| Gurk | |
| Pushpin Map: | Austria Carinthia#Austria |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 270 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within Carinthia##Location within Austria |
| Coordinates: | 46.8833°N 31°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Carinthia |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Sankt Veit an der Glan |
| Parts Style: | para |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Siegfried Kampl |
| Elevation M: | 662 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone: | CET |
| Timezone Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset: | +1 |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 9342 |
| Area Code Type: | Area code |
| Area Code: | 04266 |
| Website: | www.gurk.at |
Gurk (Slovenian: Krka) is an Austrian market town and former episcopal see in the District of Sankt Veit an der Glan, Carinthia.
The community of Gurk is surrounded by alpine meadows and vast high forests. It marks the center of the sparsely populated Gurk Valley. Downstream on the Gurk, lies the small town of Straßburg, from whose fortress the Prince-Bishops of Gurk reigned.
Towns: Pisweg, Gruska, Gurk
Communities: Dörfl, Finsterdorf, Föbing, Gassarest, Glanz, Gruska, Gurk, Gwadnitz, Hundsdorf, Kreuzberg, Krön, Masternitzen, Niederdorf, Pisweg, Ranitz, Reichenhaus, Straßa, Sutsch, Zabersdorf, Zedl, Zedroß, Zeltschach
thumb|left|160px|CloisterThe name Gurk ("die Gurgelnde" or "the Gurgling one") comes from the river of the same name. The area was settled around 2000 years ago, but it only achieved any importance after Carinthia was incorporated by Bavaria.
After the death of her husband and her sons, Saint Hemma of Gurk founded a religious house on the market place of what is now Gurk. However, Gurk Abbey did not have a long existence: its site was used in 1072 for the cathedral and bishop's palace of the newly founded diocese of Gurk by the Archbishop of Salzburg, whose seat was in the northern part of Carinthia. Gurk was the bishop's seat until 1787; his residence is now located in Klagenfurt.
On June 25, 1988, Pope John Paul II visited the cathedral and prayed in the crypt at the grave of Saint Hemma. The first papal visit in the history of Carinthia was a big media event and brought a thousand men to an open-air mass in front of the cathedral.
Gurk was named a "European Municipality" by the Council of Europe in 1998.
See Roman Catholic Diocese of Gurk
The municipal council - elections of 2003 - consists of
The directly elected mayor is Siegfried Kampl (BZÖ), also MP of the Federal Council of Austria.