!!!Gallizien

Gallizien, Carinthia, municipality in the district of Voelkermarkt, 
alt. 436 m, pop. 1,745, area 46.70 km%%sup 2/%, situated in 
Drau valley (Rosen valley) at the foot of Hochobir mountain (alt. 
2,139 m). - Annabruecke run-of-river station (built in 1981; 
202,500 MWh) owned by the Oesterreichische Draukraftwerke AG, Freibach 
storage power station (built in 1958; 36,000 MWh) of the Kaerntner 
Elektrizitaets AG (KELAG); wood working industry, manufacturer of 
frames and mattresses, production of beehives. - First documented 
mention 1123 ("Gestidorf"), adoption of the present name (first 
mentioned 1430) after the transfer of relics from the pilgrimage 
village Santiago de Compostela in the Spanish province Galicia. Gothic 
parish church with Romanesque tower; close to Wildenstein waterfalls.


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