Theme Week Carinthia – Hüttenberg
Tuesday, 23 December 2014 - 01:00 pm (CET/MEZ) Berlin | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union
Category/Kategorie: General
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Historic blast furnaces in der Heft © Mefusbren69
Hüttenberg (Slovene:
Železni Hrib) is a town in the district of
Sankt Veit an der Glan with 1,500 inhabitants.
Heinrich Harrer was born in the town and was an moutaineer, sportsman, geographer, and author. A museum is dedicated to him today.
Harrer Museum, seen from Tibetian pilgrimage-path Lingkor © Johann Jaritz/cc-by-sa-3.0
The municipality includes the Görtschitz valley in the southern foothills of the
Seetal Alps. On the north, it borders
Styria.
Neighboring municipalities are
Reichenfels,
Bad Sankt Leonhard, and
Wolfsberg on the east,
Klein Sankt Paul on the south, and
Guttaring and
Friesach on the west.
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