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34 unusual facts about Klagenfurt


Anton Martin Slomšek

He studied theology and philosophy before being ordained in 1824 at the seminary in Klagenfurt.

Arkadiusz Gołaś

Arkadiusz Gołaś (May 10, 1981 in Przasnysz – September 16, 2005 died in a car accident on the Austrian motorway A2 in Griffen near Klagenfurt) was a Polish volleyball player, Olympic athlete, member of the Polish national team between 2001 and 2005.

Austrian Student Aid Foundation


Regional Director Vienna
Alexander Walter
Regional Director Graz & Klagenfurt
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Belgrade Book Fair

So far, the Prize winners were the Austrian publisher Wieser Verlag from Klagenfurt (2007), French publisher Gaia Editions from Bordeaux (2008), Hungarian publisher Jelenkor from Pécs (2009), Italian publisher Zandonai from Rovereto (2010), Bulgarian publisher Siela from Sofia (2011) and Slovak publisher Kaligram from Bratislava (2012).

BRG Klagenfurt-Viktring

The BRG Klagenfurt-Viktring is in 13th district of Klagenfurt (Viktring).

Christ Church, Vienna

Today the congregation of Christ Church, Vienna which also serves Klagenfurt, Ljubljana (Slovenia), Zagreb (Croatia) and Bratislava (Slovakia) is a multi-generational, multi-ethnic congregation serving Anglicans from around the world.

Cvetka Lipuš

She attended the lyceum for Slovenes in Klagenfurt, continuing her studies in literary sciences, Slavic studies and librarian sciences at the University of Vienna, University of Klagenfurt and in Pittsburgh, where she currently lives.

Dagmar Koller

Born in Klagenfurt, she is recognized as the leading German language musical star of her time.

Detlev Eisinger

Notable among his many appearances was his performance of Johann Sebastian Bach's complete Well Tempered Clavier in Munich, Vienna, Salzburg, and Klagenfurt.

Dmitri Barsouk

In August, 2008 at the A1 Beach Volleyball Grand Slam presented by NOKIA in Klagenfurt, Austria, Barsouk and team mate Igor Kolodinsky won their first Swatch FIVB World Tour gold medal.

Eqrem Çabej

He left Albania in 1921, at the age of 12, and moved to Austria to continue his studies: first in St. Pölten then in Klagenfurt (1923–26), where he obtained his bachelor's degree.

Faculty for Interdisciplinary Research and Continuing Education

The Faculty for Interdisciplinary Research and Continuing Education (IFF) is one of four Faculties at the Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt.

France Bučar

In May 1945, he was in the military unit that liberated Klagenfurt.

Haralds Vasiļjevs

He won two tournaments as the head coach: the 1999 World Cup of Hockey qualifier held in Sheffield, England and the Olympic Qualification that was held in Klagenfurt, Austria.

Heidi Schmid

Adelheid "Heidi" Schmid (after marriage: Adelheid Grundmann-Schmid) (born 5 December 1938 in Klagenfurt) is a former German fencer, world champion and Olympic champion in foil competition.

Heinz Harmel

After the annexation of Austria to the German Reich, on March 13, 1938, Harmel moved with his unit to Klagenfurt, capital of Carinthia.

Horst Rechelbacher

Rechelbacher was born in Klagenfurt, Austria, to a herbalist and shoe maker/designer, the youngest of three brothers.

Igor Kolodinsky

In August, 2008 at the A1 Beach Volleyball Grand Slam presented by NOKIA in Klagenfurt, Austria, Kolodinsky and team mate Dmitri Barsouk won their first Swatch FIVB World Tour gold medal.

Ingo Zechner

Ingo Zechner (born December 24, 1972 in Klagenfurt, Austria) is a philosopher and historian, until 2009 Business Manager of the Vienna Wiesenthal Institute for Holocaust Studies (VWI).

Ingolf Wunder

Ingolf Wunder (born September 8, 1985 in Klagenfurt) is an Austrian pianist who won the second prize at the International Chopin Competition 2010, winning also special prizes for best concerto and best polonaise-fantasy performance.

Jan Nepomuk Maýr

Born in Mělník, Maýr began his career working as an opera singer at the opera house in Klagenfurt in 1839.

Johann Baptist von Lampi the Elder

His younger son, Francesco (born in Klagenfurt in 1783) settled at Warsaw in Congress Poland for the rest of his life, estranged from his father.

Kleinbahn

Instead, their product is available almost exclusively through company outlets located in a number of Austrian cities including Vienna where the company is headquartered, as well as Salzburg, Klagenfurt, Linz, and Bregenz, all in Austria.

