Arnoldstein

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Arnoldstein
Coat of arms	Location
Administration
Country	Austria
State	Carinthia
District	Villach-Land
Mayor	Erich Kessler
Basic statistics
Area	67.4 km² (26 sq mi)
Elevation	578 m  (1896 ft)
Population	6,832  (01/01/2001)
- Density	101 /km² (263 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal code	9501
Area code	04255
Website	ris.gemserver.at Coordinates: 46°33′0″N 13°42′0″E / 46.55, 13.7

Arnoldstein (Slovene: Podklošter; Italian: Oristagno) is a town in the district of Villach-Land in Carinthia in Austria.

Contents 1 Geography 1.1 Location 1.2 Subdivision 2 History 3 Politics

[edit] Geography

[edit] Location

Arnoldstein is located at Austria's southern border between the Carnic Alps and the Karawanken mountain range, near the confluence of the Gailitz (Italian: Slizza) and the Gail River. The tripoint of Austria with Italy and Slovenia is near Arnoldstein at the top of the Ofen mountain (1,509m/4,951ft), the neighbouring municipalites to the south are Tarvisio and Kranjska Gora. Today there is a marker at this location.

[edit] Subdivision

Arnoldstein is divided into six Katastralgemeinden: Arnoldstein (Podklošter), Hart (Ločilo), Maglern (Megvarje), Pöckau (Peče), Riegersdorf (Rikarja vas) und Seltschach (Sovče). It can be further divided into 21 Ortschaften (with population totals 2001):

Agoritschach (Zagoriče) (72) Arnoldstein (Podklošter) (1.944) Erlendorf (Oljše) (403) Gailitz (Ziljica) (1.111) Greuth (Rute) (15) Hart (Ločilo) (238) Krainberg (Strmec) (5)

Krainegg (Podkrajnik) (3) Lind (Lipa) (101) Maglern (Megvarje) (299) Neuhaus an der Gail (Poturje) (282) Oberthörl (Zgornja Vrata) (72) Pöckau (Peče) (715) Pessendellach (Dole) (42)

Radendorf (Radna vas) (181) Riegersdorf (Rikarja vas) (365) St. Leonhard bei Siebenbrünn (Šentlenart pri Sedmih studencih) (241) Seltschach (Sovče) (392) Thörl-Maglern-Greuth (Rute pri Vratih) (15) Tschau (Čava) (96) Unterthörl(Spodnja Vrata) (240)

[edit] History

The area around Arnoldstein was already settled in ancient times, when a Roman Road connected Aquileia with Virunum (near Klagenfurt). Arnoldstein's name derives from the alleged founder of castle, Knight Arnold. First under the jurisdiction of the Patriarchate of Aquileia, the castle became part of the Bishopric of Bamberg in 1014. Here Bishop Otto of Bamberg established a Benedictine abbey in 1106, which was not abolished until 1783 by Emperor Joseph II. The ruins of the castle remain.

[edit] Politics

The town council is made up of 27 members. They are of the following parties:

• 19 SPÖ
• 4 ÖVP
• 3 FPÖ
• 1 ALA (Alternative List)

v • d • e Municipalities in district Villach-Land Afritz am See | Arnoldstein | Arriach | Bad Bleiberg | Feistritz an der Gail | Feld am See | Ferndorf | Finkenstein am Faaker See | Fresach | Hohenthurn | Nötsch im Gailtal | Paternion | Rosegg | Sankt Jakob im Rosental | Stockenboi | Treffen | Velden am Wörther See | Weißenstein | Wernberg

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