Hochfeistritz
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Hochfeistritz ( scattered houses ) locality cadastral community Hochfeistritz |
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| Basic data | |||
| Pole. District , state | Sankt Veit an der Glan (SV), Carinthia | ||
| Judicial district | Sankt Veit an der Glan | ||
| Pole. local community | Eberstein | ||
| Coordinates | 46 ° 46 '52 " N , 14 ° 35' 42" E | ||
| height | 968 m above sea level A. | ||
| Residents of the village | 73 (January 1, 2020) | ||
| Building status | 32 (2001) | ||
| Area d. KG | 9.49 km² | ||
| Statistical identification | |||
| Locality code | 01290 | ||
| Cadastral parish number | 74110 | ||
| Counting district / district | Eberstein area (20504 001) | ||
| Source: STAT : index of places ; BEV : GEONAM ; KAGIS | |||
Hochfeistritz is a village in Carinthia, 989 meters above sea level , at the foot of the Saualpe . It has 85 inhabitants (as of 2001 census) and today belongs to the municipality of Eberstein . The parish and pilgrimage church of Our Lady is dominant , the oldest documented mentions of which date from 1319 and 1383. The original church was destroyed by a lightning strike in 1414; today's building was erected in its place between 1446 and 1491 and expanded into a fortified church in the course of the Turkish wars in the second half of the 15th century . The high weir system served the residents of the Görtschitztal as a place of refuge. The complex has surrounding walls, a gate tower and a wall tower as well as a battlement and loopholes .
literature
- Matthias Maierbrugger: The God's castle of Hochfeistritz . Kärntner Bauernkalender, Klagenfurt 1996, pp. 96–97
- Reinhard Weidl: Hochfeistritz, Carinthia . Series title: Christian Art Centers Austria, Verlag St. Peter, Salzburg 1991
