Lendorf

Infobox Town AT
name=Lendorf
name_local=
image_coa = Wappen at lendorf.png

state = Carinthia
regbzk =
district = Spittal an der Drau
population =1776
population_as_of = 2001
population_ref =
pop_dens =
area = 34.3
elevation = 584
lat_deg=46
lat_min=50
lat_hem=N
lon_deg=13
lon_min=25
lon_hem=E
postal_code = 9811
area_code =04762
mayor = Gottfried Willegger (SPÖ)
website = [http://www.lendorf.at www.lendorf.at]

Lendorf is a municipality in the district of Spittal an der Drau in the Austrian state of Carinthia. It consists of the Katastralgemeinden "Lendorf" and "Hühnersberg".

Situated in the Drava valley west of Spittal an der Drau, Lendorf is the site of an ancient town with about 30,000 inhabitants called "Teurnia" (later "Tiburnia"), that arose about 50 and in the 5th century became the capital of the Roman province Noricum mediterraneum. The remains of the town including a Forum, a basilica, capitol, thermae and a temple dedicated to the Celtic god Grannus can be seen on a hill near the village of "Sankt Peter im Holz". Until its downfall during the Slavic settlement about 600 Teurnia was a centre of Early Christianity, being the seat of a bishop as mentioned by Eugippius in his biography of Saint Severinus, the "Apostle to Noricum". "Tiburnia" still is a titular see of the Roman Catholic Church.

Transportation

Lendorf can be reached via the A10 "Tauern Autobahn" at the "Spittal/Millstättersee" interchange and the "B100 Drautal Straße" federal highway from Spittal to Lienz. It also has access to the "Drautalbahn" from Villach to Innichen at Lendorf station.