Heiligenblut

Infobox Town AT
name=Heiligenblut
name_local=
image_coa = Wappen at heiligenblut.png

state = Carinthia
regbzk =
district = Spittal an der Drau
population =1185
population_as_of = 2001
population_ref =
pop_dens =
area = 193.50
elevation = 1288
lat_deg=47
lat_min=2
lat_hem=N
lon_deg=12
lon_min=50
lon_hem=E
postal_code = 9844
area_code = 04824
licence = SP
mayor = Josef Schachner (ÖVP)
website = [http://www.heiligenblut.at/?siid=2&LAid=2 www.heiligenblut.at]

Heiligenblut (meaning "holy blood") is a municipality in the district of Spittal an der Drau in the Austrian state of Carinthia. Situated in the high-Alpine region of the Hohe Tauern mountain range at 1,288 meters, Heiligenblut is located at the foot of the Großglockner, the highest mountain in Austria, and the Pasterze Glacier. It is also the southern starting point of the scenic Großglockner Hochalpenstraße to Bruck in Salzburg, the continuation of the highway "B107" from Lienz in East Tyrol. The municipality of Heiligenblut includes the Katastralgemeinden of "Apriach", "Hof", "Rojach" and "Zlapp".

containing the remains of Briccius.

Once a gold mining area from ancient history to the Middle Ages, Heiligenblut nowadays chiefly is a tourism and mountaineering resort. Nearby attractions include the Heiligenblut-Roßbach-Schareck cable car (2,606 m), an open-air museum, the Stockmühlen mills in Apriach with nine flume mills, Lake Kachelsee to the west, the Möll waterfalls, the Gößnitz waterfalls, the Leiter waterfalls, the Margaritzen reservoir, and Lake Sandersee.

The construction of the nearby railway tunnel to the Fleißalm mountain area (1,798 m) is unique in Europe. The 1.6-kilometer long tunnel is filled with water during the summer but serves as a railway tunnel leading to the Fleißalm winter sports region in winter.

Twin towns

*flagicon|Finland Sodankylä, Finland
*flagicon|USA Julian, California, United States

Literature

Kaufmann, J.: "Örtliche Entwicklung und Ortsbild der Gemeinde Heiligenblut am Großglockner" (master's thesis), Vienna, 1984.