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34-691: The town is located about 15 km (9.3 mi) north of Sankt Veit an der Glan and 30 km (19 mi) north of the state capital Klagenfurt in the Krappfeld Valley between the Gurktal Alps mountain range in the west and the Lavanttal Alps in the east. The township consists of the cadastral communities Treibach, Althofen, and Töscheldorf. There are some prehistoric finds in Althofen, namely two Neolithic axes, some Late Bronze Age ceramics and

68-557: A Hallstatt Age tumulus. Several small finds and some tombstones date from the Roman era. From about 600 Althofen became a settlement area of Slavic people. Altanhouun in the Duchy of Carinthia was first mentioned in a 1041 deed. Like in neighbouring Friesach , the estates were held by the Archbishops of Salzburg . The local Salzburg bailiffs resided at Althofen Castle, which was devastated in

102-466: A long time. The Habsburgs divided up their territories within the family twice, according to the 1379 Treaty of Neuberg and again in 1564. Each time, the Duchy of Carinthia became part of Inner Austria and was ruled jointly with the adjacent duchies of Styria and Carniola . Empress Maria Theresa of Austria and her son Joseph II attempted to create a more unitary Habsburg state, and in 1804 Carinthia

136-496: A relatively high number of war deaths: thirty-seven for every 1,000 inhabitants. This was higher than in most other German-speaking areas of Austria-Hungary (except German South Moravia ). Following the end of the war and the dissolution of Austria-Hungary, the 1919 Treaty of Saint-Germain stipulated the Carinthian Canal Valley stretching from Tarvisio as far as Pontafel (187 square miles) go to Italy and that

170-538: Is further divided into the following districts, with population figures at right: Several archaeologic findings suggest a settlement in the area already in Carolingian times. According to legend, a 901 battle of Bavarian forces against invading Magyars instigated the founding of the town. As first mentioned in an 1131 deed, a Saint Vitus Church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Gurk was located here within

204-518: Is home to the Jacques Lemans GmbH  [ de ] , an international watch and jewelry company. "Sankt Veit an der Glan: Eine Stadtgeographie", doctoral thesis, Graz, 1965, by H. Pressinger. "Der Bezirk Sankt Veit an der Glan, seine Kunstwerke, historische Lebens -und Siedlungsformen" 1977, by S. Hartwagner. St. Veit an der Glan is home to SC St. Veit , which currently plays in the 5th tier Unterliga Ost , they play their home matches at

238-695: The Bohemian king Ottokar II Přemysl . In spite of being supported by the Habsburg king Rudolf I of Germany , who defeated Ottokar II at the Battle on the Marchfeld in 1278, Philip never gained actual power. The duchy was seized by Rudolph and Philip died a year later in 1279. Rudolf, after being elected King of the Romans and defeating King Ottokar II, at first gave Carinthia to Count Meinhard II of Gorizia-Tyrol . In 1335, after

272-560: The Duchy of Carinthia . According to an 1137 agreement, it was "repurchased" by the Bishopric of Bamberg . However, already in 1149 it served as a residence of the Sponheim duke Heinrich V of Carinthia , where he received King Konrad III of Germany on his way back from the Second Crusade . He was succeeded by his brother Duke Hermann II of Carinthia , who became Vogt protector of

306-781: The German king Henry the Fowler . After Berthold became Duke of Bavaria in 938, both territories were ruled by him. Upon his death in 948 the Luitpoldings, though heirs of the royal Ottonian dynasty , were not able to retain their possessions, as King Otto I bought the loyalty of his younger brother Henry I with the Bavarian lands. Duke Henry's son Henry II "the Quarreller" from 974 onwards, revolted against his cousin Emperor Otto II , whereupon he

340-692: The Habsburg monarchy and of the Austrian Empire , it remained a Cisleithanian crown land of Austria-Hungary until 1918. By the 1920 Carinthian plebiscite in October 1920, the main area of the duchy formed the Austrian state of Carinthia . In the seventh century the area was part of the Slavic principality of Carantania , which fell under the suzerainty of Duke Odilo of Bavaria in about 743. The Bavarian stem duchy

374-556: The House of Habsburg , whereafter it was incorporated into the dynasty's Inner Austrian lands and ruled by stadtholders . In 1362 Rudolf granted the St. Veit citizens the permission to hold the annual Wiesenmarkt fair , which is arranged up to today as one of the oldest festivals in Central Europe . Its town hall dates from 1468 and the present-day ducal castle from the 15th to 16th century. At

