Ossiacher See#

Ossiach, Lake, Carinthia, alt. 502 m, area 10.6 km2, 10.8 km long and 1.5 km wide; water temperature up to 26°C, third-largest and shallowest (52 m) of the 3 large Carinthian lakes widely used as bathing places; north-east of Villach (alt. 501 m), good water quality. Gerlitzen mountain (1,909 m) north-west of the lake. Cableway from Annenheim (in the north-west, at 521 m alt.) to Kanzelhoehe mountain (observatory at 1,524 m); ruins of Landskron Castle (676 m) in the south-west. Tourist resorts on the more densely populated northern shore of the lake include Sattendorf (545 m), Bodensdorf (525 m) and Steindorf (518 m). Towns: Ossiach (510 m) and Ostriach (516 m) on the southern shore. Ship connections between the major settlements on the lake. Railway lines and roads between Villach and St. Veit an der Glan via Feldkirchen in Carinthia run along the northern shore of the lake.

Literature#