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Velden am Wörther See
Place in Carinthia, Austria
Velden am Wörther See (Slovene: Vrba na Koroškem) is a market town in Villach-Land District, in the Austrian state of Carinthia. Situated on the western shore of the Wörthersee lake, it is one of the country's most popular holiday resorts.
Geography[edit]
The municipal area of Velden is subdivided into eight Katastralgemeinden (cadastral communities): Augsdorf, Duel, Kerschdorf ob Velden, Köstenberg, Latschach an der Drau, Lind ob Velden, St. Egyden, and Velden am Wörther See – which include 30 villages:
- Aich (Dob)
- Augsdorf (Loga Vas)
- Bach (Potok)
- Dieschitz (Deščice)
- Dröschitz (Trešiče)
- Duel (Dole)
- Fahrendorf
- Göriach (Gorje)
- Kantnig (Konatiče)
- Kerschdorf (Črešnje)
- Köstenberg (Kostanje)
- Kranzlhofen (Dvor)
- Latschach (Loče)
- Lind ob Velden (Lipa)
- Oberdorf (Zgornja vas)
- Oberjeserz (Zgornje Jezerce)
- Oberwinklern (Vogliče)
- Pulpitsch (Polpače)
- Rajach (Sreje)
- Saisserach (Zajzare)
- St. Egyden (Šentilj)
- Selpritsch (Žoprače)
- Sonnental
- Sternberg (Šentjurij na Strmcu)
- Treffen (Trebinja)
- Unterjeserz (Spodnje Jezerce)
- Unterwinklern (Spodnje Vogliče)
- Velden am Wörther See (Vrba)
- Weinzierl (Vinare)
- Wurzen (Koren)
History[edit]
Originally a mansio on the Roman road between Villach (Sanctium) and Magdalensberg. It was first mentioned in a deed as Campus and in as Velben. In medieval times it belonged to the estates of the Burgruine Hohenwart, seat of the Counts of Celje, the Counts of Ortenburg, the Knightly Order of Saint George in Millstatt Abbey, and finally the Austrian House of Habsburg.
In , the Protestant Khevenhüller noble family had acquired the lands of Landskron and Velden, where Bartlmä Khevenhüller from had a renaissance architecture manor house built. His descendants were expelled from the Habsburg lands in the course of the Counter-Reformation in , and the castle then fell to the noble House of Dietrichstein. Decayed and demolished by a fire, it was rebuilt in as a hotel called Schloss Velden.
Later an estate of Gunter Sachs, it was the filming location for the popular German-Austrian TV series Ein Schloß am Wörthersee starring Schlager singer Roy Black.
Politics[edit]
Seats in the municipal assembly (Gemeinderat) as of elections[out of date]:
Twin towns — sister cities[edit]
See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Austria
Velden am Wörther See is twinned with:
Gallery[edit]
Seepromenade by the Lake Wörth in Velden
"Hotel Carinthia"
The Casino Velden
South view of the "Hotel Kointsch"
Villa Gessenharter
Town hall
Seecorso promenade along the Lake Wörth