Globasnitz | |
Native Name: | Globasnica |
Pushpin Map: | Austria Carinthia#Austria |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 270 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within Austria |
Coordinates: | 46.55°N 56°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Austria |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Carinthia |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Völkermarkt |
Parts Style: | para |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Bernhard Sadovnik |
Leader Party: | EL |
Elevation M: | 541 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | CET |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 9142 |
Area Code Type: | Area code |
Area Code: | 04230 |
Website: | www.globasnitz.at |
Globasnitz (Slovene: Globasnica) is a town in the district of Völkermarkt in the Austrian state of Carinthia.
A considerable percentage (42.1%) of the population are Carinthian Slovenes, and Slovene is a second official language of the municipality.
In the Carinthian Plebiscite of 1920, Sankt Jakob was one of the 17 Carinthian municipalities, where the majority of the population (52%) voted for the annexation to the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (Yugoslavia).