Stockenboi ( sl, Štokboj) is a municipality in the district of
Villach-Land
Bezirk Villach-Land is a district of the state of
Carinthia in Austria.
Municipalities
Towns (''Städte'') are indicated in boldface; market towns (''Marktgemeinden'') in ''italics''; suburbs, hamlets and other subdivisions of a municipality a ...
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
The municipal area is situated in a valley of the
Gailtal Alps , ''Drauzug''
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, stretching from the
River up to Lake
Weissensee. It comprises the
cadastral communities Stockenboi, Tragail, Wiederschwing, and Ziebl.
History
About 600 the valley was settled by Romanised
Celts
The Celts (, see pronunciation for different usages) or Celtic peoples () are. "CELTS location: Greater Europe time period: Second millennium B.C.E. to present ancestry: Celtic a collection of Indo-European peoples. "The Celts, an ancien ...
backing away from the migration of
Alpine Slavs The settlement of the Eastern Alps region by early Slavs took place during the 6th to 8th centuries.
It is part of the southward expansion of the early Slavs which would result in the characterization of the South Slavic group, and would ultimatel ...
moving up the Drava Valley. Part of the Upper
Carinthian ''Lurngau'', the estates from about 1135 were held by the local
Counts of Ortenburg. After the extinction of the Ortenburg dynasty in 1418, their inheritance passed to the
Counts of Celje
The Counts of Celje ( sl, Celjski grofje) or the Counts of Cilli (german: Grafen von Cilli; hu, cillei grófok) were the most influential late medieval noble dynasty on the territory of present-day Slovenia. Risen as vassals of the Habsburg duk ...
and finally to the
Habsburg dukes of Carinthia in 1456.
In 1518, at the behest of the Habsburg ruler
Maximilian I Maximilian I may refer to:
*Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor, reigned 1486/93–1519
*Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria, reigned 1597–1651
*Maximilian I, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1636-1689)
*Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria, reigned 1795� ...
, Stockenboi and its extended forests were merged with neighbouring
Paternion into an autonomous lordship (''
Herrschaft''), originally held by the House of
Dietrichstein
The House of Dietrichstein was the name of one of the oldest and most prominent Austrian noble families originating from Carinthia. The family belonged to the High Nobility, the Hochadel. The Nikolsburg (Mikulov) branch was elevated to the rank ...
. In 1599 it was acquired by the
Khevenhüller noble family which however had to emigrate in the course of the
Counter-Reformation in 1629.
After the
Revolutions of 1848
The Revolutions of 1848, known in some countries as the Springtime of the Peoples or the Springtime of Nations, were a series of political upheavals throughout Europe starting in 1848. It remains the most widespread revolutionary wave in Euro ...
, the communities of Stockenboi, Wiederschwing and Ziebl emerged from the former lordship. The present-day municipality was established in 1865.
References
Cities and towns in Villach-Land District
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