corporate status and local self-government on the basis of parliamentary democracy, parliamentary-style representative democracy: a municipal council () elected through a form of party-list proportional representation, party-list system enacts municipal laws, a municipal executive board () and a mayor (, grammatical gender, fem. ) appointed by the council are in charge of municipal administration. Austria is currently (January 1, 2020) partitioned into 2,095 municipalities, ranging in population from about fifty (the village of Gramais in Tyrol (state), Tyrol) to almost two million (the city of Vienna). There is no unincorporated area, unincorporated territory in Austria. Basics The existence of municipalities and their role as carriers of the right to self-administration are guaranteed by the ...
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Bundesstraße
''Bundesstraße'' (, ), abbreviated ''B'', is the denotation for German and Austrian national highways. Germany Germany's ''Bundesstraßen'' network has a total length of about 40,000 km. German ''Bundesstraßen'' are labelled with rectangular yellow signs with black numerals, as opposed to the white-on-blue markers of the '' Autobahn'' controlled-access highways. ''Bundesstraßen'', like autobahns (''Autobahnen''), are maintained by the federal agency of the Transport Ministry. In the German highway system they rank below autobahns, but above the '' Landesstraßen'' and '' Kreisstraßen'' maintained by the federal states and the districts respectively. The numbering was implemented by law in 1932 and has overall been retained up to today, except for those roads located in the former eastern territories of Germany. One distinguishing characteristic between German ''Bundesstraßen'' and ''Autobahnen'' is that there usually is a general 100 km/h (62 mph) s ...
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Ossiach
Ossiach () 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 established until ...
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Glanegg
Glanegg is a town in the district of Feldkirchen in Carinthia in 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 .... Geography Glanegg lies in the Glan valley between Sankt Veit and Feldkirchen. Neighboring municipalities References Cities and towns in Feldkirchen District {{Carinthia-geo-stub ...
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Steindorf Am Ossiacher See
Steindorf am Ossiacher See 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 (, ) is a lake in the Austrian state of Carinthia. It is the state's third largest lake after Lake Wörth () and Lake Millstatt (). Geography Lake Ossiach is located in the southern Nock Mountains range of the Gurktal Alps along t ..., 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 ...
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Sankt Urban
Sankt Urban is a town in the district of Feldkirchen in the Austrian 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 Sankt Urban lies in the Gurktal Alps in north-central Carinthia, about northeast of Feldkirchen on St. Urban Lake. The lowest point is at in the Glan valley and the highest at on the Hocheck. Nature Dobra Moor The Dobra moor (also called Jakobi or Freundsamer moor) is located at an altitude of 902 m above sea level. Surrounded by numerous gently rolling hills, such as the Gößeberg, Paulsberg and Illmitzer forest, it boasts a rich plant life which is typical of moors. This bog hosts a rare kind of Nordic Birch, a relic from the ice age which was first discovered in Carinthia in 1922. Neighboring municipalities Reference ...
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Steuerberg
Steuerberg () is a town in the district of Feldkirchen in the Austrian 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 Steuerberg lies in the Gurktal Alps between the Gurk valley and the Wimitz valley, about 10 km north of Feldkirchen. Neighboring municipalities References Cities and towns in Feldkirchen District {{Carinthia-geo-stub ...
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Himmelberg
Himmelberg is a municipality with 2273 inhabitants in the district of Feldkirchen in the Austrian state of Carinthia in 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 .... Geography Himmelberg lies in the center of Carinthia northwest of Feldkirchen. It lies in the Tiebel valley. The highest point in the municipality is the Hoferalmkopf (el. ca. 1600 ) in the northwest. The lowest point is the Tiebel (el. 625) in the south of the municipality. Neighboring municipalities References Cities and towns in Feldkirchen District {{Carinthia-geo-stub ...
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Lake Of Flatschach
Lake of Flatschach () is an Austrian lake at Flatschach near Feldkirchen in Kärnten in the State of Carinthia. Description Since its inflow passes through a region heavily used for agriculture, the lake is heavily contaminated with nutrients. The lake itself is located in the protected area of 'Flatschacher See'. Fauna The following species of fish are found in Lake Flatschacher: Carassius carassius, Carp, Cyprinus carpio, common rudd, Rutilus rutilus The roach, or rutilus roach (''Rutilus rutilus''), also known as the common roach, is a fresh- and brackish-water fish of the family Cyprinidae, native to most of Europe and western Asia. Fish called roach can be any species of the genera ''Rut ... and Sander lucioperca. Notes Links Flatschacher See (Kärntner Institut für Seenforschung)(in German) Lakes of Carinthia {{Carinthia-geo-stub ...
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Lake Ossiach
Lake Ossiach (, ) is a lake in the Austrian state of Carinthia. It is the state's third largest lake after Lake Wörth () and Lake Millstatt (). Geography Lake Ossiach is located in the southern Nock Mountains range of the Gurktal Alps along the road from Villach to Feldkirchen. The lake is above sea level. Its average depth is 19.6 m (64.30 ft) with a maximum depth o The total surface area is approximately . Lake Ossiach 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 Tiebel Creek in the eastern bay, where the Bleistatt Moor has been re-naturalised. The lake empties via Seebach Creek into the Drava () River. Primary villages on the lake are Annenheim at the western end, Sattendorf and Bodensdorf on the northern shore, Steindorf at the eastern end, and Ossiach on the southern shore. Sattendorf and Annenheim b ...
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Glan (Gurk)
The Glan (; ) is a river in Carinthia, Austria, a right tributary of the Gurk. It is long. Its drainage basin is . It rises north of the Wörthersee in the Ossiach Tauern, then running through Feldkirchen, going northeastwards passing the castle Burgruine Glanegg until it reaches Sankt Veit where it bends sharply towards south. It flows through the Zollfeld Valley, the historical heart of the Carinthian duchy, and through Klagenfurt, the state capital. At Ebenthal southeast of Klagenfurt is the confluence with the Glanfurt River, the Glan bends eastwards and finally flows into the river Gurk. It was first mentioned as ''Glana'' in a deed of donation issued by Emperor Otto II at the 983 Reichstag in Verona. The name derives from Celtic Celtic, Celtics or Keltic may refer to: Language and ethnicity *pertaining to Celts, a collection of Indo-European peoples in Europe and Anatolia **Celts (modern) *Celtic languages **Proto-Celtic language *Celtic music *Celtic nations ...
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