Tax District Grades

The tax district of Grades was one of the 89 districts of the province of Carinthia in the first half of the 19th century . It comprised the four tax communities of Grades , Feistritz , Metnitz and Metnitztal with a total area of ​​41,863 Österreichischen Joch (about 241 km²). The district thus corresponded to the area of ​​today's market town of Metnitz plus those areas that were created in the 20th century by the former municipalities of Grades (area around Zienitzen , 1915; today part of the municipality of Friesach ) and Metnitz (area around Flattnitz , 1973; today part of the municipality Glödnitz ) were assigned to other communities. In 1847 the district had 3477 inhabitants.

The district was named after the capital Grades with the castle of the same name .

In the course of the reforms after the revolution of 1848/49, the tax districts were dissolved. The tax communities that had previously belonged to the tax district of Grades were organized into two political communities ( Metnitz , Grades ) and assigned to the new political district of Sankt Veit .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Joseph Wagner: The Duchy of Carinthia, geographically and historically represented and all relationships and peculiarities . Joseph Sigmund'sche Buchhandlung, Klagenfurt 1847. p. 39.