Zwischenwässern#
Zwischenwaessern Area, Carinthia, district of St. Veit an der Glan, does not refer to a single community but to an area located between the rivers Metnitz and Gurk. The actual settlement is called Poeckstein-Zwischenwaessern and is part of the cadastral district of St. Georgen, at the confluence of the rivers Metnitz and Gurk, in the municipality of Strassburg. - Parish church (documented mention 1043) with Romanesque core, late Gothic vestry tower and Romanesque stepped portal; Romanesque filial church; Poeckstein Castle (built by J. G. Hagenauer 1778-1782), residence of the prince bishops of Gurk between 1783 and 1790, castle chapel with life-size wooden crucifix (around 1800), state rooms with late Rococo or Empire interior; remains of the Poeckstein castle ruins.