Gurk (Slovene: Krka) is an Austrian market town and former episcopal see in the District of Sankt Veit an der Glan, Carinthia. The community of Gurk is...
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and founder of several churches and monasteries in the Duchy of Carinthia. Buried at Gurk Cathedral since 1174, she was beatified on 21 November 1287 and...
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covering the Austrian state of Carinthia. It is part of the ecclesiastical province of Salzburg. Though named after Gurk Cathedral, the bishop's see since...
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Gurk may refer to: Gurk (river), in Austria Gurk, Carinthia, a town in Austria Eduard Gurk (1801–1841), Austrian painter Krka (Sava) (German: Gurk), a...
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pronunciation: [ɡlaːn] ; Slovene: Glina) is a river in Carinthia, Austria, a right tributary of the Gurk. It is 64.3 km (40.0 mi) long. Its drainage basin...
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pillar basilica in Gurk, in the Austrian state of Carinthia. The former cathedral and current co-cathedral of the Catholic Diocese of Gurk was built from...
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main river of Carinthia is the Drava (Drau), it makes up a continuous valley with East Tyrol, Tyrol to the west. Tributaries are the Gurk, the Glan, the...
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The Gurk (German pronunciation: [ɡʊʁk] ; Slovene: Krka) is a river in the Austrian state of Carinthia, a left tributary of the Drava. With a length of...
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Gorica, a settlement in the Municipality of Ivančna Gorica, Slovenia. Gurk, Carinthia, known as Krka in Slovene BC Krka, a basketball club from Novo Mesto...
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Gurk Abbey (German: Stift Gurk) was a short-lived nunnery in Gurk, Carinthia (in present-day Austria), founded in 1043 by Saint Hemma of Gurk. The monastery...
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municipality in Sarangani, Philippines Glan (Gurk), a river in Carinthia, Austria, tributary of the Gurk Glan (Nahe), a river in Rhineland-Palatinate...
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Celtic farmwoman (Gurk, Carinthia)...
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from the original on 11 June 2007. Retrieved 7 July 2019. "Cathedral of Gurk". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Archived from the original on 3 October 2020...
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Austrian botanist and entomologist. von Hochenwarth was a Domherr in Gurk, Carinthia. He described Ibalia leucospoides. He wrote: Hochenwarth, S. von 1785...
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Kirche, Graz Graz, Styria: Mariatrost Basilica Gurk, Carinthia: Gurk Cathedral (grave of Saint Hemma of Gurk) Gutenstein, Lower Austria: Our Lady of Perpetual...
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Feldkirchen in the Austrian state of Carinthia. The municipal area is situated in the upper valley of the Gurk River within the Nock Mountains range...
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acquired two castles in the Trixen valley near Völkermarkt from the Bishop of Gurk and the market town of Friesach in 1106. About 1107 he was elevated to a...
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tried to consolidate his position in Carinthia by achieving the office of a Vogt protector over the Diocese of Gurk as well as over the Carinthian possessions...
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in the Duchy of Carinthia. Initially performing only the functions of an archiepiscopal vicar, or auxiliary bishop, the bishops of Gurk did not receive...
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Klagenfurt am Wörthersee (category Cities and towns in Carinthia)
city of the Austrian state of Carinthia, as well as of the historical region of Carinthia including Slovene Carinthia. With a population of 104,862 (1...
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Carinthian Slovenes (redirect from Slovene minority in Carinthia)
of Slovene ethnicity, living within borders of the Austrian state of Carinthia, neighboring Slovenia. Their status of the minority group is guaranteed...
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against the Salian liensmen in Carinthia, thereby killing Count William of Friesach, the husband of Saint Hemma of Gurk. Finally he had to retire to the...
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on 9/23/1816 for the Archbishop of Olmutz (Moravia) and Bishop of Gurk (Carinthia), and to Madrid on 10/1/1826 for the Apostolic Nuncio Monsignor Giustiniani...
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the Austrian state of Carinthia. The municipal area stretches along the valley of the Sirnitzbach creek, a tributary of the Gurk river, within the Gurktal...
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countries. Gurk Cathedral, Gurk, Carinthia Ossiach Abbey, Ossiach, Carinthia Virgilkapelle, Vienna Millstatt Abbey, Millstatt, Carinthia Schöngrabern...
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parliament (Landtag) of Carinthia, in which he served for the FPÖ from 1982 through 1994.[citation needed] In 1991, he was elected mayor of Gurk with 53.4% of the...
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of Gurk along with Rohitsch, Montpreis, Hörberg and Königsberg. In 1025 the Windic March on the Savinja was detached from the Duchy of Carinthia. In...
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Congregation in 1924. The first nuns came from St. Hemma's Abbey in Gurk, Carinthia, and from St. Gabriel's Abbey in Schloss Bertholdstein. The abbey was...
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of Carinthia since 976. Henry is not known to have objected to the loss of this large territory in northern Italy. In 1158 Bishop Roman I of Gurk granted...
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of French architectural style that was to introduce Gothic. Gurk Cathedral, Gurk, Carinthia, Austria Schöngrabern Church, Schöngrabern, Lower Austria,...
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