!!!Lurnfeld, Beckenlandschaft

Lurnfeld Basin, Carinthia, about 5 km wide basin region where the 
River Moell flows into the River Drau/Drava, south of Sachsenburg to 
the mouth of the River Lieser. Name from the mediaeval county of Lurn 
(Teurnia), which comprised almost the entire area of Upper Carinthia 
and East Tirol. Old, well developed settlement area (Roman excavations 
in  Teurnia). Significant difference between densely populated sunny 
side (north slope) and wooded shady side (south of the river Drau). On 
the northern slope,  Hohenburg Castle ruin; main town: Spittal 
an der Drau.

!Literature
A. Rainer, Die Haus- und Hofnamen des Lurnfeldes in 
Ober-Kaernten, doctoral thesis, Vienna 1963.


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