Gurk

Gurk is an market town and former episcopal see in the District of Sankt Veit an der Glan, Carinthia. As of 1 January 2025, Gurk has a population of 1,178.
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  • Type: Locality with 1,250 residents
  • Description: municipality in St. Veit/Glan District, Carinthia, Austria
  • Also known as: 20508” and “Gurk, Carinthia

Places of Interest

Highlights include Gurk Cathedral and Freithofer Berg.

Church
is a Romanesque pillar basilica in Gurk, in the state of Carinthia. The former cathedral and current co-cathedral of the Catholic Diocese of Gurk was built from 1140 to 1200.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Straßburg.

Town
is a town in the district of Sankt Veit an der Glan in Carinthia, . is situated 6 km northeast of Gurk.

Gurk

Latitude
46.8562° or 46° 51′ 22″ north
Longitude
14.282° or 14° 16′ 55″ east
Population
1,250
Elevation
976 metres (3,202 feet)
Open location code
8FRPV74J+FR
Geo­Names ID
7871643
Wiki­data ID
Q662048
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Waray—“Gurk” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: Գուրկ
  • Basque: Gurk
  • Belarusian: Гурк
  • Bulgarian: Гурк
  • Catalan: Gurk
  • Cebuano: Gurk (munisipyo)
  • Cebuano: Gurk
  • Chechen: Гурк
  • Chinese: 古尔克
  • Czech: Gurk
  • Dutch: Gurk
  • Esperanto: Gurk
  • Estonian: Gurk
  • French: Gurk
  • Friulian: Gurk
  • German: Gurk
  • Hungarian: Gurk
  • Irish: Gurk
  • Italian: Gurk
  • Japanese: グルク
  • Kazakh: Gwrk
  • Kazakh: Гурк
  • Kazakh: گۋرك
  • Ladin: Gurk
  • Lombard: Gurk
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Gurk
  • Persian: گورک کارینتیا
  • Polish: Gurk
  • Portuguese: Gurk
  • Russian: Гурк
  • Serbian: Гурк
  • Serbo-Croatian: Gurk
  • Slovak: Gurk
  • Slovenian: Gurk
  • Slovenian: Krka na Koroškem
  • Slovenian: Krka, Avstrija
  • Slovenian: Krka, Koroška
  • Slovenian: Krka
  • Spanish: Gurk
  • Swedish: Gurk
  • Tatar: Гурк
  • Turkish: Gurk
  • Ukrainian: Гурк
  • Venetian: Gurk
  • Vietnamese: Gurk, Sankt Veit an der Glan
  • Volapük: Gurk
  • Waray (Philippines): Gurk

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