Bezirk Spittal an der Drau is an administrative district (''

Bezirk The German term ''Bezirk'' (plural ''Bezirke'', derived from la, circulus, "circle") translated as "district" can refer to the following types of administrative divisions: * ''Stadtbezirk'', a subdivision of a city in the sense of a borough (e. ...

'') in the

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of Carinthia,

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Geography

With an area of the district is 2,763.99 km², it is Austria's second largest district by area (after

Liezen Liezen (Central Bavarian: ''Liezn'') is a municipality in the Austrian federal state of Styria, district capital of the district of the same name and economic center on the River Enns. Population Politics Since 1995, the left-wing SPÖ party ...

), even larger than the Austrian state of

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, and by far the largest district in Carinthia. The administrative centre is

Spittal an der Drau Spittal an der Drau is a town in the western part of the Austrian federal state of Carinthia. It is the administrative centre of Spittal an der Drau District, Austria's second largest district ('' Bezirk'') by area. Geography The town is located ...

, other major settlements are Gmünd,

Greifenburg Greifenburg is a market town in the district of Spittal an der Drau in the Austrian state of Carinthia. Geography The settlement stretches in the upper Drava Valley (''Drautal'') between the Kreuzeck mountain range in the north, part of the High ...

Millstatt Millstatt am See is a market town of the Spittal an der Drau District in Carinthia, Austria. The traditional health resort and spa town on Lake Millstatt is known for former Benedictine Millstatt Abbey, founded about 1070. Geography It is situ ...

Obervellach Obervellach ( sl, Zgornja Bela) is a market town in the district of Spittal an der Drau, in the Austrian state of Carinthia. Geography The town is situated in the valley of the Möll river, on the southern slope of the High Tauern mountain ran ...

Radenthein Radenthein ( sl, Radenče ) is a town in Spittal an der Drau District, in the Austrian state of Carinthia. Geography The town is situated in the Gegend valley (''Gegendtal'') of the Nock Mountains range (part of the Gurktal Alps), stretching to ...

Seeboden Seeboden am Millstätter See ( sl, Jezernica ) is a market town in Spittal an der Drau District in Carinthia, Austria. Geography The municipal area stretches from the western shore of Millstätter See to the town boundary of the district capit ...

, Steinfeld, and

Winklern Winklern is a town in the district of Spittal an der Drau in the Austrian state of Carinthia. Geography The municipality lies at the foot of the Großglockner massif between the Schober, Goldberg, and Kreuzeck groups in the upper Möll valley ...

. Together with the neighbouring districts of Hermagor and Feldkirchen, Spittal forms the Upper Carinthia (''Oberkärnten'') region according to the Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS). It borders on

East Tyrol East Tyrol, occasionally East Tirol (german: Osttirol), is an exclave of the Austrian state of Tyrol, separated from the main North Tyrol part by the short common border of Salzburg and Italian South Tyrol (''Südtirol'', it, Alto Adige). It i ...

(

Lienz District The Bezirk Lienz ( it, Distretto di Lienz) is an administrative district (''Bezirk'') in Tyrol, Austria. It is the only district in East Tyrol. The district borders the Pinzgau (Salzburg) in the north, the districts Spittal an der Drau and Hermag ...

) in the west and the Austrian state of

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in the north. The mountainous area comprises the southern ranges of the

High Tauern The High Tauern ( pl.; german: Hohe Tauern, it, Alti Tauri) are a mountain range on the main chain of the Central Eastern Alps, comprising the highest peaks east of the Brenner Pass. The crest forms the southern border of the Austrian states of ...

and the

Möll valley The Möll (; presumably from sl, Mel, "rubble") is a river in northwestern Carinthia in Austria, a left tributary of the Drava. Its drainage basin is . Course The river rises in the High Tauern range of the Central Eastern Alps on the Pasterze G ...

, the western

Gurktal Alps The Gurktal Alps (german: Gurktaler Alpen, sl, Krške Alpe) is a mountain range located in the Central Eastern Alps in Austria, named after the valley of the Gurk river. The range stretches west to Lake Millstatt and east to Neumarkter Sattel ...

(

Nock Mountains The Nock Mountains (german: Nockberge or ''Nockgebirge'') are the westernmost and highest mountain range of the Gurktal Alps in Austria, spread over parts of the federal states of Carinthia, Salzburg and Styria. Their appearance is characterised ...

), as well as the broad Drava Valley and the northern slopes of the

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. The highest point is the peak of the

Grossglockner The Grossglockner (german: Großglockner ; or just ''Glockner'') is, at 3,798 metres above the Adriatic (12,461 ft), the highest mountain in Austria and the highest mountain in the Alps east of the Brenner Pass. It is part of the larger Glo ...

, Austria's highest mountain at . The district also includes

Millstätter See Lake Millstatt (german: Millstätter See, sometimes written "Millstättersee") is a lake in Carinthia, Austria. Geography It is situated at 588 metres above the Adriatic (1,929 ft), north of the Drava Valley within the Gurktal Alps (Nock Moun ...

and Weissensee, two of the major Carinthian lakes.

