Virgen#

Virgen, Tirol, municipality in the district of Lienz, alt. 1,194 m, pop. 1,957, area 88.81 km2, summer tourist resort and climatic health resort (129,727 overnight stays in 1992) in Virgen Valley. - Hill settlement from the Bronze and Iron Ages near Obermauern (smelting of copper ore); cremation graves of the Hallstatt Culture in Welzelach; Gothic and Baroque parish church (consecrated in 1516, enlarged and altered in the Baroque style in 1784/85, altars from 1840 to 1844); Rabenstein castle ruin (built in the 12th century, one of the highest castles in the Tyrol, in a state of dilapidation since 1703); 2 wayside shrines (around 1450-1460); town Obermauern.