Himmelberg lies in the center of Carinthia northwest of Feldkirchen.
Sankt Urban lies in the Gurktal Alps in north-central Carinthia, about 10 km northeast of Feldkirchen on St. Urban Lake.
The municipality lies on the east side of the Ossiach Lake, about 8 km from Feldkirchen.
Steuerberg lies in the Gurktal Alps between the Gurk valley and the Wimitz valley, about 10 km north of Feldkirchen.
Feldkirchen, once an estate of the Eppenstein noble family, was bequeathed to the Diocese of Bamberg in 1166.
The prince-bishopric also ruled over large possessions within the Duchy of Carinthia, including the strategically important towns of Villach, Feldkirchen, Wolfsberg and Tarvisio at the transalpine road to Venice, as well as Kirchdorf an der Krems in the Archduchy of Austria.