Griffen
Griffen is a market town in the district of Völkermarkt in the Austrian state of Carinthia. Griffen has about 771 residents.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 771 residents
- Description: municipality in Völkermarkt District, Carinthia, Austria
- Also known as: “Grebinj” and “Griffen, Austria”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Griffener Tropfsteinhöhle and Pfarrkirche in Griffen.
Pfarrkirche in Griffen
Church
Photo: Mefusbren69, Public domain.
Pfarrkirche in Griffen is a church.
Burgruine Griffen
Castle
Photo: Muns, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Burg Griffen is a castle on a 130m/427 ft-high limestone mountain above the town of Griffen in the Austrian state of Carinthia.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Stift Griffen and Grafenbach.
Grafenbach
Village
Photo: Mefusbren69, Public domain.
Grafenbach is a village, which is situated 7 km northwest of Griffen.
Diex
Village
Photo: Johann Jaritz, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Diex is a town in the district of Völkermarkt in Austrian state of Carinthia. It is known for its Gothic fortified church on a hilltop. Diex is situated 10 km northwest of Griffen.
Griffen
- Categories: market municipality, municipality of Austria, and locality
- Location: Griffen, Völkermarkt District, Carinthia, Austria, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
46.7038° or 46° 42′ 14″ northLongitude
14.73081° or 14° 43′ 51″ eastPopulation
771Elevation
486 metres (1,594 feet)United Nations Location Code
AT GRIOpen location code
8FRPPP3J+G8OpenStreetMap ID
node 170812358OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Waray—“Griffen” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Գրիֆֆեն”
- Basque: “Griffen”
- Bosnian: “Grebinj”
- Bosnian: “Griffen”
- Catalan: “Griffen”
- Cebuano: “Griffen”
- Chechen: “Гриффен”
- Chinese: “格里芬 (奧地利)”
- Chinese: “格里芬”
- Czech: “Griffen”
- Danish: “Griffen”
- Dutch: “Griffen”
- Esperanto: “Griffen”
- Estonian: “Griffen”
- Finnish: “Griffen”
- French: “Griffen”
- Friulian: “Griffen”
- Galician: “Griffen”
- German: “Griffen”
- Hebrew: “גריפן”
- Hungarian: “Griffen”
- Irish: “Griffen”
- Italian: “Griffen”
- Japanese: “グリッフェン”
- Kazakh: “Grïffen”
- Kazakh: “Гриффен”
- Kazakh: “گرىيففەن”
- Korean: “그리펜”
- Ladin: “Griffen”
- Lombard: “Griffen”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Griffen”
- Norwegian: “Griffen”
- Persian: “گریفن”
- Polish: “Griffen”
- Portuguese: “Griffen”
- Russian: “Гриффен”
- Slovak: “Griffen”
- Slovenian: “Grebinj”
- Spanish: “Griffen”
- Swedish: “Griffen”
- Tatar: “Гриффен”
- Turkish: “Griffen”
- Ukrainian: “Гріффен”
- Ukrainian: “Ґріффен”
- Uzbek: “Griffen”
- Uzbek: “Гриффен”
- Venetian: “Griffen”
- Volapük: “Griffen”
- Waray (Philippines): “Griffen, Austria”
- Waray (Philippines): “Griffen”
Places with the Same Name
Discover other places named “Griffen”.
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Schloßberg and Wallersberg.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Kirchplatz and Gemeindeamt Griffen.
Carinthia: Must-Visit Destinations
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