Kartitsch#
Kartitsch, Tirol, municipality in the district of Lienz, alt. 1,353 m, pop. 922, area 58.91 km2, small village and holiday resort (112,413 overnight stays) in the Tirolean Gail Valley situated between the Lienz Dolomites and the Carnic Alps. - Customs post, wood manufacturing. - Late Gothic parish church altered around 1830 with vault paintings (1830); Gothic church in St. Oswald; early Baroque parish church in Hollbruck (1680-1685); 3 war cemeteries dating back to World War I. Ice cave to the north of Lake Obstanser See, waterfalls.
Literature#
L. Ebner, Kartitsch in Osttirol, 1987.