"Klagenfurt Cathedral The Cathedral and parish church of Saints Peter and Paul, also known as Klagenfurt Cathedral, is the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Gurk-Klagenfurt and the main parish church of Klagenfurt. It was built by Protestants and dedicated to the Holy Trinity in 1581, and was the largest Protestant church in Austria at that time. The cathedral was commissioned by Christoph Windisch, Klagenfurt' s first mayor. In 1600, during the Counter-Reformation, it was given to the Jesuits and rededicated to the Apostles Peter and Paul. The church was razed to the ground by a fire and had"
"prestigious Europa Nostra Diploma of Merit for the exemplary restoration and redevelopment of its ancient centre. In 1973, Klagenfurt absorbed four more adjacent municipalities - Viktring with its grand Cistercian monastery, Wölfnitz, Hörtendorf, and St. Peter am Bichl, increasing the population of Klagenfurt to about 90,000. As of January 2018, there were 100,316 people whose principal residence was in Klagenfurt. The Old City with its central ""Alter Platz"" (Old Square) and the Renaissance buildings with their charming arcaded courtyards is a major attraction. Notable landmarks also include: Klagenfurt is the economic centre of Carinthia, with 20% of the industrial companies."
"have a certain measure of budgetary autonomy, although they cannot levy taxes and depend on money allocated to them by the city. The 15 districts of Klagenfurt are roughly neighborhood-sized quarters with no special autonomy. As of January 1, 2018 there are 15 statutory cities in Austria, 186 other cities, 770 market towns, and 1127 other communes, for a total of 2,098 municipalites. One of these municipalities stands out: the city of Vienna is a statutory city and a state at the same time. At 1,900,000 inhabitants, the national capital also seven times larger than the second most populous city,"
"In May 2001, there were 63,618 employees in 6,184 companies here. 33 of these companies employed more than 200 people. The prevalent economic sectors are light industry, electronics, and tourism. There are also several printing offices. Klagenfurt Airport is a primary international airport with connections to several major European cities and holiday resorts abroad. The Klagenfurt central station () is located south of the city centre. The city is situated at the intersection of the A2 and S37 motorways. The A2 autobahn runs from Vienna via Graz and Klagenfurt to Villach and further to the state border of Italy. The"
"Klagenfurt Airport Klagenfurt Airport ( and occasionally ""Kärnten Airport"", ) is a primary international airport near Klagenfurt, the sixth-largest city in Austria. It is located in the borough of Annabichl, north-north-east of the city centre. In 1905, Georg Count of Khevenhüller from Hochosterwitz Castle and in 1907 Dipl.-Ing. Joseph Sablatnig (Joseph Sablatnig was owner of the Fokker-Sablatnig, Deutsche Flugzeuge, Deutsche Motoren, Flugzeug Gesellschaft mbH, Berlin) were the first men in the sky over Carinthia and Klagenfurt. In World War I and II, the airport of Klagenfurt was operated as a military airfield, and indeed Klagenfurt Airport was founded in 1914"
"Airport and Ljubljana Jože Pučnik Airport, which is served several times a day. Klagenfurt Airport Klagenfurt Airport ( and occasionally ""Kärnten Airport"", ) is a primary international airport near Klagenfurt, the sixth-largest city in Austria. It is located in the borough of Annabichl, north-north-east of the city centre. In 1905, Georg Count of Khevenhüller from Hochosterwitz Castle and in 1907 Dipl.-Ing. Joseph Sablatnig (Joseph Sablatnig was owner of the Fokker-Sablatnig, Deutsche Flugzeuge, Deutsche Motoren, Flugzeug Gesellschaft mbH, Berlin) were the first men in the sky over Carinthia and Klagenfurt. In World War I and II, the airport of Klagenfurt was"
"See, Millstätter See, Lake Ossiach, and Lake Faak are a major tourist attraction. The capital city is Klagenfurt (). The next important town is Villach (""Beljak""), both strongly linked economically. Other major towns include Althofen, Bad Sankt Leonhard im Lavanttal, Bleiburg (""Pliberk""), Feldkirchen (""Trg""), Ferlach (""Borovlje""), Friesach (""Breže""), Gmünd, Hermagor (""Šmohor""), Radenthein, Sankt Andrä, Sankt Veit an der Glan (""Šentvid na Glini""), Spittal an der Drau, Straßburg, Völkermarkt (""Velikovec""), Wolfsberg (""Volšperk""). While some of these Slovene place names are official designations, the majority are Slovene colloquial usage. Carinthia has a humid continental climate (Köppen), with hot and moderately wet summers"