Administrative divisions

The district is divided into 33

municipalities A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

, three of them are

town A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world. Origin and use The word "town" shares an ori ...

s and ten of them are

market town A market town is a settlement most common in Europe that obtained by custom or royal charter, in the Middle Ages, a market right, which allowed it to host a regular market; this distinguished it from a village or city. In Britain, small rural ...

Towns

# Gmünd ( sl, Sovodje; 2,605) #

( sl, links=no, Radenče; 6,620) #

( sl, links=no, Špital ob Dravi; 16,045)

Market towns

(1,911) #

Lurnfeld Lurnfeld is a market town in the district of Spittal an der Drau in the Austrian state of Carinthia. The municipality consists of the two Katastralgemeinden: Möllbrücke and Pusarnitz, comprising several small villages. It is located within t ...

( sl, links=no, Lurnsko polje; 2,718) #

( sl, links=no, Milje; 3,351) # Oberdrauburg ( sl, links=no, Gornji Dravograd; 1,334) #

( sl, links=no, Zgornja Bela; 2,540) #

Rennweg am Katschberg Rennweg am Katschberg is a market town in the district of Spittal an der Drau in Carinthia, Austria. Geography Rennweg is located in the Katsch Valley (''Katschtal'') between the Hohe Tauern range in the west and the Gurktal Alps (Nock Mountai ...

(2,025) #

Sachsenburg Sachsenburg is a market town in the district of Spittal an der Drau in Carinthia, Austria. Geography The municipal area stretches along the valley of the Drava river, where it enters the Lurnfeld plain between the Kreuzeck group of the Hohe Tau ...

(1,438) #

( sl, links=no, Jezernica; 6,045) # Steinfeld ( sl, links=no, Kamen; 2,291) #

( sl, links=no, Kotlje; 1,134)

Municipalities

Bad Kleinkirchheim Bad Kleinkirchheim is a municipality and spa town in the district of Spittal an der Drau, in Carinthia, Austria. Until the middle of the 20th century, agriculture was the dominant focus, but it is now a renowned spa and ski resort. Although recor ...

( sl, links=no, Cirkniške Toplice; 1,863) # Baldramsdorf (1,819) #

Berg im Drautal Berg im Drautal is a village and municipality in the district of Spittal an der Drau in the Austrian state of Carinthia. Geography It is situated in Drava Valley forty kilometers western from Spittal. The municipality is situated between the ...

( sl, links=no, Gora v Dravski dolini; 1,373) # Dellach im Drautal ( sl, links=no, Dole v Dravski dolini; 1,769) #

Flattach Flattach ( sl, Blato) is a municipality in Spittal an der Drau District in the Austrian state of Carinthia. Geography It is located in the valley of the Möll, a left tributary to the Drava, between the Goldberg and the Kreuzeck groups of the ...

(1,373) # Großkirchheim ( sl, links=no, Veliko Cirkno; 1,606) # Heiligenblut( sl, links=no, Sveta Kri) (1,185) # Irschen ( sl, links=no, Rženo; 2,080) #

Kleblach-Lind Kleblach-Lind is a town in the district of Spittal an der Drau in the Austrian state of Carinthia. Geography Kleblach-Lind lies on the east end of the upper Drau valley, about 10 km as the crow flies from Spittal an der Drau Spittal an der ...

(1,299) # Krems in Kärnten (2,157) #

Lendorf Lendorf is a municipality in the district of Spittal an der Drau in the Austrian state of Carinthia. Geography It consists of the '' Katastralgemeinden'' Lendorf and Hühnersberg. History Situated in the Drava valley west of Spittal an der Drau ...

(1,776) #

Mallnitz Mallnitz is a municipality in the Spittal an der Drau District in Carinthia, Austria. Geography It is situated in a high valley of the Hohe Tauern mountain range stretching southwards down to Obervellach on the Möll river and separating the ...

( sl, links=no, Malnice; 1,027) #

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(2,185) # Mörtschach ( sl, links=no, Morče; 942) #

Mühldorf Mühldorf am Inn (Central Bavarian: ''Muihdorf am Inn'') is a town in Bavaria, Germany, and the capital of the district Mühldorf on the river Inn. It is located at , and had a population of about 17,808 in 2005. History During the Middle Ages, ...

( sl, links=no, Mlina Vas; 963) # Rangersdorf (1,805) #

Reißeck Reißeck is a municipality in the district of Spittal an der Drau in Carinthia, Austria. Geography Situated within the valley of the Möll river, a tributary to the Drava, Reißeck is located about northwest of the district capital Spittal an ...

( sl, links=no, Rajžek; 2,521) # Stall (1,868) #

Trebesing Trebesing is a town in the district of Spittal an der Drau (district), Spittal an der Drau in the Austrian state of Carinthia (state), Carinthia. Geography Trebesing lies within the valley of the Lieser river in upper Carinthia not far from the n ...

( sl, links=no, Trebežinče; 1,263) # Weißensee ( sl, links=no, Belo jezero; 788) (Population figures as of May 15, 2001) {{DEFAULTSORT:Spittal An Der Drau (District) Districts of Carinthia (state)