Mölbling ( sl, Molnek ) is a municipality on the
Gurk River in the district of
Sankt Veit an der Glan in the
Austria
Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...
n state of
Carinthia.
Geography
Mölbling lies about 27 km northeast of
Klagenfurt
Klagenfurt am WörtherseeLandesgesetzblatt 2008 vom 16. Jänner 2008, Stück 1, Nr. 1: ''Gesetz vom 25. Oktober 2007, mit dem die Kärntner Landesverfassung und das Klagenfurter Stadtrecht 1998 geändert werden.'/ref> (; ; sl, Celovec), usually ...
. The Gurk runs through the eastern edge of the municipality.
The commune comprises the ''
Katastralgemeinden'' of Dielach, Gunzenberg, Meiselding, Rabing, and Rastenfeld.
Politics
Seats in the municipal assembly (''Gemeinderat'') as of 2009 elections:
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Alliance for the Future of Austria (FPK): 11
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Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ): 3
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Austrian People's Party (ÖVP): 1
Personalities
In 1893 the Austrian chemist
Carl Auer von Welsbach
Carl Auer von Welsbach (1 September 1858 – 4 August 1929), who received the Austrian noble title of Freiherr Auer von Welsbach in 1901, was an Austrian scientist and inventor, who separated didymium into the elements neodymium and praseo ...
acquired Rastenfeld Castle as his private residence, where he died in 1929.
References
Cities and towns in Sankt Veit an der Glan District
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