Sachsenburg
Sachsenburg | ||
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Postal code 9751 | ||
Area code | 04769 | |
Website | www.sachsenburg.at |
Sachsenburg is a market town in the district of Spittal an der Drau in Carinthia, Austria.
Geography
The municipal area stretches along the valley of the
History
The origin of the name is uncertain: an affiliation with the far apart mediæval Duchy of Saxony has never been established; however the coat of arms probably awarded in the 16th century shows a Saxe, a kind of pan formerly used for gold prospecting within the nearby Hohe Tauern range. The strategically important narrow place of the Drava valley (Sachsenburger Klause) probably was guarded already in Roman times, when the area was part of the Noricum province.
Two fortresses blocking the passage along the river were first mentioned in a 1213 deed. Sachsenburg is documented as an administrative seat of the
Not until 1803 the Salzburg possessions were finally
Politics
Seats in the municipal assembly (Gemeinderat) as of 2015 local elections:
- Aktionsgemeinschaft (Independent): 7
- Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ): 5
- Austrian People's Party (ÖVP): 3
Twin towns
Sachsenburg is
- Spilimbergo, Italy
- Sachsenburg, Frankenberg, Saxony, Germany
References
- ^ "Dauersiedlungsraum der Gemeinden Politischen Bezirke und Bundesländer - Gebietsstand 1.1.2018". Statistics Austria. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
- ^ "Einwohnerzahl 1.1.2018 nach Gemeinden mit Status, Gebietsstand 1.1.2018". Statistics Austria. Retrieved 9 March 2019.