Geography
With an area of the district is 2,763.99 km², it is Austria's second largest district by area (after Liezen), even larger than the Austrian state of Vorarlberg, and by far the largest district in Carinthia. The administrative centre is Spittal an der Drau, other major settlements are Gmünd, Greifenburg, Millstatt, Obervellach, Radenthein, Seeboden, Steinfeld, and Winklern.
Together with the neighbouring districts of Hermagor and Feldkirchen, Spittal forms the Upper Carinthia (Oberkärnten) region according to the Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS). It borders on East Tyrol (Lienz District) in the west and the Austrian state of Salzburg in the north.
The mountainous area comprises the southern ranges of the High Tauern and the Möll valley, the western Gurktal Alps (Nock Mountains), as well as the broad Drava Valley and the northern slopes of the Gailtal Alps. The highest point is the peak of the Grossglockner, Austria's highest mountain at 3,798 metres (12,461 ft). The district also includes Millstätter See and Weissensee, two of the major Carinthian lakes.
Carinthia is the southernmost Austrian state or Land. Situated within the Eastern Alps, it is noted for its mountains and lakes. The main language is German. Its regional dialects belong to the Southern Bavarian group. Carinthian Slovene dialects, forms of a South Slavic language that predominated in the southeastern part of the region up to the first half of the 20th century, are now spoken by a small minority in the area.
Spittal an der Drau is a town in the western part of the Austrian federal state of Carinthia. It is the administrative centre of Spittal an der Drau District, Austria's second largest district (Bezirk) by area.
Gmünd in Kärnten is a historic town in the district of Spittal an der Drau, in the Austrian state of Carinthia.
Lake Millstatt is a lake in Carinthia, Austria.
Seeboden am Millstätter See is a market town in Spittal an der Drau District in Carinthia, Austria.
Berg im Drautal is a village and municipality in the district of Spittal an der Drau in the Austrian state of Carinthia.
Dellach im Drautal is a town in the district of Spittal an der Drau in the Austrian state of Carinthia.
Flattach is a municipality in Spittal an der Drau District in the Austrian state of Carinthia.
Greifenburg is a market town in the district of Spittal an der Drau in the Austrian state of Carinthia.
Obervellach is a market town in the district of Spittal an der Drau, in the Austrian state of Carinthia.
Radenthein is a town in Spittal an der Drau District, in the Austrian state of Carinthia.
Reißeck is a municipality in the district of Spittal an der Drau in Carinthia, Austria.
Steinfeld is a town in the district of Spittal an der Drau in Carinthia in Austria.
Weissensee is a municipality in the district of Spittal an der Drau in Carinthia, Austria.
In the NUTS codes of Austria (AT), the three levels are:
Obermillstatt is a village and cadastral community in the municipality of Millstatt in Spittal an der Drau District, in Carinthia, Austria.
The Carinthian Peasant Revolt took place in the Duchy of Carinthia in 1478. It was the first of several larger peasant revolts in the area of Inner Austria. After several Ottoman raids from 1473 onwards, the rural population established a peasants' association that was an effort to take the defence of the farmers' homes into their own hands and was also aimed against the ruling nobility that had failed to protect the farmers from attacks by marauding Turkish akinji cavalry. The revolt was eventually suppressed.
Egelsee is a mire lake in Carinthia, Austria. The lake and its environment are part of a protected landscape area.
The Gailtal Alps, is a mountain range of the Southern Limestone Alps in Austria. It rises between the River Drava (Drau) and the Gail valley and through the southern part of East Tyrol. Its western group called "Lienz Dolomites", is sometimes counted as part of this range and sometimes seen as separate.
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