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408-489: The House of Sponheim , who ruled as Henry IV, from 1122 to his early death the following year. The most outstanding of the Spanheim dukes was Bernhard , the first Carinthian duke who was actually described and honoured in documents as "prince of the land". The last Spanheim duke was Ulrich III ; he signed an inheritance treaty with his brother Archbishop Philip of Spanheim of Salzburg , who, however, could not prevail against

442-503: The Jacques Lemans Arena . St. Veit an der Glan has participated in the international horticultural competition Entente Florale , and won silver medal in 1999 St. Veit is twinned with: This Carinthia location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Duchy of Carinthia The Duchy of Carinthia ( Latin : Ducatus Carinthiae ; German : Herzogtum Kärnten ; Slovene : Vojvodina Koroška )

476-723: The St. Veit an der Glan District . It was the historic Carinthian capital until 1518. The famous chef Wolfgang Puck was born there in 1949. The town is situated in the valley of the Glan River within the Gurktal Alps . Here the Glan reaches the Central Carinthian Zollfeld plain and flows southwards to Maria Saal and the state capital Klagenfurt am Wörthersee . St. Veit consists of six Katastralgemeinden : Galling , Hörzendorf , Niederdorf , Projern , Sankt Donat and Tanzenberg . It

510-597: The 15th century Austrian–Hungarian War and rebuilt from about 1500 as the Neues Schloss (New Castle) under Prince-Archbishop Leonhard von Keutschach . A Catholic church was first mentioned in 1307, then under the auspices of the Friesach parish. The present-day parish church with its massive steeple is the only one in Carinthia dedicated to Saint Thomas of Canterbury , it was built about 1400, with Baroque ornamentation in

544-430: The 18th century and Neo-Gothic embellishment in 1908–10. In 1230 Althofen received market rights as an important trading venue, mainly for iron ( Noric steel ) from the nearby mines of Hüttenberg . In 1897 the local ironworks were purchased by Baron Carl Auer von Welsbach (1858–1929), the inventor of ferrocerium ( Auermetall ). He developed the iron mill to a chemical plant, the later Treibacher Industrie AG ,

578-413: The 2001 census, it had a population of 12,045. Of that, 92.5% are Austrian, 2.3% are South Slavic, and 2.2% are Bosnian. 74.0% of the population profess themselves to be Roman Catholic, 8.6% are Lutherans/Protestants and 4.3% are Muslims, while 10.2% are without religious confession. The town council is made up of 31 members. They are of the following parties: The mayor is Gerhard Mock ( SPÖ ). The town

612-634: The Carinthian March (later Styria) since about 1000, was vested with the duchy by the last Ottonian emperor Henry II , while the Istrian march was separated and given to Count Poppo of Weimar . Adalbero was removed from office in 1035 after he had fallen out of favour with the Salian Emperor Conrad II . In 1039 Carinthia was inherited by Emperor Henry III himself, who split off the Carniolan march

646-673: The Slovene-speaking areas of the Meža Valley, the Drava Valley area around Unterdrauburg , which was afterwards renamed Dravograd , and the Jezersko area (128 square miles of territory) be ceded to the new SHS State. The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes , however, was not satisfied with these parts of the former duchy and also occupied land north of the Karawanks mountain range, including

680-450: The area that was ceded to Italy as a part of the claimed " Julian March " belongs to the autonomous region of Friuli–Venezia Giulia . Most of the area awarded to Yugoslavia (cf. Slovenian Carinthia ) now forms part of the larger Carinthia Statistical Region in Slovenia . Area: Population (1910 Census): According to the last Austrian Imperial census of 1910, the Duchy of Carinthia

714-548: The capital city of Klagenfurt. The Entente powers decided on a two-stage referendum, of which the first stage, the Carinthian Plebiscite was held on 10 October 1920 to determine the fate of Carinthia. The outcome in favour of Austria did not change the borders as decided upon in the Treaty of Saint-Germain. The Austrian part of the former duchy today forms the federal state of Carinthia ( German : Land Kärnten ), while

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748-566: The centuries, the name 'Carinthia' ( Kärnten ) gradually replaced former 'Carantania'. The realm of the Carinthian dukes initially comprised a vast territory including the marches of Styria ( marchia Carantana ), Carniola and Istria ; they also ruled over the Italian March of Verona in the south. Nevertheless, Henry the Younger was the first and also the last Luitpolding duke; as he chose to join

782-543: The church in 1176 and subsequently the Sponheimer made the estates of St. Veit their permanent residence and capital of the Carinthian duchy, which it remained until 1518. Herman's son Bernhard von Spanheim (d. 1256) had the ducal castle and fortifications built, and granted St. Veit town privileges 1224. Here he held a glamorous court and received minnesingers like Walther von der Vogelweide , who stayed here in 1214, and Ulrich von Liechtenstein . St. Veit also may have been

