Klagenfurt or Celovec in Slovenian is the capital of the federal state of Carinthia in Austria . It falls within the district of Klagenfurt and stretched upto 120.11 square km by area. The total population is over 92,404 out which almost 1,700 belong to Carinthian Slovenes. Located 446 meter above the sea level, Klagenfurt has a latitudinal and longitudinal coordinated of 46°37' N 14°18' E.
Geographically, Klagenfurt is surrounded by several snow peaked mountains that are covered by forests called the Ulrichsberg, up to 1,000 meters. To the south lies the Karawanken mountain range, separating Carinthia from Slovenia.
Klagenfurt is divided into 15 districts:
- I-IV Innere Stadt
- V St. Veiter Vorstadt
- VI Völkermarkter Vorstadt
- VII Viktringer Vorstadt
- VIII Villacher Vorstadt
- IX Annabichl
- X St. Peter
- XI St. Ruprecht
- XII St. Martin
- XIII Viktring
- XIV Wölfnitz
- XV Hörtendorf
- XVI Welzenegg
These above districts are again subdivided into 25 Katastralgemeinden namely, Klagenfurt, Neudorf, Ehrenthal, Goritschitzen, Blasendorf, Großbuch, Großponfeld, Hörtendorf, Gurlitsch I, Hallegg, Kleinbuch, Lendorf, Marolla, Nagra, St. Martin bei Klagenfurt, St. Peter am Karlsberg, Sankt Peter am Bichl, St. Peter bei Ebenthal, St. Ruprecht bei Klagenfurt, Stein, Tentschach, Viktring, Waidmannsdorf, Welzenegg and Waltendorf.
Klagenfurt's climatic conditions are dominated by the typical Continental type and attributed by frequent fogs throughout the year. It is warmer than other parts of Austria , due to winds coming from the Karavanke Mountains to the south, through the Föhn wind. The average temperature is around 9.3ºC, due to global warming effect.
Do not miss the following sightseeing places of Klagenfurt if visit this part of Austria :
- The Old City of Klagenfurt
- Central Old Square of Alter Platz
- Papace of the Regional Parliament.
- The Lindwurm Brunnen, a lindworm fountain
- The Baroque Cathedral
- Wörthersee, the warmest European Alpine lake
- Hochosterwitz Castle
Klagennfurt is the economical center of Carinthia region where many industrial companies exists; these companies add to be 20% of the country's share. The sector is composed of light industry and tourism. Klagenfurt has many media and publishing houses such as Kärntner Krone, Kärntner Tageszeitung, Kleine Zeitung, etc.
