Ossiach Tauern
The Ossiach Tauern is a wooded mountain ridge in the Austrian state of Carinthia between Lake Ossiach in the northwest and the Wörthersee in the southeast.Places of Interest
Highlights include Glan and Prägrad Castle.
Glan
Spring
Photo: Johann Jaritz, CC BY-SA 3.0 at.
The Glan is a river in Carinthia, Austria, a right tributary of the Gurk. It is 64.3 km long. Its drainage basin is 825.2 km2. It rises north of the Wörthersee in the Ossiach Tauern, then running through Feldkirchen, going northeastwards passing the castle Burgruine Glanegg until it reaches Sankt Veit where it bends sharply towards south.
Prägrad Castle
Castle
Photo: Rollroboter, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Prägrad Castle is a ruined medieval castle in Carinthia, Austria. It is located near Feldkirchen on a hillside above the road to Lake Ossiach. The fortress was mentioned in an 1166 deed when the Nuremberg burgrave Conrad II of Raabs sold it to the Franconian Bishops of Bamberg, who then held large estates in the Duchy of Carinthia.
Burgruine Hohenwart
Castle
Photo: Johann Jaritz, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Burgruine Hohenwart is a ruinous medieval castle south of the village of Köstenberg in Carinthia, Austria, first mentioned in 1144/1149 and probably built in the first half of the 12th century. It was probably ruinous by the early 16th century.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pörtschach and Feldkirchen in Kärnten.
Pörtschach
Photo: Johann Jaritz, CC BY-SA 3.0 at.
Pörtschach am Wörthersee is a municipality in the district of Klagenfurt-Land in Carinthia, Austria. It is an established summer resort and lakeside town on Wörthersee.
Feldkirchen in Kärnten
Town
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Feldkirchen in Kärnten is a town in the Austrian state of Carinthia and the capital of the district of the same name. It consists of the Katastralgemeinden Fasching, Feldkirchen, Glanhofen, Gradisch, Hoefling, Klein Sankt Veit, Pernegg, Rabensdorf, Sankt Ulrich, Sittich, Tschwarzen and Waiern.
Steindorf am Ossiacher See
Village
Photo: Kliek, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Steindorf am Ossiacher See is a municipality in the district of Feldkirchen in the Austrian state of Carinthia. It is the home of the Teuffenbach royal family.
Ossiach Tauern
- Type: Mountain range
- Description: mountain
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Velden, Villach-Land District, Wörthersee, Carinthia, Austria, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
46.6611° or 46° 39′ 40″ northLongitude
14.0491° or 14° 2′ 57″ eastOpen location code
8FRPM26X+FJOpenStreetMap ID
way 881267600OpenStreetMap feature
natural=mountain_rangeWikidata ID
Q432156
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Slovenian—“Ossiach Tauern” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Ossiach Tauern”
- Estonian: “Ossiachi Tauern”
- German: “Ossiacher Tauern”
- Ladin: “Ossiach Tauern”
- Slovenian: “Osojske Ture”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Schattseiten and Obermann.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Taubenbühel and Laaser Kofel.
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