816-496: The death of Henry , the last male of this line, Emperor Louis the Bavarian gave Carinthia and the southern part of the Tyrol as an imperial fief to the Habsburg family on 2 May in Linz . The Habsburgs would continue to rule Carinthia until 1918. As with the other component parts of the Habsburg monarchy , Carinthia remained a semi-autonomous state with its own constitutional structure for

850-520: The domicile of Heinrich von dem Türlin where he wrote his Middle High German Diu Crône poem. After the House of Sponheim had become extinct in 1269, the Carinthian duchy was acquired by King Otakar II of Bohemia , later it passed to the Meinhardiner Count Meinhard II of Tyrol . His granddaughter Countess Margaret in 1335 finally lost Carinthia to Duke Rudolf IV of Austria from

884-617: The following year and granted it to Margrave Poppo of Istria. In 1077, the duchy was given to Luitpold , again a member of the Eppensteiner family, which, however, became extinct with the death of Luitpold's younger brother Henry III of Carinthia in 1122. Upon his death the duchy was further reduced in area: a large part of the Eppenstein lands in what is today Upper Styria passed to Margrave Ottokar II of Styria . The remainder of Carinthia passed from Duke Henry III to his godchild Henry from

918-456: The main employer in Althofen up to today. The municipality obtained town privileges in 1993. Seats in the municipal assembly ( Gemeinderat ) as of 2009 local elections: Althofen is twinned with: Sankt Veit an der Glan St. Veit an der Glan ( Austrian German: [saŋkt ˈfaɪt an deːɐ̯ ˈɡlaːn] ) is a town in the Austrian state of Carinthia , the administrative centre of

952-714: The unsuccessful War of the Three Henries against Emperor Otto II , he lost Carinthia two years later and was succeeded by the Emperor's nephew Otto I , a scion of the Salian dynasty . Though Henry once again managed to regain the ducal title in 985, Carinthia upon his death in 989 fell back to the Imperial Ottonian dynasty in Bavaria. Carinthia, however, remained a separate entity, and in 1012 Count Adalbero I of Eppenstein , Margrave of

986-525: The western part of Austria-Hungary (see History of Austria ). Over the centuries, the German language , which carried more prestige, expanded at the expense of Slovene , but the fact that in the 16th century the Estates of Carinthia could still point out that Carinthia was "a Windic Archduchy ", i.e. a sovereign Slovene principality, shows that the Carinthian people were aware of their ancient and pre-German roots. During World War I , Carinthia experienced

1020-478: Was a duchy located in southern Austria and parts of northern Slovenia . It was separated from the Duchy of Bavaria in 976, and was the first newly created Imperial State after the original German stem duchies . Carinthia remained a State of the Holy Roman Empire until its dissolution in 1806, though from 1335 it was ruled within the Austrian dominions of the Habsburg dynasty. A constituent part of

1054-625: Was composed of the following linguistic communities: Total: 396,228 The Austrian censuses did not count ethnic groups , nor the mother tongue , but the "language of daily interaction" ( Umgangssprache ). Total: 396,228 Luitpoldings Salian dynasty Luitpoldings Ottonian dynasty Salian dynasty House of Eppenstein Salian dynasty Elder House of Welf Ezzonids House of Zähringen House of Eppenstein Přemyslid dynasty House of Habsburg Carinthia

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1088-412: Was deposed as Duke of Bavaria in favour of Otto's nephew Duke Otto I of Swabia . At the same time Emperor Otto II created a sixth duchy in addition to the original stem duchies , the new Duchy of Carinthia. He reverted the possession of the territories to the Luitpoldings, when he split Carinthia from the Bavarian lands and installed the former Duke Berthold's son Henry the Younger as duke in 976. Over

1122-678: Was incorporated into the Carolingian Empire when Charlemagne deposed Odilo's son Duke Tassilo III in 788. In the 843 partition by the Treaty of Verdun , Carinthia became part of East Francia under King Louis the German . From 889 to 976 it was the Carinthian March of the renewed Bavarian duchy, though in 927 the local Count Berthold of the Luitpolding dynasty was vested with ducal rights by

1156-523: Was integrated into the newly established Austrian Empire under Francis II/I . According to the 1809 Treaty of Schönbrunn , the Upper Carinthian territories around Villach formed part of the short-lived Napoleonic Illyrian Provinces ; Carinthia as a whole remained a part of the Habsburg Kingdom of Illyria until its dissolution in 1849. In 1867, the duchy became a crown land of Cisleithania ,

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