Faaker See Island
| Faaker See Island | ||
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| Waters | Faaker See , Carinthia | |
| Geographical location | 46 ° 34 '31 " N , 13 ° 55' 23" E | |
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| length | 700 m | |
| width | 200 m | |
| surface | 8.04 ha | |
| Highest elevation | 566 m | |
The Faaker-See-Insel is a continuously wooded inland lake island in the Carinthian Faaker See . It has an area of 8.04 hectares and belongs to the municipality of Finkenstein am Faaker See . The island rises a maximum of twelve meters above the water level of the lake and is the overwater part of a sandbank that divides the inland water into its two basins.
In 1970, the Faaker-See-Insel protected area was established - along with two other landscape protection areas in the immediate vicinity . It should serve to preserve the island for posterity.
history
The island had several, partly unknown owners. After Ludwig Wittgenstein's death, the owner from 1918 until his death, the inland lake island and the lake came into the possession of the Bucher and Catasta families.
Even before Wittgenstein was the owner of the island, a former farm had developed into a hotel with the name Wilhelm Schwelle in the early 20th century , in which you can stay in "well-equipped guest rooms", use the bathing establishment and sail boats provided could.
Over time, the hotel complex transformed into the 4-star Inselhotel Faakersee .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Wissenswertes.at. Retrieved on March 26, 2012. ( Memento of the original from November 4, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ history of the island; Website Inselhotel Faakersee. Retrieved on March 26, 2012. ( Memento of the original from March 21, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
