Seeboden

Seeboden
Seeboden
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

Seeboden (Slovene: Jezernica ) is a village and municipality in the Spittal an der Drau district in Carinthia, Austria, EU.

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Geography

Location

Seeboden is located at the western end of the Millstätter See immediately next to the district capital Spittal an der Drau.

Divisions

Seeboden consists of four divisions: Lieseregg, Lieserhofen, Seeboden and Treffling. There are 22 places in the area (population in 2001 in parentheses):

Seeboden also contains Wirlsdorf, the nationally-famous tourism resort.

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]

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.

Culture and sights

Buildings

Museums

Regular events

Others

Politics

Council

The town council has 27 members, and since the election in 2009 the distribution is as follows:

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.

Famous natives

References

Notes

  1. ^ Statistik Austria - Bevölkerung zu Jahres- und Quartalsanfang, 2011-01-01.
  2. ^ Pörtschach wird in den nächsten drei Jahren bunt In: Kleine Zeitung, 20 September 2010, accessed on 15 February 2011

External links

Municipalities in the district of Spittal an der Drau