KLAGENFURT (Slovene, Celovec)

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KLAGENFURT (Slovene, Celovec) , the

capital

CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

of the Austrian duchy of Carinthia, 212 M. S.W. of Vienna by rail. Pop. (1900), 24,314. It is picturesquely situated on the river Glan, which is in communication with the Worther-see by the 3 M. long Lend canal. Among the more noteworthy buildings are the parish church of St FEgidius (1709), with a tower 298 ft. in height; the cathedral of SS Peter and Paul (1582-1593, burnt 1723, restored 1725); the churches of the Benedictines (1613), of the Capuchins (1646), and of the order of St Elizabeth (1710). To these must be added the palace of the prince-bishop of Gurk, the burg or castle, existing in its present form since 1777; and the Landhaus or

house

HOUSE
HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in
Gothic
- GOTHIC
it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

of assembly, dating from the end of the 14th century, and containing a museum of natural history, and collection of minerals, antiquities, seals, paintings and sculptures. The most interesting public monument is the

great

GREAT

Lindwurm or

Dragon

DRAGON (Fr. dragon, through Lat. draco, from the Greek; connected with SEpeoµay " see," and interpreted as " sharp-sighted "; O.H. Ger. tracho, dracho, M.H.G. trache, Mod. Ger. Drachen; A.S. draca, hence the equivalent English form " drake," " fire-drake,

standing

STANDING

in the principal square (1590). The industrial establishments comprise white lead factories, machine and iron foundries, and commerce is active, especially in the

mineral

MINERAL

products of the region.
Upon the Zollfeld to the north of the city once stood the ancient Roman town of Virunum. During the Middle Ages Klagenfurt became the property of the crown, but by a patent of

Maximilian

MAXIMILIAN
MAXIMILIAN (1832—1867)

I. of the 24th of April 151$, it was conceded to the Carinthian estates, and has since then taken the place of St Veit as

capital

CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

of Carinthia. In 1535, 1636, 1723 and 1796 Klagenfurt suffered from destructive fires, and in 1690 from the effects of an earthquake. On the 29th of

March

1797 the French took the city, and upon the following day it was occupied by

Napoleon

NAPOLEON

as his headquarters.

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