"SK Austria Klagenfurt (2007) SK Austria Klagenfurt is an Austrian football club, based in the Carinthian capital Klagenfurt, currently playing in the Austrian Football First League. The emergence of the club marked the end of all efforts to establish an all-Carinthian team to play in the Austrian Football Bundesliga, pushed by the state's government under Jörg Haider. Austria Klagenfurt was already founded in 2007 ahead of the formation of the SK Austria Kärnten football club, but began playing not before SK Austria was dissolved in 2010 and it had merged with SC St. Stefan. SK Austria Klagenfurt plays its home"
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"Villach Hauptbahnhof Villach Hauptbahnhof (translated as Villach Central Station) is the main railway station in Villach, the second largest city in the Austrian state of Carinthia. It primarily serves as a passenger station and is an important junction within the Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) network. The station has twelve tracks, four of them sidings, and a motorail terminal. It is linked with both to the Southern Railway line to Vienna and the Tauern Railway line towards Salzburg. Villach is served by Austrian Railjet, InterCity and Regional-Express trains, as well as by the Carinthian S-Bahn rapid transit system. The station also"
"international partnerships all over the world. A detailed list can be found on the following webpage of the City of Vienna. Vienna Vienna (; , ) is the federal capital and largest city of Austria, and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primate city, with a population of about 1.9 million (2.6 million within the metropolitan area, nearly one third of Austria's population), and its cultural, economic, and political centre. It is the 7th-largest city by population within city limits in the European Union. Until the beginning of the 20th century, it was the largest German-speaking"
"S37 freeway runs from Vienna via Bruck an der Mur and Sankt Veit an der Glan to Klagenfurt. The Loibl Pass highway B91 goes to Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia, which is only from Klagenfurt. The volume of traffic in Klagenfurt is high (motorisation level: 572 cars/1000 inhabitants in 2007). In the 1960s, with the last streetcar (tram) line demolished, Klagenfurt was meant to become a car-friendly city, with lots of wide roads. A motorway was even planned which was to cross the city partly underground, but which now by-passes the city to the north. The problem of four railway"
"withdrew after the Carinthian Plebiscite in October 1920, when the majority of voters in the Carinthian mixed-language ""Zone A"" decided to remain part of Austria. In 1938, Klagenfurt's population suddenly grew by more than 50% through the incorporation of the town of St. Ruprecht and the municipalities of St. Peter, Annabichl, and St. Martin. But during World War II, the city was bombed 41 times, the bombs killing 612 people, completely destroying 443 buildings, and damaging 1,132 others. of rubble had to be removed before the citizens could set about rebuilding their city. In order to avoid further destruction and"
"in the world (out of > 26,000), it is listed in the 701–750 group, between the University of Graz (561–570) and the University of Salzburg (751–800). Since QS extended its ""Top 50 Under 50"" young university ranking to the best 150 universities worldwide under the age of 50 years for its 2018 league tables, Klagenfurt features also there, in the 101–150 group. Since 2017, it is also listed in U-Multirank. Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt The Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt (AAU), or ""University of Klagenfurt"", is a federal Austrian university and the largest research and higher education institution in the Austrian province Carinthia. It has"
"345 parishes. The cathedral chapter at Klagenfurt consisted of three mitred dignitaries; five honorary and five stipendiary canons. Among the institutions of religious orders the Benedictine Abbey of St. Paul (founded in 1091; suppressed in 1782; restored in 1807) holds first place. There were also Jesuits at Klagenfurt and St. Andrä; Dominicans at Friesach; Capuchins at Klagenfurt and Wolfsberg; Franciscans at Villach; Olivetans at Tanzenberg; Servites at Kötsehach; Brothers of Mercy at St. Veit on the Glan (in charge of an immense hospital founded in 1877); and a number of religious communities of women for the care of the sick"
