Nötsch im Gailtal#

Noetsch im Gailtal, Carinthia, municipality in the district of Villach-Land, alt. 569 m, pop. 2,368, area 42.21 km2, summer tourism (60,644 overnight stays) at the foot of the Villacher Alpe mountain (Dobratsch mountain with nature preserve and wild flowers´ garden). Multi-purpose cultural hall, club airfield; wood processing, soda water production, horticulture. - In Saak (part of the municipality), late-Gothic parish church, later Baroque alterations (also the interior), frescoes 1465, 1516, on the outside 1924, altars 1700-1800; Wasserleonburg Castle (first documented mention 1253) with components from different periods: keep (14th or 15th century), Renaissance pergola, castle chapel (interior altered in 1723); in Kerschdorf im Gailtal late-Gothic Nikolauskirche church (15th century); Kerscheneck Castle (16th century); late-Gothic parish church in St. Georgen, wall paintings from the 15th century, main altar around 1750. Customs/Traditions: Gailtaler Kirchtag fair with traditional events "Kufenstechen" and "Lindentanz" (in Noetsch im Gailtal in July, in August in Saak) Noetscher Kreis.