Rosenbach, Austria

Rosenbach
Rosenbach; Rosenbach
	Village
	; Seal
	; Seal
	Rosenbach
	Coordinates: 46°31′53″N14°02′16″E / 46.531353°N 14.037684°E Coordinates: 46°31′53″N14°02′16″E / 46.531353°N 14.037684°E
Government
• Mayor	Henry Kattnig
Area
• Total	78.62 km2 (30.36 sq mi)
Elevation	480 m (1,570 ft)
Population (2012)
• Total	4,323
• Density	55/km2 (140/sq mi)
Area code(s)	0 42 53
Website	Official website

Last updated February 19, 2019

Rosenbach is a village in central Carinthia, Austria, an Ortsteil of Sankt Jakob im Rosental located a few kilometers southwest of the center of Sankt Jakob, and just northeast of the northern entrance to the Karawanken Tunnel. The Rosenbach railway station is the final Austrian station of the Rosental Railway (Rosentalbahn), connecting Sankt Veit an der Glan via Klagenfurt Central Station to the tunnel towards Slovenia, and it also has a connection to the Villach Central Station.

Austria, officially the Republic of Austria, is a country of nearly 9 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Hungary and Slovakia to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west. The territory of Austria covers 83,879 km² (32,386 sq mi). The terrain is highly mountainous, lying within the Alps; only 32% of the country is below 500 m (1,640 ft), and its highest point is 3,798 m (12,461 ft). The majority of the population speaks local Bavarian dialects as their native language, and German in its standard form is the country's official language. Other local official languages are Hungarian, Burgenland Croatian, and Slovene.

Sankt Jakob im Rosental is a town in the district of Villach-Land in the Austrian state of Carinthia.

Sankt Veit an der Glan Place in Carinthia, Austria

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Parish and pilgrimage church Mary Misery in Maria Elend
St. Peter's (the district of St. Jakob im Rosental) with mountain in the background
Parish church Holy Jakob
“Sucher” ditch with the three bridges across the river (railroad bridge, road bridge and pedestrian bridge) at Maria Elend
Slovenian train passing through the Rosenbach train station
Chapels on the "chapel mountain"
Water well "Vodica" on the chapel mountain

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