!!!Sachsenburg

Sachsenburg, Carinthia, market town in the district of Spittal an der 
Drau, alt. 559 m, pop. 1,347, since 1992 a municipality in its 
own right, in the Drau Valley, north-west of the confluence of the 
Moell river and the River Drau/Drava, in the narrow passage between 
Upper Drau Valley and Lurnfeld Basin; the village  Obergottesfeld now 
forms part of the town. - Timber industry, summer tourism (14,202 
overnight stays). - Documented mention 1213; remains of a mediaeval 
fortification (formerly serving to control traffic through a passage 
protected by 2 castles) with gate tower; late Gothic parish church; 
Calvary with Baroque chapels; the market place has houses with Gothic 
central elements.

!Literature
J. Kabusch, Die Chronik von Sachsenburg, 1956.


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