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Keutschach am See
Keutschach Pfarrkirche heilier Georg Kirchturmspitze 19062010 31.jpg
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Keutschach am See is located in Austria
Keutschach am See
Keutschach am See
Location in Austria
Country Austria
State Carinthia
District Klagenfurt-Land
Area
 • Total 28.36 km2 (10.95 sq mi)
Elevation
535 m (1,755 ft)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
9074
Area code 04273
Website Tourism-Homepage Official Homepage: http://www.keutschach-see.gv.at

Keutschach am See (Slovene: Hodiše ob jezeru) is a municipality in the district of Klagenfurt-Land in the Austrian state of Carinthia.

Geography

The municipality lies in a glacial valley between the Wörthersee Lake and Mt. Pyramidenkogel on the north and the summits of the Sattnitz range on the south. It lies on the east bank of the Keutschacher See, about 15 km (9.3 mi) west of the state capital, Klagenfurt. Other nearby lakes include Hafnersee, Baßgeigensee, and Rauschelesee. Large parts of the valley since 1970 form a protected landscape area.

Populated places

The municipality of Keutschach am See consists of the following cadastral communities: Keutschach (Hodiše), Plescherken (Plešerka), and St. Nikolai (Šmiklavž); while further subdivided into populated places (with population in brackets as of 1 January 2022).

Population

According to the 2001 census 5.6% of the population are Carinthian Slovenes.

Village (German) Village (Slovenian) Number of
People (1991)
Percent of
Slovenes (1991)
Percent of
Slovenes (1951)
Dobein Dobajna 38 26.3% 81.0%
Höflein Dvorec 138 10.1% 96.1%
Plaschischen Plašišče 106 14.2% 51.9%
Plescherken Plešerka 188 23.9% 28.7%
Pertitschach Prtiče 150 13.3% 81.5%
Rauth Rut 236 14.8% 76.3%
St.Margarethen Šmarjeta 64 12.1% 92.3%
St.Nikolai Šmiklavž 61 19.7% 97.6%
Keutschach Hodiše 260 4.2% 38.8%
Leisbach Ležbe 96 1% 59.7%
Linden Lipa 121 4.1% 81.9%
Dobeinitz Dobajnica
Höhe Na Gori
Reauz Rjavec
Schelesnitz Železnica

History

Keutschach Schloss 21062007 01
New Castle, seat of the municipal office
Keutschach am See - Aussichtsturm Pyramidenkogel (b)
Pyramidenkogel Tower with Wörthersee in the background

Chodesach in the Duchy of Carinthia was first mentioned in an 1150 deed. The estates were the ancestral seat of the Keutschach noble family, documented since 1299, whose most noted scion was Leonhard von Keutschach (c.1442–1519), Prince-Archbishop of Salzburg from 1495 until his death. In the early 16th century, the dynasty had a Renaissance castle erected, which later was replaced by a nearby Baroque building, called the "New Castle" (Neues Schloss), finished in 1679 and rebuilt under the Orsini-Rosenberg noble family in the 18th century.

For centuries, agriculture was the most practised economic system until summer tourism became more and more important during the 20th century. Nowadays tourism is the biggest source of income in this town.

See also

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