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Encyclopedia > Wolfsberg, Austria

Coordinates: 46°51′N, 14°50′E Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...

Wolfsberg
Coat of arms of Wolfsberg

Country Austria
State Carinthia
District Wolfsberg
Population 24,298 (2004)
Area 278.3 km²
Elevation 463 m
Coordinates 46°51′ N 14°50′ E
Postal code 9400
Area code 04352
Mayor Gerhard Seifried
Website www.wolfsberg.at
For other uses, see Wolfsberg
St. Mark's Church in Wolfsberg
St. Mark's Church in Wolfsberg

Wolfsberg (Slovenian: Volšperk) is the capital of the Lavant Valley (German: Lavanttal) region of Carinthia, in southern Austria. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 600 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (850 × 850 pixel, file size: 26 KB, MIME type: image/png) Source Fahnen-Gärtner GmbH, Mittersill Date August 2006 Author Fahnen-Gärtner GmbH, Mittersill, AUSTRIA Permission see below File links The following pages on the... This is an alphabetical list of countries of the world, including independent states (both those that are internationally recognised and generally unrecognised), inhabited dependent territories and areas of special sovereignty. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Carinthia (Kärnten in German, Koroška in Slovenian) can refer to: Carinthia - a federal state of Austria Carinthia - an informal province in Slovenia Carinthia - a duchy of the Holy Roman Empire and crownland of Austria_Hungary Karantania - the first Slovenian state This is a disambiguation page — a navigational... Austria is divided into 84 political districts (Bezirke). ... Wolfsberg - eine Stadt irgendwo zwischen Wien und Venedig (Zitat Bgm. ... Area is a physical quantity expressing the size of a part of a surface. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... Basic Definition In geography, the elevation of a geographic location is its height above mean sea level (or some other fixed point). ... The metre (or meter, see spelling differences) is a measure of length. ... See Cartesian coordinate system or Coordinates (elementary mathematics) for a more elementary introduction to this topic. ... . ... To call an Austrian phone number from outside Austria, you will need to dial: International access code + 43 (country code) + area Code + Telephone Number. ... A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning larger, greater) is the modern title of the highest ranking municipal officer. ... A website (or Web site) is a collection of web pages, images, videos and other digital assets and hosted on a particular domain or subdomain on the World Wide Web. ... Places named Wolfsberg include: Wolfsberg, Austria Wolfsberg, Ilm-Kreis, Thuringia, Germany Wolfsberg, Natzweiler-Struthof, a sub-camp of the Natzweiler-Struthof Nazi concentration camp See also: Wolfsburg. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 450 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (744 × 992 pixel, file size: 144 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Wolfsberg, Austria Metadata This file contains... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 450 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (744 × 992 pixel, file size: 144 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Wolfsberg, Austria Metadata This file contains... Bezirk Wolfsberg is a district of the state of Carinthia in Austria. ... Carinthia (German: Kärnten, Italian: Carinzia, Slovenian: KoroÅ¡ka) is an Austrian state or Land, located in the south of Austria. ...


Wolfsberg had a population of 25,301 inhabitants in 2001, the date of the most recent Austrian survey. A more recent estimate is 25,369.


Wolfsberg was first mentioned in 1007 and aquired town rights in 1331 It is the birthplace of the Austrian General Charles Flynn, who served under Empress Maria Theresa in the Seven Years' War. Aethelred buys two years of peace with the Danes for 36,000 pounds of silver. ... Events September 8 - Stefan Dusan declares himself king of Serbia Start of the reign of Emperor Kogon of Japan, first of the Northern Ashikaga Pretenders Births Coluccio Salutati, Florentine political leader (died 1406) Deaths January 14 - Odoric, Italian explorer October 27 - Abulfeda, Arab historian and geographer (born 1273) Categories: 1331... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Maria Theresa, Holy Roman Empress, Archduchess of Austria, Queen of Hungary and Bohemia The worlds most famous coin, a silver thaler of Maria Theresa, dated 1780. ... Combatants Kingdom of Prussia Kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland Electorate of Hanover Kingdom of Portugal Brunswick Hesse-Kassel Holy Roman/Austrian Empire Kingdom of France Russian Empire Kingdom of Sweden Kingdom of Spain Electorate of Saxony Kingdom of Naples and Sicily Kingdom of Sardinia The Seven Years War (1754...


Twin cities

Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany. ... Herzogenaurach (49°34′N 10°53′E) is a small town in Mittelfranken, Bavaria. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Hungary. ... Várpalota is a small town in Western Hungary, in the Transdanubian county of Veszprém. ...

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Wolfsberg, Austria (131 words)
The chief place and economic center of the Lavanttal is the little industrial town of Wolfsberg (462m/1,516ft; pop.
The old episcopal castle, which had already undergone alteration in the 16th C., was rebuilt in Neo-Gothic style after passing into the hands of the Silesian Count von Henckel-Donnersmarck in 1846.
Wolfsberg offers walks, riding and tennis as well as winter sports.
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