Kartitsch is a municipality in the district of
Lienz
Lienz (; Southern Bavarian: ''Lianz'') is a medieval town in the Austrian state of Tyrol. It is the administrative centre of the Lienz district, which covers all of East Tyrol. The municipality also includes the cadastral subdivision of ''Pat ...
in the
Austria
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n state of
Tyrol
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.
Geography
Kartitsch lies on both sides of the
Gail River, near its confluence with the
Puster Valley
The Puster Valley ( ; , ) is one of the largest longitudinal valleys in the Alps that runs in an east-west direction between Lienz in East Tyrol, Austria, and Mühlbach near Brixen in South Tyrol, Italy. The South Tyrolean municipalities of th ...
. The municipal area of Kartitsch is bounded in the north of the western foothills of the Lienzer Dolomites and to the south of the
Carnic Alps
The Carnic Alps (; ; ; ) are a range of the Southern Limestone Alps in Austria and northeastern Italy. They are within Austrian East Tyrol and Carinthia, and Italian Friuli (Province of Udine) and marginally in Veneto.
Etymology
They are ...
, which contains the border with
Italy
Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Peninsula, a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land b ...
. The municipality contains villages, such as Sankt Oswald. It lies near other Austrian municipalities, such as
Abfaltersbach
Abfaltersbach is a municipality in the district of Lienz in the Austria
Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine Federal states of Austria, ...
,
Anras,
Heinfels
Heinfels is a municipality in the district of Lienz in the Austrian state of Tyrol
Tyrol ( ; historically the Tyrole; ; ) is a historical region in the Alps of Northern Italy and western Austria. The area was historically the core of the C ...
,
Obertilliach
Obertilliach is a municipality in the district of Lienz District, Lienz, in the Austria, Austrian state of Tyrol (state), Tyrol.
Geography
It is located in East Tyrol, in a high valley of the upper Gail (river), Gail River east of the Kartitsch ...
,
Sillian
Sillian is a market town in the district of Lienz, in the Austrian state of Tyrol.
Geography
The municipality, at a height of about , is the main settlement in the East Tyrolean '' Hochpustertal'', the eastern part of the Puster Valley, stretch ...
, and
Strassen.
Population
Coat of arms
The coat of arms of the Kartitsch is a rising golden crescent on a blue field. In 1465, the
Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor
Frederick III (German language, German: ''Friedrich III,'' 21 September 1415 – 19 August 1493) was Holy Roman Emperor from 1452 until his death in 1493. He was the penultimate emperor to be Coronation of the Holy Roman Emperor, crowned by the p ...
, awarded the coat of arms to
Hans and
Jacob Wiser, leading men of the municipality.
Tourism
Both tourism and agriculture form the basis of the local economy. In 2003, Kartitsch had 84,000 visitor-nights. Local points of interest include:
*The Parish Church of St. Leonhard: a Gothic church completed in 1479, with a high altar from the years 1761–1763.
*The 'Our Lady' Church: built in 1680 to 1685, one of the notable early Baroque churches in the area. The stucco frames came from the workshop of Gallus Apeller in Innsbruck. The Church is located in
Hollbruck.
References
External links
Cities and towns in Lienz District
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