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Sankt Urban Location in Austria
Country	Austria
State	Carinthia
District	Feldkirchen
Area
• Total	27.27 km2 (10.53 sq mi)
Elevation	792 m (2,598 ft)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	9554
Website	www.sturban.at

Sankt Urban is a town in the district of Feldkirchen in the Austrian state of Carinthia.

Geography

Sankt Urban lies in the Gurktal Alps in north-central Carinthia, about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) northeast of Feldkirchen on St. Urban Lake. The lowest point is at 520 metres (1,710 ft) in the Glan valley and the highest at 1,338 m (4,390 ft) on the Hocheck.

Nature

Dobra Moor

The Dobra moor (also called Jakobi or Freundsamer moor) is located at an altitude of 902 m above sea level. Surrounded by numerous gently rolling hills, such as the Gößeberg, Paulsberg and Illmitzer forest, it boasts a rich plant life which is typical of moors. This bog hosts a rare kind of Nordic Birch, a relic from the ice age which was first discovered in Carinthia in 1922.

Neighboring municipalities

Steuerberg		Frauenstein
		Liebenfels
Feldkirchen in Kärnten		Glanegg