!!!St. Jakob im Rosental

St. Jakob im Rosental, Carinthia, market town in the district of 
Villach-Land, alt. 460 m, pop. 4,407, 
area 78.71 km%%sup 2/%, summer tourist resort (60,586 
overnight stays in 1992) situated near the confluence of the Rosenbach 
stream and the River Drau,  Rosenbach. - Advanced-level commercial 
school run by Schulschwestern religious order, Rosegg-St. Jakob 
power plant; processing of wood and metal. - Romanesque-Gothic parish 
church, choir (15%%sup th/%  century), only original parts of the 
church remaining after a fire in 1972; filial church at St. Oswald 
(around 1520); Gothic pilgrimage church of Maria Elend, remodelled in 
Baroque style, fresco (1731), high altar (around 1760), late Gothic 
winged altar (1510), Gothic statues.


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