Velden am Wörther See

Velden am Wörthersee
Velden am Wörthersee
	Velden Bay
	Coat of arms
	Velden am Wörthersee Location within Austria
	Coordinates: 46°36′N 14°2′E / 46.600°N 14.033°E
Country	Austria
State	Carinthia
District	Villach-Land
Government
• Mayor	Ferdinand Vouk (SPÖ)
Area
• Total	52.97 km2 (20.45 sq mi)
Elevation	460 m (1,510 ft)
Population (2018-01-01)
• Total	8,954
• Density	170/km2 (440/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	9220
Area code	04274
Website	www.velden.gv.at

Velden am Wörthersee (Slovene: Vrba na Koroškem) is a market town in Villach-Land District, in the Austrian state of Carinthia. Situated on the western shore of the Wörthersee lake, it is one of the country's most popular holiday resorts.

Geography

The municipal area of Velden is subdivided into eight Katastralgemeinden (cadastral communities): Augsdorf, Duel, Kerschdorf ob Velden, Köstenberg, Latschach an der Drau, Lind ob Velden, St. Egyden, and Velden am Wörther See – which include 30 villages:

Aich (Dob)
Augsdorf (Loga Vas)
Bach (Potok)
Dieschitz (Deščice)
Dröschitz (Trešiče)
Duel (Dole)
Fahrendorf
Göriach (Gorje)
Kantnig (Konatiče)
Kerschdorf (Črešnje)
Köstenberg (Kostanje)
Kranzlhofen (Dvor)
Latschach (Loče)
Lind ob Velden (Lipa)
Oberdorf (Zgornja vas)
Oberjeserz (Zgornje Jezerce)
Oberwinklern (Vogliče)
Pulpitsch (Polpače)
Rajach (Sreje)
Saisserach (Zajzare)
St. Egyden (Šentilj)
Selpritsch (Žoprače)
Sonnental
Sternberg (Šentjurij na Strmcu)
Treffen (Trebinja)
Unterjeserz (Spodnje Jezerce)
Unterwinklern (Spodnje Vogliče)
Velden am Wörther See (Vrba)
Weinzierl (Vinare)
Wurzen (Koren)

History

Originally a mansio on the Roman road between Villach (Sanctium) and Virunum, it was first mentioned in a 1263 deed as Campus (field, pasture - German: Feld) and in 1410 as Velben. In medieval times it belonged to the estates of the Hohenwart Castle, seat of the Counts of Celje, the Counts of Ortenburg, the Knightly Order of Saint George in Millstatt Abbey, and finally the Austrian House of Habsburg.

In 1545, the Protestant Khevenhüller noble family had acquired the lands of Landskron and Velden, where Bartlmä Khevenhüller (1539–1613) from 1585 had a Renaissance manor house built. His descendants were expelled from the Habsburg lands in the course of the Counter-Reformation in 1639, and the castle then fell to the noble House of Dietrichstein. Decayed and demolished by a fire, it was rebuilt in 1892 as a hotel called Schloss Velden. Later an estate of Gunter Sachs, it was the filming location for the popular 1990-1992 German-Austrian TV series Ein Schloß am Wörthersee starring Schlager singer Roy Black.

Politics

Seats in the municipal assembly (Gemeinderat) as of 2009 elections^{[out of date]}:

Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ): 14
Freedom Party in Carinthia (FPÖ): 7
Austrian People's Party (ÖVP): 5
Unity List: 1

Image gallery

Seepromenade by the Lake Wörth in Velden
"Hotel Carinthia", designed by architect Franz Baumgartner in 1924
The Casino Velden
South view of the "Hotel Kointsch", designed by architect Franz Baumgartner in 1909
Villa Gessenharter, designed by architect Franz Baumgartner and built in 1930
The town hall
Schloss Velden, lakeside
Seecorso promenade along the Lake Wörth