Rennweg am Katschberg is a 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...

 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)

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...

, 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...

. It consists of the Katastralgemeinden Rennweg, St. Peter and Oberdorf.

Geography

Rennweg is located in the Katschtal, the upper part of the valley of the Lieser River

Lieser River

The Lieser is a small river in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, a left tributary of the Moselle. It rises in the Eifel, near Boxberg, north of Daun. The Lieser flows south through Daun, Manderscheid and Wittlich. It flows into the Moselle west of the village of Lieser....

, a tributary of the Drava

Drava

Drava or Drave is a river in southern Central Europe, a tributary of the Danube. It sources in Toblach/Dobbiaco, Italy, and flows east through East Tirol and Carinthia in Austria, into Slovenia , and then southeast, passing through Croatia and forming most of the border between Croatia and...

. Its location on the Katschberg Straße (B99) highway near the Katschbergtunnel, connecting the states of Salzburg

Salzburg (state)

Salzburg is a state or Land of Austria with an area of 7,156 km2, located adjacent to the German border. It is also known as Salzburgerland, to distinguish it from its capital city, also named Salzburg...

 and 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...

, gives its citizens and travelers access to the Tauern Autobahn

Tauern Autobahn

The Tauern Autobahn is an autobahn in Austria. It starts at the Salzburg junction with the Westautobahn , runs southwards, crosses the Tauern mountain range of the Central Eastern Alps and leads to the Süd Autobahn and Karawanken Autobahn at Villach in Carinthia...

 (A 10). The Katschberg

Katschberg Pass

Katschberg Pass is a high mountain pass in the Central Eastern Alps in Austria between Rennweg am Katschberg in the state of Carinthia and Sankt Michael im Lungau in Salzburg....

mountain area is considered one the largest skiing resorts in Carinthia bringing much of Rennweg's reputation.

Nearby establishments

Gmünd, a town in the south of Rennweg, acts as a connecting point between the Liesertal and Maltatal

Maltatal

Maltatal is a valley in Austria in the Austrian Alps. It is known for its ice falls during snow-melt season....

valleys. Spittal an der Drau

Spittal an der Drau

Spittal an der Drau is located in the western part of the Austrian federal state of Carinthia and the administrative centre of the federal state's second largest district, Spittal an der Drau. It lies between the Lurnfeld area and the Lower Drava Valley. The city consists of the seven...

, the district's centre, is located in the southeast of Gmünd.

The Millstätter See

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...

, a nearby lake acts as an attraction for tourists.

By traveling further south on the Autobahn the city of Villach

Villach

Villach is the second largest city in the Carinthia state in the southern Austria, at the Drava River and represents an important traffic junction for Austria and the whole Alpe-Adria region. , the population is 58,480.-History:...

 can be reached.

Music

The Katschtaler Trachtenkapelle, a group of Volksmusik

Volksmusik

Volksmusik is the common umbrella designation of a number of related styles of traditional music from the Alpine regions of Germany, Austria, Switzerland and South Tyrol...

 instrumentalists, has played its share in the local concert

Concert

A concert is a live performance before an audience. The performance may be by a single musician, sometimes then called a recital, or by a musical ensemble, such as an orchestra, a choir, or a musical band...

s of the area. The music heard here is often found only in places like Rennweg, small villages that have not left behind the cultural music that has for centuries been a part of the Austrian culture.

Religion

The Saint George

Saint George

Saint George was, according to tradition, a Roman soldier from Syria Palaestina and a priest in the Guard of Diocletian, who is venerated as a Christian martyr. In hagiography Saint George is one of the most venerated saints in the Catholic , Anglican, Eastern Orthodox, and the Oriental Orthodox...

 parish church can be found on the western side of the Katschtal valley. Saint Peter

Saint Peter

Saint Peter or Simon Peter was an early Christian leader, who is featured prominently in the New Testament Gospels and the Acts of the Apostles. The son of John or of Jonah and from the village of Bethsaida in the province of Galilee, his brother Andrew was also an apostle...

, another church on the eastern side of the valley has recently been renovated. It is located at the small village of St. Peter.

Katschberg

The Katschberg area is a popular ski resort at the border of Salzburg and Carinthia. It lies on a plateau directly above the Katschberg Tunnel, at an altitude of 1,641m. The upmarket ski resort consists mainly of four-star hotels and vacation apartments, most of which have access to the ski lifts. It retains a strong traditional atmosphere, as the local culture is regularly celebrated in folkloric evenings.

Katschberg’s 60 km of ski slopes span across two mountain tops. The resort’s longest run is six kilometres, leading from the top of Aineck mountain to the village of Sankt Margarethen. The ski slopes are serviced by a system of 16 lifts with a capacity of 24,000 people per hour.

External links

Rennweg Tennis Club- http://www.tennisclub-rennweg.at/
Markgemiende Rennweg- http://www.rennweg-katschberg.at/
Rennweg Fire Department- http://www.ff-rennweg.at/sponsoren.htm
Katschtaler Trachtenkapelle- http://www.katschtal.at/
Rennweg Am Katschberg- http://www.katschberg.at/sommer07/sommer_newsevents_aug.htm