13 Facts About Carinthia

Carinthia is the southernmost Austrian state, in the Eastern Alps, and is noted for its mountains and lakes.

The toponym Carinthia is claimed to be etymologically related, deriving from pre-Slavic *carantia.

Carinthia is known as Koruska in Croatian, Korutany in Czech, Karnten in German, Karintia in Hungarian, Carinzia in Italian, Carintia in Spanish, Karyntia in Polish, Korutansko in Slovak, and Koroska in Slovene.

The main river of Carinthia is the Drava, it makes up a continuous valley with East Tyrol, Tyrol to the west.

Carinthia's lakes including Worther See, Millstatter See, Lake Ossiach, and Lake Faak are a major tourist attraction.

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Carinthia has a humid continental climate, with hot and moderately wet summers and long harsh winters.

Carinthia therefore was the first newly created duchy of the Holy Roman Empire and for a short while comprised lands stretching from the Adriatic Sea almost to the Danube.

On 5 November 1918, the first armed militia units led by the Slovene volunteer Franjo Malgaj invaded Carinthia and were then joined by Slovene troops under Rudolf Maister.

Yet, after the plebiscite, the SHS-State again made attempts to occupy the area, but owing to demarches by the United Kingdom, France, and Italy it removed its troops from Austria so that, by 22 November 1920, the State Diet of Carinthia was at last able to exercise its sovereignty over the entire state.

Originally an agrarian country, Carinthia made efforts to establish a touristic infrastructure such as the Grossglockner High Alpine Road and Klagenfurt Airport as well as the opening up of the Alps through the Austrian Alpine Club in the 1920s.

Toward the end of the war, Gauleiter Rainer tried to implement a Nazi plan for Carinthia to become part of the projected Nazi national redoubt, the Alpenfestung; these efforts failed and the forces under Rainer's control surrendered to the forces of the British Army.

Largest part of Carinthia's population settles in the Klagenfurt Basin between Villach and Klagenfurt.

In winter Carinthia offers ski resorts such as the Nassfeld near Hermagor, Gerlitzen mountain, Bad Kleinkirchheim, Flattach, and Heiligenblut at Austria's highest mountain, the Grossglockner as well as the Hohe Tauern and Nock Mountains national parks for all kind of alpine sports and mountaineering.