Zollfeld
The Zollfeld (Slov. Gosposvetsko polje ) is a fertile plain in Carinthia in southern Austria . It is an extension of the Klagenfurt Basin north of Klagenfurt and extends to Sankt Veit an der Glan , the former state capital. The Zollfeld is traversed by the Glan and is one of the oldest cultural landscapes in Carinthia. For a long time it was the cultural and political center of the ancient Roman province of Noricum , the Principality of Carantania, dominated by Alpine Slavs, and later Carinthia.
In the southeast of the plain is the place Maria Saal , a little north at the foot of the Magdalensberg you can still find the ruins of Virunum , the capital of the province of Noricum. The first known settlements date back to the Hallstatt period , as finds on Maria Saaler Berg show. Since then the area has been populated in every epoch. Around 830, a Carolingian palace was built at the foot of the Ulrichsberg , today's Karnburg .
The name "Zollfeld" comes from the time around 976, when the Duchy of Carinthia gained independence after separating from the Duchy of Bavaria . Two important monuments that played a role in the establishment of the Carinthian duke have survived from this period . These are the Herzogstuhl , originally a tombstone of a resident of the ancient Roman Virunum, and the Fürstenstein in Karnburg, which is now in the great coat of arms hall of the country house in Klagenfurt.
In the Zollfeld north of Maria Saal and a little west of the Klagenfurt expressway S37, a corn maze was offered for several summers around 2010 .
Web links
- Entry on Zollfeld in the Austria Forum (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )
Coordinates: 46 ° 43 ′ 20 ″ N , 14 ° 22 ′ 11 ″ E