St. Oswald (Eberstein municipality)

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St. Oswald ( scattered houses )
locality
cadastral community St. Oswald
St. Oswald (Eberstein municipality) (Austria)
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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 ° 49 '8 "  N , 14 ° 35' 17"  E Coordinates: 46 ° 49 '8 "  N , 14 ° 35' 17"  Ef1
height 1020  m above sea level A.
Residents of the village 89 (January 1, 2020)
Building status 104 (2001)
Area  d. KG 13.41 km²
Statistical identification
Locality code 01295
Cadastral parish number 74127
Counting district / district Eberstein area (20504 001)
Source: STAT : index of places ; BEV : GEONAM ; KAGIS
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Gillitzstein castle ruins
Parish church, former elementary school and wayside shrine of Sankt Oswald
Parish Church of Sankt Oswald

Sankt Oswald is a cadastral community of Eberstein and a village on the western slope of the Saualpe in the Görtschitztal in Carinthia . The place is 1020 meters above sea level and has 133 inhabitants (as of 2001).

panorama

In the south, the eye of the beholder sees the fortified church of Hochfeistritz , further to the right the southern Görtschitztal with the castle in the market town of Eberstein and in a westerly direction the ruins of Hornburg protrude from the wooded mountain peak.

Parish Church of Saint Oswald

The single-nave building with a late Gothic choir was first mentioned in a document in 1369. Restorations took place in 1880, 1929 and 2000.

Former elementary school

Sankt Oswald number 15 . The single-storey wooden structure erected in 1893 stands over a wall base and was designed by Michael Wank. There was teaching there for 90 years (1895 to 1985) and in 1995 the dark brown wooden house was adapted.

Gillitzstein ruins

The Gillitzstein ruins are located on a slope north of Eberstein towards Sankt Oswald. The remains of a small, predominantly modern castle can be seen over a rectangular floor plan. It was the trade headquarters of the Gillitzstein raft furnace and blast furnace company .

Matschnig cross

The cross from the end of the 18th century can be found at vulgo Matschnig.

swell

Three springs are known in the area: "Kuppler-Brunn", "Steinmar" and "Larensack".

literature

  • Dehio Handbook Carinthia . Verlag Anton Schroll, Vienna 2001, ISBN 3-7031-0712-X , p. 790.