". It is on the lake Wörthersee and on the Glan River. The city is surrounded by several forest-covered hills and mountains with heights of up to , for example, Ulrichsberg. To the south is the Karawanken mountain range, which separates Carinthia from Slovenia and Italy. Klagenfurt is a statutory city of Carinthia, and the administrative seat of the district of Klagenfurt-Land, but it doesn't belong to it. In fact, their licence plates are different (K for the city, KL for the district). Klagenfurt is divided itself into 16 districts: It is further divided into 25 Katastralgemeinden. They are: Klagenfurt,"
"Klagenfurt (the biggest cities in the Styria and Carinthia Länder respectively). Unless trains backtrack to Bruck an der Mur, the shortest railway route between the two cities runs via Maribor, Slovenia. As a result, ÖBB currently serves Graz and Klagenfurt with separate Railjet services. The Koralm Railway will make it significantly easier for ÖBB to connect both cities to Vienna with the same Railjet services, making increased service frequencies for these two cities possible. Between Graz and Feldkirchen the Koralm Railway meets the Southern Railway line (""Südbahn"") connecting Vienna with Slovenia. This stretch was upgraded in order to meet High-speed"
"hosts international EuroCity and EuroNight trains leading to destinations like Munich, Ljubljana and Zagreb, or to Venezia Santa Lucia via Tarvisio Boscoverde and Udine. The station is served by the following services: ""This article is currently being translated from the . Further paragraphs will be published soon."" Villach Hauptbahnhof Villach Hauptbahnhof (translated as Villach Central Station) is the main railway station in Villach, the second largest city in the Austrian state of Carinthia. It primarily serves as a passenger station and is an important junction within the Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) network. The station has twelve tracks, four of them"
"have been lengthened (""Carinthian vowel stretching""). A Slovene-speaking minority, known as the Carinthian Slovenes, is concentrated in the southern and southeastern parts of the state. Its size cannot be determined precisely because the representatives of the ethnic group reject a count. Recommendations for a boycott of the 2001 census, which asked for the language used in everyday communication, reduced the count of Slovene speakers to 12,554 people, 2.38% of a total population of 527,333. Major sights include the cities of Klagenfurt and Villach and medieval towns like Friesach or Gmünd. Carinthia features numerous monasteries and churches such as the Romanesque"
"Stadttheater Klagenfurt Stadttheater Klagenfurt is the municipal theatre in Klagenfurt, the capital of Carinthia in Austria. Its present house was designed by the Viennese architecture office Fellner & Helmer, and completed in 1910. The first theatre in Klagenfurt was installed between 1605 and 1620 as """" for the aristocracy. Italian troupes appeared, on their way from Venice to Vienna. At the end of the 18th century, the theatre was occasionally opened also for intellectuals, and military and civil officials. In 1811, the wooden structure was rebuilt in stone, called now Altes Theater (Old Theatre). When it deteriorated, a new house"
"matches at the Hypo Group Arena. The club adopts the tradition of the former SK Austria Klagenfurt founded in 1920, renamed FC Kärnten in 1999, which was dissolved in 2009. ""Updated July 20, 2018"" SK Austria Klagenfurt (2007) SK Austria Klagenfurt is an Austrian football club, based in the Carinthian capital Klagenfurt, currently playing in the Austrian Football First League. The emergence of the club marked the end of all efforts to establish an all-Carinthian team to play in the Austrian Football Bundesliga, pushed by the state's government under Jörg Haider. Austria Klagenfurt was already founded in 2007 ahead of"
"this theatre have included Martin Kušej, , Michael Maertens, Michael Schottenberg and . Stadttheater Klagenfurt Stadttheater Klagenfurt is the municipal theatre in Klagenfurt, the capital of Carinthia in Austria. Its present house was designed by the Viennese architecture office Fellner & Helmer, and completed in 1910. The first theatre in Klagenfurt was installed between 1605 and 1620 as """" for the aristocracy. Italian troupes appeared, on their way from Venice to Vienna. At the end of the 18th century, the theatre was occasionally opened also for intellectuals, and military and civil officials. In 1811, the wooden structure was rebuilt in"
