Friesach
Friesach is a historic town in the Sankt Veit an der Glan district of Carinthia, Austria. First mentioned in an 860 deed, it is known as the oldest town in Carinthia.
- Type: Town with 2,240 residents
- Description: municipality in St. Veit/Glan District, Carinthia, Austria
- Also known as: “20505” and “Фриесач”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Burg Geyersberg and Krankenhaus des Deutschen Ordens Friesach.
Krankenhaus des Deutschen Ordens Friesach
Hospital
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Judendorf and Schödendorf.
Friesach
- Categories: municipality of Austria, place with town rights and privileges, and locality
- Location: Sankt Veit an der Glan District, Carinthia, Austria, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
46.9521° or 46° 57′ 7″ north
Longitude
14.4052° or 14° 24′ 19″ east
Population
2,240
Elevation
773 metres (2,536 feet)
Open location code
8FRPXC24+R3
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Aragonese to Western Frisian—“Friesach” goes by many names.
- Aragonese: “Friesach”
- Armenian: “Ֆրիզախ”
- Basque: “Friesach”
- Bulgarian: “Фризах”
- Catalan: “Friesach”
- Cebuano: “Friesach”
- Chechen: “Фризах”
- Chinese: “弗里萨赫”
- Chinese: “弗里薩赫”
- Czech: “Friesach”
- Danish: “Friesach”
- Dutch: “Friesach”
- Egyptian Arabic: “فريساش”
- Esperanto: “Friesach”
- Estonian: “Friesach”
- French: “Friesach”
- Galician: “Friesach”
- German: “Friesach”
- Hungarian: “Friesach”
- Irish: “Friesach”
- Italian: “Friesach”
- Japanese: “フリーザッハ”
- Korean: “프리에자흐”
- Ladin: “Friesach”
- Lombard: “Friesach”
- Macedonian: “Фризах”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Friesach”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Friesach”
- Norwegian: “Friesach”
- Persian: “فریزاخ”
- Persian: “فریساخ”
- Polish: “Friesach”
- Portuguese: “Friesach”
- Russian: “Фризах”
- Slovak: “Friesach”
- Slovenian: “Breže”
- Spanish: “Friesach”
- Swedish: “Friesach”
- Tatar: “Фризах”
- Turkish: “Friesach”
- Ukrainian: “Фрізах”
- Uzbek: “Friesach”
- Venetian: “Friesach”
- Vietnamese: “Friesach”
- Volapük: “Friesach”
- Waray (Philippines): “Friesach”
- Western Frisian: “Friesach”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Virgilienberg and Kuhriegel.
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Worth a closer look: Klagenfurt and Villach.
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