!!!Deutsch-Griffen Deutsch-Griffen, Carinthia, municipality in the district of St. Veit an der Glan, alt. 847 m, pop. 1,105, area 71.44 km%%sup 2/%, summer holiday resort in a side valley (Griffenbach stream) of the Gurk Valley at the bottom of the Gurktal Alps. The parish church (first documented in 1157) with Romanesque nave, Gothic choir, frescoes from the mid-15%%sup th/% century, and the Early Gothic charnel house are surrounded by a 3.80 m-high late Gothic fortified wall. %%language [Back to the Austrian Version|AEIOU/Deutsch-Griffen|class='wikipage austrian'] %% [{FreezeArticle author='AEIOU' template='Lexikon_1995_englisch'}] [{ALLOW view All}][{ALLOW comment All}][{ALLOW edit FreezeAdmin}]