Irschen

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Irschen
Location within Austria
Coordinates: 46°45′N13°1′E / 46.750°N 13.017°E / 46.750; 13.017 Coordinates: 46°45′N13°1′E / 46.750°N 13.017°E / 46.750; 13.017
Country Austria
State Carinthia
District Spittal an der Drau
Government
   Mayor Gottfried Mandler
Area
[1]
  Total33.35 km2 (12.88 sq mi)
Elevation
809 m (2,654 ft)
Population
 (2018-01-01) [2]
  Total2,022
  Density61/km2 (160/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
9773
Area code 04710
Website www.irschen.at

Irschen is a municipality in the district of Spittal an der Drau in the Austrian state of Carinthia.

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Geography

It consists of the Katastralgemeinden Irschen, Ritterdorf, and Simmerlach. It is situated on the northern slope of the Upper Drava Valley, near the B 100 Drautal Straße highway and the Drautalbahn railway line.

Panorama near Potschling, panorama Bij Potschling, panorama IMG 1608 2019-08-08 14.00.jpg
Panorama near Potschling, panorama
View to Grofelhof Bij Grofelhof, dorpszicht IMG 1621 2019-08-08 14.28.jpg
View to Gröfelhof

History

A settlement area since the Early Iron Age (Hallstatt Culture), Irschen may be identical to the Idunum polis in the former Celtic kingdom of Noricum, as mentioned in Ptolemy's Geographia. In Roman times a mansio laid on the road leading over the Gailbergsattel mountain pass to Italia. Ursus I, Patriarch of Aquileia probably built a first church about 810 in the place then called Ursen, which was mentioned as Castrum Ursen in a 1086 deed. In medieval times Irschen was a mining area, especially for gold.

It was recently revealed that English actress Billie Piper has a home in this region.

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References

  1. "Dauersiedlungsraum der Gemeinden Politischen Bezirke und Bundesländer - Gebietsstand 1.1.2018". Statistics Austria. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
  2. "Einwohnerzahl 1.1.2018 nach Gemeinden mit Status, Gebietsstand 1.1.2018". Statistics Austria. Retrieved 9 March 2019.