Friesach

Friesach is a historic town in the Sankt Veit an der Glan district of Carinthia, . First mentioned in an 860 deed, it is known as the oldest town in Carinthia.
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  • Type: Locality with 4,990 residents
  • Description: municipality in St. Veit/Glan District, Carinthia, Austria
  • Also known as: 20505

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mayerhofen Airfield and Schloss Mayerhofen.

Aerodrome
is a private use general aviation aerodrome located near Mayerhofen, Carinthia, Austria.

Castle
is a castle near the municipality Neumarkt in Steiermark in the district of the state of in . is 310 metres above sea level.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Wels.

Hamlet
is a hamlet.

Friesach

Latitude
46.983° or 46° 58′ 59″ north
Longitude
14.3667° or 14° 22′ east
Population
4,990
Elevation
773 metres (2,536 feet)
Open location code
8FRPX9M8+5M
Geo­Names ID
7871641
Wiki­data ID
Q871601
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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
  • Uzbek: Фриесач
  • Venetian: Friesach
  • Vietnamese: Friesach
  • Volapük: Friesach
  • Waray (Philippines): Friesach
  • Western Frisian: Friesach

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