Obermillstatt
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Municipality
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Millstatt
Millstatt
Millstatt is a market town in Carinthia, Austria. Within the Central Eastern Alps it is situated on a peninsula on the northern shore of the Lake Millstatt, in the district of Spittal an der Drau....
in the district of Spittal an der Drau
Spittal an der Drau (district)
The Bezirk Spittal an der Drau is an administrative district in Carinthia, Austria.Area of the district is 2,763.99 km², population is 81,719 , and population density 30 persons per km². It is Austria's second largest district by area...
in Carinthia
Carinthia (state)
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in Austria
Austria
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/ EU
European Union
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. The village with a Roman Catholic
Roman Catholic Church
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church dedicate to John the Baptist
John the Baptist
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lies on the Millstätter Berg, 857 m above sea level on a plateau about 150 m above sea Lake Millstatt
Millstätter See
-General facts:Lake Millstatt is situated in the Central Eastern Alps, near the town of Spittal an der Drau. With a surface area of it is the second largest lake of Carinthia , though with by far the deepest and most voluminous. Its steep shore gives the lake a fjord-like character...
at the foot of the Millstätter Alpe, which are part of the Nockberge. It's reachable about B 98 highway of Millstatt (2 km) or via L 17 over Dellach or Seeboden
Seeboden
Seeboden is a village and municipality in the Spittal an der Drau district in Carinthia, Austria, EU.-Geography:-Location:Seeboden is located at the western end of the Millstätter See immediately next to the district capital Spittal an der Drau....
(distance to the Tauern motorway A10 / node-Millstätter Spittal lake 9 km). Immediately adjacent places are Lammersdorf and Kleindombra.
As the settlements surrounding the village with 492 inhabitants is a structured recreational farming village. Because of the lack of local undertakings commute a large proportion of the working population. A major employer since 1907 is the Magnesitwerk (RHI Refractories) in thirteen kilometers away place Radenthein
Radenthein
Radenthein is a town in the district of Spittal an der Drau in the Austrian state of Carinthia. It is situated in the Gegend valley of the Nock Mountains region of the Central Eastern Alps, north-east of Lake Millstatt. The municipality also includes the cadastral communes of Döbriach, Kaning,...
. The Magnesite
Magnesite
Magnesite is magnesium carbonate, MgCO3. Iron substitutes for magnesium with a complete solution series with siderite, FeCO3. Calcium, manganese, cobalt, and nickel may also occur in small amounts...
on the Millstätter Alpe is part of the area of cadastral municipality Obermillstatt. 84 years long, from 1889 to 1973, was Obermillstatt an independent municipality.