Eberndorf

Eberndorf
Eberndorf
Country Austria
State Carinthia
District Völkermarkt
Mayor Josef Pfeifer
Area 67.61 km2 (26 sq mi)
Elevation 516 m  (1693 ft)
Population 5,938 (1 January 2011)[1]
 - Density 88 /km2 (227 /sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal code 9141
Area code 04236
Website www.eberndorf.at

Eberndorf (Slovene: Dobrla vas, archaically Dobrla ves) is a town and summer resort in the district of Völkermarkt in Carinthia in Austria, the main town in the Jaun Valley (German: Jauntal), southeast of Lake Klopein.

As of the 2001 census 9% of the population was Carinthian Slovenes. It is the birthplace of the Slovene novelist Mimi Malenšek and the hometown of the prominent lawyer, human rights activist, and politician Rudi Vouk.

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