Feldkirchen district

location
Basic data
state	Carinthia
NUTS III region	AT-212
Administrative headquarters	Feldkirchen in Carinthia
surface	559 km²
Residents	29,902 (January 1, 2020)
Population density	53 inhabitants / km²
License Plate	FE
District Commission
District Captain	Dietmar Stückler
website	BH Feldkirchen
map

The Feldkirchen district is a political district in the state of Carinthia .

history

It has existed since January 1, 1982. Before that, the municipalities had been assigned to the Klagenfurt-Land district from 1850 , from October 1, 1903 until the formation of an independent district, Feldkirchen was a political branch , which assigned a large part of all competencies for direct execution got, but was bound by instructions to the Klagenfurt district captain.

geography

The district is located in the Gurktal Alps in northern Carinthia, where it borders on the federal state of Styria . It includes the uppermost Gurktal and extends in the southeast into the Klagenfurt Basin , in the southwest to the Ossiacher See . With 558.56 km² it is the smallest in terms of area - apart from the statutory cities of Klagenfurt and Villach - and the second smallest in terms of population with 29,902 (as of January 1, 2020 ).

Adjacent local authorities

	Murau
Spittal an der Drau		Saint Vitus
Villach , Villach-Land	Klagenfurt-Land	Klagenfurt

administration

The Feldkirchen district is divided into ten communities , including one town and no market town.

Communities in the Feldkirchen district

Legend for the breakdown table

In the cadastral municipalities column , all cadastral municipalities of a municipality are listed. In the brackets the respective area is given in km².

All settlements recorded by Statistics Austria, which also have their own local area code, are listed in the Localities column . In the hierarchy level of the same column, indented to the right, only settlements that consist of at least several houses are shown.

The most important of the abbreviations used are:

M = capital of the municipality
Stt = district
R = Rotte
W = hamlet
D = village
ZH = scattered houses
Sdlg = settlement
Hgr = group of houses
E = single farmstead (only if you have your own local area code)

The complete list of Statistics Austria is in: Topographical settlement identification according to STAT

It should be noted that some places can have different spellings. Thus, cadastral communities can spell themselves differently than localities or communities of the same name.

Source: Statistics Austria - List for Carinthia (PDF)

local community	Slovenian	Ew	km²	Ew / km²	Judicial district	region	Type	Metadata
Albeck		983	99.48	9.9	Feldkirchen		local community	According to code: 21001
Feldkirchen in Carinthia	Trg	14,270	77.53	184	Feldkirchen		urban community	Acc. To code: 21002
Glanegg		1,796	25.18	71	Feldkirchen		local community	According to code: 21003
Gnesau	Knežova	1,026	78.57	13	Feldkirchen	Gurktal	local community	Acc. To code: 21004
Himmelberg		2,273	56.88	40	Feldkirchen	Tiebeltal	local community	Acc. To code: 21005
Ossiach	Osoje	844	17.37	49	Feldkirchen	South shore of Ossiacher See	local community	Acc. To code: 21006
Reichenau		1,765	113.99	15th	Feldkirchen	Gurktal Alps	local community	Acc. To code: 21007
Santa Urban		1,527	27.24	56	Feldkirchen	Gurktal Alps	local community	Acc. To code: 21008
Steindorf am Ossiacher See		3,808	29.55	129	Feldkirchen	North shore of Ossiacher See	local community	Acc. To code: 21009
Steuerberg		1,610	32.78	49	Feldkirchen	Gurktal Alps	local community	According to code: 21010

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population

Population development

The Feldkirchen district has 29,967 inhabitants (as of 2018). The main settlement areas are the Glan Valley and the area along the main traffic connection from north to south. The district has had a strongly positive population development over the past decades. Only in recent years has there been a slight decline. However, by 2030 the population will decline more strongly, a decrease of 2% compared to 2018 is expected.

income

The average income in Feldkirchen is below the average of Carinthia and below that of Austria. In contrast, the unemployment rate is significantly below that of Carinthia and, since 2016, also below that of Austria. It is striking that youth unemployment is relatively high. In contrast, the number of long-term unemployed is far below the average in Carinthia and Austria and is falling contrary to the national trend.

Average income in euros

Unemployment rate in percent

Share of long-term unemployed in percent

Share of young unemployed in percent

Commute

The Feldkirchen district has a high proportion of out- commuters who work in the central Carinthian area with the cities of Klagenfurt and Villach . In 2014 this was 45% of those in employment , while around 25% commuted from other districts.

Turracher See in winter

economy

The economic focal points of the Feldkirchen district are industry and tourism . Around 80% of the 7,600 employed work in small and medium-sized enterprises. In tourism there is a focus on summer tourism around the Ossiacher See and in winter with the Turracher Höhe ski area .

