!!!Bad Bleiberg

Bad Bleiberg, Carinthia, market town in the district of Villach-Land, 
alt. 902 m, pop. 3,141., area 44.81 km%%sup 2/%, spa and mining 
town west of the provincial capital of Villach, in the high valley 
between mountains Dobratsch and Erzberg, lead and zinc ore mining 
discontinued in 1992; comprises the villages of Bad Bleiberg, 
Bleiberg-Noetsch and Bleiberg-Kreuth. Kristallbad (thermal indoor pool 
of up to 30° C, spring made accessible in 1951), adventure 
mine 250 m under ground (Terra Mystica), Friedrich therapy tunnel 
(Terra Medica, treatment of respiratory diseases), health tourism 
(60,959 overnight stays), iron ore deposits in the Triassic 
Wetterstein limestone and Raibler Schichten sedimentary structures, 
first mention of mining in 1333, peak in the 15%%sup th/%  and 
16%%sup th/%  centuries; Baroque parish church (around 1663), 
patrician mansions from the 18%%sup th/%  and 19%%sup th/%  centuries 
(originally owned by the wealthy associates of mining companies), late 
Gothic parish church in Bleiberg-Kreuth.

!Literature
H. Stauder, Die Thermalquellen zu Bad Bleiberg, 1964; 
A. Hoisl, Die Geschichte der Bleiberger Bergwerksunion, master´s 
thesis, Klagenfurt 1981.


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