Velden am Wörther See#

Velden am Woerther See, Carinthia, market town in the district of Villach-Land, alt. 460 m, pop. 7,970, area 52.94 km2, exclusive health resort and spa for summer tourism (725,392 overnight stays in 1992) and popular venue for congresses, on the west end of Lake Woerth; ship station. - Casino with congress hall, administrative office of the health resort, golf course, Kurpark. 2,246 employed persons (1991), around 74% of whom in services (mainly hotel industry and restaurant business), production of lighting fixtures, production of special machines. - Documented mention in 1150; parish church (1937, enlarged in 1962), Baroque high altar (around 1680); St. Jakob's church (17th century); Renaissance Palace (built in 1590, rebuilt in 1920, today hotel with park); in Kranzlhofen, Romanesque-Gothic parish church with late Baroque ceiling painting and high altar; former late Gothic fortified church at Koestenberg with Baroque high altar (around 1660); in Unterwinklern, Romanesque-Gothic filial church with fresco (around 1460-70). In the vicinity, Lake Forstsee.

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