!!!Pusarnitz

Pusarnitz, Carinthia, village in the district of Spittal an der Drau, 
alt. 601 m, cadastral community belonging to the market town of  
Lurnfeld situated on the north-west edge of the town limits. - 
Mushroom cultivation. - First documented mention in 1072; late Gothic 
parish church with partially Romanesque masonry, high altar 
(18%%sup th/%  century) in a pillared design with figural 
ornamentation, carved gravestone figure (17%%sup th/%  century) and 
legendary grave belonging to the "Holy Man from Niklai" (the 
Nigglaigraben trench joins the Drau Valley near Feistritz); ruins of 
Feldsberg (first documented mention in 1166) and  Hohenburg Castles. - 
The Peace of Pusarnitz in 1460 ended the dispute on the heritage of 
the Counts of  Cilli between Emperor  Friedrich III and Count Johann 
von Goerz.


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