Keutschach am See explained

Keutschach am See
Pushpin Map:Austria
Pushpin Mapsize:270
Pushpin Map Caption:Location within Austria
Coordinates:46.5833°N 25°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Austria
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Carinthia
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Klagenfurt-Land
Parts Style:para
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Gerhard Oleschko
Elevation M:535
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:CET
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset:+1
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:9074
Area Code Type:Area code
Area Code:04273
Website:Tourism-Homepage Official Homepage

Keutschach am See (Slovenian: Hodiše ob jezeru) is a municipality in the district of Klagenfurt-Land in the Austrian state of Carinthia.

Geography

The municipality lies in a glacial valley between the Wörthersee Lake and Mt. Pyramidenkogel on the north and the summits of the Sattnitz range on the south. It lies on the east bank of the Keutschacher See, about 15km (09miles) west of the state capital, Klagenfurt. Other nearby lakes include Hafnersee, Baßgeigensee, and Rauschelesee. Large parts of the valley since 1970 form a protected landscape area.

Populated places

The municipality of Keutschach am See consists of the following cadastral communities: Keutschach (Hodiše), Plescherken (Plešerka), and St. Nikolai (Šmiklavž); while further subdivided into populated places (with population in brackets as of 1 January 2022).

Population

According to the 2001 census 5.6% of the population are Carinthian Slovenes.

Village (German) Village (Slovenian)Number of
People (1991)
Percent of
Slovenes (1991)
Percent of
Slovenes (1951)
Dobein Dobajna3826.3%81.0%
Höflein Dvorec13810.1%96.1%
Plaschischen Plašišče10614.2%51.9%
Plescherken Plešerka18823.9%28.7%
Pertitschach Prtiče15013.3%81.5%
Rauth Rut23614.8% 76.3%
St.Margarethen Šmarjeta6412.1%92.3%
St.Nikolai Šmiklavž6119.7%97.6%
Keutschach Hodiše2604.2%38.8%
Leisbach Ležbe961%59.7%
Linden Lipa1214.1%81.9%
Dobeinitz Dobajnica
Höhe Na Gori
Reauz Rjavec
Schelesnitz Železnica

History

Chodesach in the Duchy of Carinthia was first mentioned in an 1150 deed. The estates were the ancestral seat of the Keutschach noble family, documented since 1299, whose most noted scion was Leonhard von Keutschach (c.1442–1519), Prince-Archbishop of Salzburg from 1495 until his death. In the early 16th century, the dynasty had a Renaissance castle erected, which later was replaced by a nearby Baroque building, called the "New Castle" (Neues Schloss), finished in 1679 and rebuilt under the Orsini-Rosenberg noble family in the 18th century.

For centuries, agriculture was the most practised economic system until summer tourism became more and more important during the 20th century. Nowadays tourism is the biggest source of income in this town.

Politics

Seats in the municipal assembly (Gemeinderat) as of 2015 local elections:

The mayor is the since 2015 directly elected Karl Dovjak (Social Democratic Party of Austria).

Twin towns — sister cities

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Austria. Keutschach is twinned with: