Hermagor-Pressegger See

Infobox Ort in Österreich
Art = Stadt
Name = Hermagor-Pressegger See
Wappen = Wappen at hermagor-pressegger-see.pngWappengröße =
lat_deg = 46 | lat_min = 37 | lat_sec = 38
lon_deg = 13 | lon_min = 22 | lon_sec = 02
Karte =
Bundesland = Kärnten
Bezirk = Hermagor
Höhe = 602
Fläche = 204.84
Einwohner = 7160
Stand = 2005-12-31
PLZ = 9620
Vorwahl = 0 42 82
Kfz = HE
Gemeindekennziffer = 2 03 05
NUTS = AT212
Adresse = Wulfeniaplatz 1 9620 Hermagor
Website = [http://www.hermagor.at www.hermagor.at]
Bürgermeister = Vinzenz Rauscher
Partei = SPÖ
Gemeinderatanzahl = 27
Gemeinderat = 14 SPÖ, 6 ÖVP, 5 FPÖ,
2 Sonstige
Wahljahr = 2003

Hermagor-Pressegger See (Slovenian: "Šmohor-Preseško jezero") is the administrative centre of the Hermagor district in the Austrian state of Carinthia. The town is named after Saint Hermagoras, the first bishop of Aquileia.

Geography

Location

Hermagor is located in the Gail River Valley within the Southern Limestone Alps at the northern foot of the Carnic Alps, not far from the border to Italy. It covers an area of 204.84 km². The actual Pressegger See is nearby, one of the warmest in Austria.

Municipal arrangement

Hermagor-Pressegger See is divided into the following boroughs:

* Tröpolach ("Drobolje" oder "Dobropolje")
* Egg ("Brdo")
* Görtschach ("Goriče")
* Guggenberg
* Hermagor ("Šmohor", früher auch "Trg")
* Khünburg
* Mitschig ("Mičiče" oder "Semičiče")
* Möderndorf ("Modra vas")
* Möschach
* Nampolach ("Napole")
* Rattendorf ("Radnja vas")
* Watschig ("Vačiče")
* Vellach ("Bela")
* Neudorf ('Genialovizo')

It is further divided into the following districts:

Achleiten (4), Aigen (4), Bergl (24), Braunitzen (12) ("Boronica"), Brugg (31) ("Moste"), Burgstall (9), Danz (26), Dellach (94) ("Dole"), Egg (178) ("Brdo"), Eggforst (10), Förolach (162), Fritzendorf (58) ("Limarče"), Görtschach (173), Götzing (22) ("Gocina"), Grafenau (0) ("Kazla"), Grünburg (70), Guggenberg (34), Hermagor (1.527) ("Šmohor"), Jenig (178) ("Jenik"), Kameritsch (80) ("Kamerče"), Khünburg (247), Kleinbergl (30), Kraß (14), Kraschach (57) ("Krošani"), Kreuth ob Möschach (19) ("Rut(e)"), Kreuth ob Mellweg (60) ("Rut(e)"), Kreuth ob Rattendorf (76) ("Rute(e)"), Kühweg (202), Kühwegboden (156), Latschach (86) ("Loče"), Liesch (7), Möderndorf (223) ("Modrinja vas/ves"), Mellach (49) ("Mele"), Mellweg (45) ("Melviče, Maloviše"), Micheldorf (167) ("Velika vas/ves"), Mitschig (79) ("Mičiče"), Nampolach (27) ("Napole"), Neudorf (271), Neuprießenegg (36), Obermöschach (38), Obervellach (243), Paßriach (143)("Pažirje"), Podlanig (51) ("Podlanig"), Postran (123) ("Postran"), Potschach (61) ("Potoče"), Presseggen (222) ("Preseka"), Presseggersee (130) ("Preseško jezero"), Radnig (203), Radnigforst (0), Rattendorf (343) ("Radnja vas") , Schinzengraben (26), Schlanitzen (41) ("Zelenica"), Schmidt (1), Siebenbrünn (2), Sonnenalpe Naßfeld (27)("Mokrine"), Sonnleitn (17), Süßenberg (20) ("Planja"), Toschehof (0) ("Tesinje"), Tröpolach (535) ("Dobropolje, Dropolje"), Untermöschach (48), Untervellach (229), Watschig (129) ("Vočiče"), Wittenig (50), Zuchen (3) ("Suha").

History

This city was populated before Roman times and was first mentioned in a 1169 document. It obtained market town status in 1288 and obtained city rights in 1930. It was here that Wulfenia carinthiaca was discovered by Franz Xaver von Wulfen in 1779.

Economy

Most of the economy is tourism, especially skiing in the winter months. Historically, iron ore was found here.

Points of Interest

* Castle of Möderndorf, including the museum of the Gailtal

External links

*http://www.hermagor.at/