Oberdrauburg#

Oberdrauburg, Carinthia, market town in the district of Spittal an der Drau, alt. 632 m, pop. 1,419, area 69.90 km2, in the Oberdrau valley, at the southern foot of the Kreuzeck Mountains; near the Kaerntner Tor and Tiroler Tor narrows. -Tourism during the summer months (52,934 overnight stays), trade. - First documented mention in 1240 as "castrum traburc", formerly an important toll station; parish church in late Baroque - Neo-classical style (orig. built in 1422, reconstruction from 1805-1819) with vault paintings by C. Brandstaetter. On Rosenberg mountain (alt. 738 m), Lady Chapel in late Baroque style and the ruins of Hohenburg Castle (first documented mention 1202). Picturesque old houses in the town centre (16th -19th centuries). Oetting parish church in Gothic style with wall frescoes from around 1400, high altar (16th century); Unterpirkach pilgrimage church (1800-1813, newly consecrated in 1963); Zwickenberg parish church in Romanesque-Gothic style (13th - 15th centuries) with late Gothic spire, frescoes along the south wall, cycle of frescoes depicting the life of St. Leonard (15th century) on the exterior, winged altar in late Gothic style (around 1510).

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