Economic structure

There is a strong manufacturing sector in the district with particularly strong construction . In the primary sector , agriculture and forestry , 1.5% of the workforce is employed, slightly more than the Carinthian average.

Feldkirchen

Carinthia

Spruce forests near Ebene Reichenau

Agriculture and Forestry

With 9%, the Feldkirchen district has the third largest share of alpine forage areas of all Carinthian districts after Spittal / Drau (59%) and Hermagor (10%). The cattle population is also above the Carinthian average with 16,950 animals.

In 2017 the logging totaled 133,710 cubic meters , of which over 93% was coniferous wood .

Industry, manufacturing, manufacturing of goods

The companies with the most employees are (as of 2016):

Industrial companies	Employees
Haslinger Stahlbau GmbH	290
Wech Kärntner Truthahnverarbeitung GmbH	160
Holz Leeb GmbH	150
Embatex AG	90
Hirsch Porozell GmbH	90
Global-Bau M&R GmbH	80
Hirsch Maschinenbau GmbH	80
A. Leopold GmbH	70
Schieder Bakery GmbH	60
Civil engineering M&R GmbH	50

Service companies	Employees
Jobzone Personalmanagement GmbH	150
Walcher Security GmbH	120
Bergeralm Hotelbetriebsgesellschaft mbH	110
Hotel Hochschober GmbH	110
Cup Touristic GmbH	100
Sonnenhotel Management GmbH	80
MO Moser Transporte GmbH	70
ara Shoes GmbH	60
Sparkasse Feldkirchen / Carinthia	60
OEBAU Egger Bauland-Baustoffhandel GmbH	50

District capital Feldkirchen

The district capital Feldkirchen is the most important work center; over 60 percent of the district's jobs are here.

Number of establishments per municipality

Ossiacher See

Hochrindl ski area

tourism

Tourism has two centers: Ossiach and Steindorf, due to their location on Lake Ossiach, are the center of summer tourism. The community of Reichenau with the Turracher Höhe ski area is the center of winter tourism. Together with the district capital Feldkirchen, these four communities have over 90% of the overnight stays in the district.

Overnight stays in 2017 Both in summer and winter, guests from abroad predominate:

Overnight stays in the tourism year 2017 (in thousands) The number of overnight stays has remained almost constant in recent years, the Feldkirchen district was unable to take part in the boom in tourism in Carinthia and especially in Austria:

Relative development of overnight stays

Feldkirchen train station

Infrastructure / traffic

The Feldkirchen district is located north of the Carinthian central area with the cities of Klagenfurt and Villach in an inner-Alpine basin.

Railway: A local railway connects the district capital with the Villach railway junction in the west and with St. Veit in the east.
Road: There is no connection to a national transport network, but there is a well-developed road from north to south with connections to Villach in the west and St. Veit in the east.

Individual evidence

↑ Statistics Austria - Population at the beginning of 2002–2020 by municipalities (area status 01/01/2020)
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d AMS district profile 2016, job market profile Feldkirchen. Retrieved February 6, 2019 .
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d WIBIS, Carinthian Economic Development Fund - Feldkirchen district profile 2017. Accessed on February 6, 2019 .
↑ Carinthia Economic Association, Feldkirchen district. Retrieved February 6, 2019 .
^ Province of Carinthia, Agriculture Report 2017. Accessed on February 6, 2019 .
^ Statistics Austria, workplaces and companies. October 31, 2016, accessed February 6, 2019 .
^ Statistics Austria, view of the community, tourism, overnight stays. Retrieved February 6, 2019 .
↑ Carinthia, S042 nights, 2017. Retrieved on February 6, 2019 .

Web links

Commons : Bezirk Feldkirchen - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

46.7285 14.0905Coordinates: 46 ° 44 ' N , 14 ° 5' E

[1] Statistics Austria - Population at the beginning of 2002–2020 by municipalities (area status 01/01/2020)

[:0-2] AMS district profile 2016, job market profile Feldkirchen. Retrieved February 6, 2019 .

[:1-3] WIBIS, Carinthian Economic Development Fund - Feldkirchen district profile 2017. Accessed on February 6, 2019 .

[4] Carinthia Economic Association, Feldkirchen district. Retrieved February 6, 2019 .

[5] Province of Carinthia, Agriculture Report 2017. Accessed on February 6, 2019 .

[6] Statistics Austria, workplaces and companies. October 31, 2016, accessed February 6, 2019 .

[7] Statistics Austria, view of the community, tourism, overnight stays. Retrieved February 6, 2019 .

[8] Carinthia, S042 nights, 2017. Retrieved on February 6, 2019 .