!!!Bleiburg

Bleiburg, Carinthia, town (acquired statute in 1370), in the district 
of Voelkermarkt, alt. 479 m, pop. 4,121, area 69.70 km%%sup 2/%, 
ancient border town in the Middle Feistritz valley north of Hochpetzen 
mountain (alt. 2,113 m). - District court, customs office, Goiginger 
barracks, old people's home run by the order of Franciscan Tertiaries; 
in 1991, 50% of the workforce were employed in the production and 
service sector respectively (esp. trade): metal (e.g. foundries) and 
wood processing (furniture, parquet flooring), production of bed linen 
and gloves. - First documented mention in 1228, name "B." derives from 
lead mining on Petzen mountain. Late Gothic parish church (1512) with 
frescoes and a late Gothic baptismal font, altars (18%%sup th/%  
century); former hospital chapel (1766) with frescoes; Baroque column 
erected in memory of the plague (1724); Thurn castle on a hill east of 
B. (restored after 1600) with a Renaissance portal and arcades, halls 
with stucco ceilings, chapel with frescoes (15%%sup th/%  century), 
gallery of Werner Berg. Gothic church with frescoes at Einersdorf 
(1400-1480) and Madonna (1340-1350); pilgrimage church at Heiligengrab 
(1761-1772). Wiesenmarkt (annual fair held on September 1), tradition 
goes back to 1428; from 1918-1920 Yugoslav occupation.

!Literature
E. Oberthaler-Krutner, Bleiburg, aktuelle zentraloertliche 
Probleme einer Kleinstadt an der Grenze, master's thesis, Klagenfurt 
1991; H. Wiessner, Stadt im Grenzland, 1960.


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