Wernberg#

Wernberg, Carinthia, municipality in the district of Villach-Land, alt. 590 m, pop. 4,365, area 26.42 km2, location of industrial and business enterprises, lying on the River Drau/Drava east of Villach. - Meat products industry, wall socket production, large-scale carpentry, summer tourism (37,570 overnight stays in 1992). - Renaissance palace overlooking the River Drau, first documented mention in 1227, re-built from 1570-1575 by G. Khevenhueller, today a monastery of the Missionary Sisters of the Precious Blood and a boarding house, court with 2-storey arcades, palace church (built 1725-1735) with beautiful stuccowork and frescoes by J. F. Fromiller (around 1730-1740); parish church dedicated to St. George at Sternberg (documented mention in 1285), Gothic fortified church, originally Romanesque, with Roman relief stones integrated into the walls, baptismal font with a painted cover (15th century), Gothic St. George´s statue (around 1500); castle ruins (documented mention around 1170-1180); Damtschach palace (built in 1511, altered in 1690), parish church with high altar (1684) in the south wing; ruins of castle Eichelberg at Umberg.