Hermagor-Pressegger See

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Hermagor-Pressegger See
Coat of arms	Location

Administration
Country	Austria
State	Carinthia
District	Hermagor
Mayor	Vinzenz Rauscher (SPÖ)
Basic statistics
Area	204.84 km² (79.1 sq mi)
Elevation	602 m (1975 ft)
Population	7,160 (31/12/2005)
- Density	35 /km² (91 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	HE
Postal code	9620
Area codes	0 42 82
Website	www.hermagor.at Coordinates: 46°37′38″N 13°22′02″E / 46.62722, 13.36722

Hermagor centre

Pressegger See

Hermagor-Pressegger See (Slovenian: Šmohor-Preseško jezero) is the administrative centre of the Hermagor district in the Austrian state of Carinthia. The town is named after Saint Hermagoras, the first bishop of Aquileia.

1 Geography
- 1.1 Location
- 1.2 Municipal arrangement
2 History
3 Economy
4 Points of Interest
5 External links

[edit] Geography

[edit] Location

Hermagor is located in the Gail River Valley within the Southern Limestone Alps at the northern foot of the Carnic Alps, not far from the border to Italy. It covers an area of 204.84 km². The actual Pressegger See is nearby, one of the warmest in Austria.

[edit] Municipal arrangement

Hermagor-Pressegger See is divided into the following boroughs:

Tröpolach (Drobolje oder Dobropolje)
Egg (Brdo)
Görtschach (Goriče)
Guggenberg
Hermagor (Šmohor, früher auch Trg)
Khünburg
Mitschig (Mičiče oder Semičiče)
Möderndorf (Modra vas)
Möschach
Nampolach (Napole)
Rattendorf (Radnja vas)
Watschig (Vačiče)
Vellach (Bela)
Neudorf ('Genialovizo')

It is further divided into the following districts:

Achleiten (4), Aigen (4), Bergl (24), Braunitzen (12) (Boronica), Brugg (31) (Moste), Burgstall (9), Danz (26), Dellach (94) (Dole), Egg (178) (Brdo), Eggforst (10), Förolach (162), Fritzendorf (58) (Limarče), Görtschach (173), Götzing (22) (Gocina), Grafenau (0) (Kazla), Grünburg (70), Guggenberg (34), Hermagor (1.527) (Šmohor), Jenig (178) (Jenik), Kameritsch (80) (Kamerče), Khünburg (247), Kleinbergl (30), Kraß (14), Kraschach (57) (Krošani), Kreuth ob Möschach (19) (Rut(e)), Kreuth ob Mellweg (60) (Rut(e)), Kreuth ob Rattendorf (76) (Rute(e)), Kühweg (202), Kühwegboden (156), Latschach (86) (Loče), Liesch (7), Möderndorf (223) (Modrinja vas/ves), Mellach (49) (Mele), Mellweg (45) (Melviče, Maloviše), Micheldorf (167) (Velika vas/ves), Mitschig (79) (Mičiče), Nampolach (27) (Napole), Neudorf (271), Neuprießenegg (36), Obermöschach (38), Obervellach (243), Paßriach (143)(Pažirje), Podlanig (51) (Podlanig), Postran (123) (Postran), Potschach (61) (Potoče), Presseggen (222) (Preseka), Presseggersee (130) (Preseško jezero), Radnig (203), Radnigforst (0), Rattendorf (343) (Radnja vas) , Schinzengraben (26), Schlanitzen (41) (Zelenica), Schmidt (1), Siebenbrünn (2), Sonnenalpe Naßfeld (27)(Mokrine), Sonnleitn (17), Süßenberg (20) (Planja), Toschehof (0) (Tesinje), Tröpolach (535) (Dobropolje, Dropolje), Untermöschach (48), Untervellach (229), Watschig (129) (Vočiče), Wittenig (50), Zuchen (3) (Suha).

[edit] History

This city was populated before Roman times and was first mentioned in a 1169 document. It obtained market town status in 1288 and obtained city rights in 1930. It was here that Wulfenia carinthiaca was discovered by Franz Xaver von Wulfen in 1779.