"divided into eight rural and two urban districts (""Bezirke""), the latter being the statutory cities (""Statutarstädte"") of Klagenfurt and Villach. There are 132 municipalities, of which 17 are incorporated as towns and 40 are of the lesser market towns (""Marktgemeinden"") status. The state assembly ""Kärntner Landtag"", (""Carinthian State Diet""), is a unicameral legislature. Its 36 members are elected from party lists according to the principle of proportional representation and serve five-year terms, with elections held every five years. Austrian nationals over the age of 16 residing in Carinthia are eligible to vote. The ""Landtag"" has a threshold of 5%. The"
"Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt The Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt (AAU), or ""University of Klagenfurt"", is a federal Austrian university and the largest research and higher education institution in the Austrian province Carinthia. It has its central campus in Klagenfurt. Founded in 1970, the university today holds faculties of Humanities & Social Sciences, Management & Economics, Technology, and Interdisciplinary Studies. It ranks among the 150 best ""young"" universities worldwide (under the age of 50 years) in the QS World University Rankings. The university has defined two areas of research excellence, ""Networked and Autonomous Systems"" and ""Social Ecology"" (until 2018, transferred to BOKU), with the latter"
"From 2002 onwards Klagenfurt was the official venue of the annual FIVB Grand Slam and two European Beach Volleyball Championships in 2013 and 2015. In 2006, the Grand Slam in Klagenfurt was voted the best tournament in the world by the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. Inspired by the success of the Klagenfurt event, Jagerhofer founded the Beach Majors GmbH, a joint venture between him and Red Bull, organizing the Beach Volleyball Major Series. The Beach Volleyball Major Series is the FIVB World Tour's most highly endowed international sports series (highest prize and highest ranking points). In 2017, a branch of"
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"most important road connections between the Carinthian capital Klagenfurt and Kranj in Carniola, the significance of Loibl Pass has diminished since 1991, when the long Karawanken Motorway Tunnel, connecting the Austrian Karawanken Autobahn (A 11) from Villach with the Slovenian A2 motorway to Ljubljana, was opened. Today the pass road is closed for heavy traffic. Border controls were abolished when Slovenia joined the Schengen Area effective from 21 December 2007, but have been restored temporarily for entry to Austria in the wake of an increased number of illegal border crossings during the ""European migrant crisis"" of 2015-2016. Different trails were"
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"was Oskar Kraus, an enthusiastic Nazi. On 9 November 1938 Villach was a site of the nationwide ""Kristallnacht"" pogroms with violent attacks on the Jewish population. A memorial for the 1919 border conflict that led to the Carinthian Plebiscite caused controversy when it was inaugurated in 2002, as Kraus, who had not been especially prominent in the conflict, was the only person named. During World War II, allied forces bombed Villach 37 times. About 42,500 bombs killed 300 people and damaged 85% of the buildings. Nevertheless, the city quickly recovered. Today, Villach is a bustling city with commerce and recreation,"
"in the region, but now belong to companies outside the state as a result of business consolidation. The unemployment rate stood at 4.1% in October 2018 and was lower than the German average. Rhineland-Palatinate Rhineland-Palatinate (, ) is a state of Germany. Rhineland-Palatinate is located in western Germany covering an area of and a population of 4.05 million inhabitants, the seventh-most populous German state. Mainz is the state capital and largest city, while other major cities include Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Koblenz, Trier, Kaiserslautern, and Worms. Rhineland-Palatinate is surrounded by the states of North Rhine-Westphalia, Saarland, Baden-Württemberg, and Hesse. Rhineland-Palatinate was"
"University of Klagenfurt, a campus of the Fachhochschule Kärnten, Carinthia University of Applied Sciences, a college of education for primary and secondary teacher training and further education of teachers as well as a college of general further education (VHS) and two institutions of further professional and vocational education (WIFI and BFI). Among other Austrian educational institutions, there is a Slovene language Gymnasium (established in 1957) and a Slovene language commercial high school. Several Carinthian Slovene cultural and political associations are also based in the city, including the Hermagoras Society, the oldest Slovene publishing house founded in Klagenfurt in 1851. A"