!!!Lurnfeld, Markt

Lurnfeld, Carinthia, municipality in the district of Spittal, alt. 
557 m, pop. 3,978, area 75.57 km%%sup 2/%, municipality 
since 1973, in the Lurnfeld basin, north-west of Spittal an der 
Drau, with cadastral districts Moellbruecke I- III,  Pusarnitz and 
Obergottesfeld. - Equipment yard of the regional office for torrent 
and avalanche control, Drauhofen agricultural school, girls´ 
hostel (Society of Carinthian Social Initiatives), nearby run-of-river 
power station Malta Unterstufe (built in 1977, 41 MW); forge for 
ornamental ironwork, timber mill, cultivation of field mushrooms, 
interior decorating, summer tourism (51,539 overnight stays). - During 
the Roman period "vallis Lurna", first documented mention in 891 as 
"Liburnia". In Moellbruecke, (documented mention in 1253, 
"Moelnprukke") late Gothic fortified church (15%%sup th/%  century), 
winged altarpiece (1510), carved figures, side altars and pulpit in 
late Baroque style (around 1770), crucifix (around 1500) and choir 
stall (1512); late Gothic-Baroque subsidiary church of St. Magdalena 
am Lurnfeld; in Obergottesfeld Romanesque Ruprechtskirche church 
(documented mention in 1166) with Gothic frescoes (15%%sup th/%  
century) and Late Gothic winged altarpiece (around 1520); pilgrimage 
church of Maria Hohenburg, former chapel of castle Hohenburg (ruin) 
rebuilt in 1706; parish church in Pusarnitz, late Gothic building 
modified in Baroque style; ruins of Feldsberg Castle from the 
12%%sup th/%  and 13%%sup th/%  centuries.


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