Seeboden
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 Seeboden
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| Country | Austria |
| State | Carinthia |
| District | Spittal an der Drau |
| Mayor | Wolfgang Klinar (ÖVP) |
| Area | 44.41 km2 (17 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 618 m (2028 ft) |
| Population | 6,156 (1 January 2011)[1] |
| - Density | 139 /km2 (359 /sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Postal code | 9871 |
| Area code | 04762 |
| Website | www.seeboden.at
Coordinates: 46°49′0″N 13°31′0″E / 46.816667°N 13.516667°E |
Seeboden (Slovene: Jezernica ) is a village and municipality in the Spittal an der Drau district in Carinthia, Austria, EU.
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[edit] Geography
[edit] Location
Seeboden is located at the western end of the Millstätter See immediately next to the district capital Spittal an der Drau.
[edit] Divisions
Seeboden consists of four divisions: Lieseregg, Lieserhofen, Seeboden and Treffling. There are 22 places in the area (population in 2001 in parentheses):
- Am Tschiernock (0)
- Kötzing (108)
- Karlsdorf (155)
- Kolm (58)
- Kras (98)
- Liedweg (69)
- Lieserbrücke (815)
- Lieseregg (3)
- Lieserhofen (547)
- Litzldorf (23)
- Lurnbichl (227)
- Muskanitzen (38)
- Pirk (103)
- Raufen (5)
- Sankt Wolfgang (33)
- Schloßau (87)
- Seebach (78)
- Seeboden (2783)
- Tangern (192)
- Trasischk (36)
- Treffling (468)
- Unterhaus (119)
Seeboden also contains Wirlsdorf, the nationally-famous tourism resort.
[edit] History
Up to 1850, the places in Seeboden belonged to the lands of Sommeregg, which was originally owned by the local inhabitants and had been called Lodron in Gmünd since 1651. The areas of Seeboden and Treffling were united in 1870, whereas Lieserhofen stayed as a separate area until 1973.
Originally, most of the areas were rural with little industry or trade. In recent decades, foreign traffic has become the most important trade area in Seeboden.
From 1998 to 2010 the World Bodypainting Festival was held in Seeboden. The new venue is Pörtschach at lake Wörthersee.[2]
[edit] Population
According to the 2001 census, Seeboden has 6045 inhabitants, of which 91.4% are Austrian citizens, 1.9% are from Germany and 1.8% are from Bosnia and Herzegovina. 64.8% of the population are Roman Catholics, 25.9% are Evangelists and 2.2% are Muslims. 5.6% of the population do not subscribe to any religion.
[edit] Culture and sights
[edit] Buildings
[edit] Museums
[edit] Regular events
- Knight plays at the Sommeregg castle
- Spring concert in Seeboden chapel (on Saturday before Mothers' Day)
- Peter and Paul Festival in Wilsdorf on June 29
[edit] Others
- Millstätter See ship cruises
- Many parks and lawn areas
[edit] Politics
[edit] Council
The town council has 27 members, and since the election in 2009 the distribution is as follows:
- 11 Alliance for the Future of Austria (BZÖ)
- 11 Austrian People's Party (ÖVP)
- 4 Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ)
- 1 Austrian Freedom Party (FPÖ)
[edit] Coat of arms
The coat of arms binds Seeboden's location on the Millstätter See shore (blue background and gold mermaid) with the local government history (red and silver shield of the Count of Ortenburg). It was given to the town on April 30 1970 by the Carinthian state administration. The description states:
- A gold mermaid on a blue shield, carrying a red shield in her arms, which contains a red wing on a silver background between two silver wings on a red background.
The town flag is red, blue and yellow with its own coat of arms.
[edit] Famous natives
- Otto Eder (1924-1982), sculptor
- Thomas Morgenstern (born 1986), Olympic-winning ski jumper
- Hannelore Gigler (born 1954), bobsleigh rider
- Herbert Haupt (born 1947), politician
- Eva Glawischnig-Piesczek (born 1969), politician
[edit] References
[edit] Notes
- ^ Statistik Austria - Bevölkerung zu Jahres- und Quartalsanfang, 2011-01-01.
- ^ Pörtschach wird in den nächsten drei Jahren bunt In: Kleine Zeitung, 20 September 2010, accessed on 15 February 2011
