!!!Lendorf, Gemeinde

Lendorf, Carinthia, municipality in the district of Spittal an der 
Drau, alt. 560 m, pop. 1,772, area 34.31 km%%sup 2/%, in the 
Lurnfeld basin, north-west of Spittal an der Drau. - Road construction 
authority (Autobahn maintenance authority), school of agriculture (in 
Litzlhof palace, built in the 16%%sup th/%  century); asphalt and 
concrete factory. In St. Peter in Holz on the Holzer Berg 
mountain (part of the municipality), archaeological finds of the 
important Roman settlement of  Teurnia; Teurnia museum (archaeological 
finds), conserved remains of buildings from late Antiquity and of the 
two early Christian churches. - Gothic parish church in St. Peter 
in Holz (14%%sup th/%  and 15%%sup th/%  centuries), frescoes on the 
outside walls (around 1470), legend of St. Dorothy on the inside 
(around 1370); late Gothic church of Maria Bichl in Feicht 
(15%%sup th/%  century), beautiful high altar (17%%sup th/%  century) 
and votive painting (1747); Rojachhof (former noble residence) in 
Rojach.


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