Hermagor-Pressegger See is the administrative centre of the Hermagor district in the Austria

Austria

Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...

n state of Carinthia

Carinthia (state)

Carinthia is the southernmost Austrian state or Land. Situated within the Eastern Alps it is chiefly noted for its mountains and lakes.The main language is German. Its regional dialects belong to the Southern Austro-Bavarian group...

. The town

Town

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 is named after Saint Hermagoras

Hermagoras of Aquileia

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, the first bishop of Aquileia.

Location

Hermagor is located in the Gail River

Gail River

Gail is the name of a river in the Southern Limestone Alps of southern Austria, a right tributary of the Drava River.Originating in the Tyrolean municipality of Obertilliach, it flows from west to east, reaching Carinthia in Lesachtal, running through the Gail Valley parallel to the borders with...

 Valley within the Southern Limestone Alps

Southern Limestone Alps

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 at the northern foot of the Carnic Alps

Carnic Alps

The Carnic Alps are a range of the Southern Limestone Alps in East Tyrol, Carinthia, South Tyrol and Friuli . They extend from east to west for about between the Gail River, a tributary of the Drava and the Tagliamento, forming the border between Austria and Italy.They are named after the Roman...

, not far from the border to Italy

Italy

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. It covers an area of 204.84 km². The actual Pressegger See

Pressegger See

Pressegger See is a lake of Carinthia, Austria....

 is nearby, one of the warmest in Austria.

Municipal arrangement

Hermagor-Pressegger See is divided into the following boroughs:

• Tröpolach (Slovenian Drobolje or Dobropolje)
• Egg (Brdo)
• Görtschach (Goriče)
• Guggenberg
• Hermagor (Šmohor, earlier also Trg)
• Khünburg
• Mitschig (Mičiče or Semičiče)
• Möderndorf (Modra vas)
• Möschach
• Nampolach (Napole)
• Rattendorf (Radnja vas)
• Watschig (Vačiče)
• Vellach (Bela)
• Neudorf (Genialovizo)

It is further divided into the following districts:

Achleiten (4),
Aigen (4),
Bergl (24),
Braunitzen (12) (Boronica),
Brugg (31) (Moste),
Burgstall (9),
Danz (26),
Dellach (94) (Dole),
Egg (178) (Brdo),
Eggforst (10),
Förolach (162),
Fritzendorf (58) (Limarče),
Görtschach (173),
Götzing (22) (Gocina),
Grafenau (0) (Kazla),
Grünburg (70),
Guggenberg (34),
Hermagor (1.527) (Šmohor),
Jenig (178) (Jenik),
Kameritsch (80) (Kamerče),
Khünburg (247),
Kleinbergl (30),
Kraß (14),
Kraschach (57) (Krošani),
Kreuth ob Möschach (19) (Rut(e)),
Kreuth ob Mellweg (60) (Rut(e)),
Kreuth ob Rattendorf (76) (Rute(e)),
Kühweg (202),
Kühwegboden (156),
Latschach (86) (Loče),
Liesch (7),
Möderndorf (223) (Modrinja vas/ves),
Mellach (49) (Mele),
Mellweg (45) (Melviče, Maloviše),
Micheldorf (167) (Velika vas/ves),
Mitschig (79) (Mičiče),
Nampolach (27) (Napole),
Neudorf (271),
Neuprießenegg (36),
Obermöschach (38),
Obervellach (243),
Paßriach (143)(Pažirje),
Podlanig (51) (Podlanig),
Postran (123) (Postran),
Potschach (61) (Potoče),
Presseggen (222) (Preseka),
Presseggersee (130) (Preseško jezero),
Radnig (203),
Radnigforst (0),
Rattendorf (343) (Radnja vas) ,
Schinzengraben (26),
Schlanitzen (41) (Zelenica),
Schmidt (1),
Siebenbrünn (2),
Sonnenalpe Naßfeld (27)(Mokrine),
Sonnleitn (17),
Süßenberg (20) (Planja),
Toschehof (0) (Tesinje),
Tröpolach (535) (Dobropolje, Dropolje),
Untermöschach (48),
Untervellach (229),
Watschig (129) (Vočiče),
Wittenig (50),
Zuchen (3) (Suha).

History

This city was populated before Roman times and was first mentioned in a 1169 document. It obtained market town

Market town

Market town or market right is a legal term, originating in the medieval period, for a European settlement that has the right to host markets, distinguishing it from a village and city...

 status in 1288 and obtained city rights in 1930. It was here that Wulfenia carinthiaca

Wulfenia carinthiaca

Wulfenia carinthiaca, commonly named Wulfenia, is a plant of the plantain family. The Wulfenia is endemic to the Gartnerkofel mountain of the Carnic Alps at the Austro-Italian border....

 was discovered by Franz Xaver von Wulfen

Franz Xaver von Wulfen

Baron Franz Xaver von Wulfen was a botanist, mineralogist, alpinist, and Jesuit priest. He is credited with discovering Wulfenia carinthiaca and the lead molybdate mineral wulfenite....

 in 1779.

Economy

Most of the economy is tourism, especially skiing in the winter months. Historically, iron ore was found here.

External links

• http://www.hermagor.at/