Maja Haderlap

After her graduation she worked as assistant dramaturg, as a program editor and a lecturer at the Institute for Comparative Literary Studies at the Alpen-Adria-Universität in Klagenfurt.

Majda Vrhovnik

She was a member of the District Committee of the Communist Party of Slovenia for Klagenfurt and was named a people's hero of Yugoslavia after her death.

Michael Prochazka

Michael Prochazka (born February 10, 1972 in Klagenfurt) is an Austrian social scientist and economist and vice-chairman of the Austrian Service Abroad.

Peny Karagkouni

In her first season in Beach Volleyball and despite being the new member of the team, she managed (with Vassiliki Arvaniti) to finish 5th in the Finals of the European Championship held in Klagenfurt, Austria hosted by CEV.

Roman Catholic Diocese of Gurk

The episcopal residence was transferred in 1787 to the capital of Carinthia, Klagenfurt.

Ron Kennedy

Ron Kennedy resigned after his December 2008 diagnosis of brain cancer, from which he died, aged 56, in Klagenfurt, Austria.

St. Thomas's Church, Rateče

It was discovered in 1880 at Klagenfurt in Carinthia, where it is kept in the archives of the Carinthian Historical Society.

Trudpert Neugart

Trudpert Neugart (born Villingen, Baden, 23 February 1742; died at St Paul's Benedictine abbey near Klagenfurt, Carinthia, Austria, 15 December 1825) was a Benedictine historian.

The abbot and monks of St. Blasien were granted the Abbey of St. Paul, near Klagenfurt in the valley of the Lavant, suppressed by Joseph II.

Wolf Bachofner

After this education he was engaged at the Landestheater Linz, in Vienna, Klagenfurt and also in Frankfurt and from 1997 on at the "Deutsches Schauspielhaus" in Hamburg.

Zonnon

Modular Programming Languages: Joint Modular Languages Conference, JMLC 2003, Klagenfurt, Austria, August 25–27, 2003, Proceedings.


Arnold Rikli

Fathers wish was that his sons would inherit his knowledge and ambitions, therefore he sent Rikli and his brother Karl in the village Seebach near Klagenfurt, Austria.

Astronomische Vereinigung Kärntens

Therefore the city of Klagenfurt provided an estate near the city at the Wörthersee.

Austrian Southern Railway

Today the term "Austrian Southern Railway" is sometimes also applied today to the railway line from Bruck an der Mur via Klagenfurt and Villach to Italy (Tarvisio), but that is historically incorrect.

DB Class 215

One high profile working in the 1980s was the D 216/217 "Austria-Express" ( from Klagenfurt via Graz/Krefeld to Amsterdam) between Krefeld central station (Hauptbahnhof Hbf.) and Arnhem, the Netherlands.

Franz Xaver von Wulfen

Following his graduation, he became a school instructor (chiefly of mathematics and physics) in Vienna, Graz, Neusohl, Gorz, Laibach (Ljubljana), and from 1764 Klagenfurt.

Heinz Gappmayr

mit Siegfried S. Schmidt, Franzobel: Josef Linschinger. Zyklen / Cycles. Kunstuniversität Linz, Ritter Verlag, Klagenfurt 2003, ISBN 3-85415-247-7.

Hypo Alpe Adria in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Hypo Alpe-Adria-Bank a.d. Banja Luka and Hypo Alpe-Adria-Bank d.d. Mostar (HAA) are member banks of Hypo Alpe Adria, one of the leading international financial groups on the territory of Alps-Adriatic region, of which parent bank was founded in 1896 in Klagenfurt, Austria.

Ilija Trojanow

Among other awards he received the Bertelsmann Literature Prize at the Ingeborg Bachmann competition in Klagenfurt in 1995, the Marburg Literature Prize in 1996, the Thomas Valentin Prize in 1997, the Adelbert von Chamisso Prize in 2000 and the Leipzig Book Fair Prize in the category of fiction for his novel "Der Weltensammler" (The Collector of Worlds) in 2006.

Leopold Teller

During the following ten years he played at small theaters in Jihlava, Klagenfurt, Opava, Budapest, Leipzig, and Liebenstein; from 1874 to 1890 he was a member of the "Meininger", and appeared in such roles as Shylock, Iago, Gessler, Franz Moor, and Marinelli.

Main–Weser Railway

From December 2009 to December 2011 a pair of Euro City trains on line 62 ran from Siegen to Klagenfurt over the line between Giessen and Frankfurt, stopping at Bad Nauheim.

Marino Vanhoenacker

On 3 July 2011, he broke the world record for the full triathlon at the Ironman Triathlon at Klagenfurt in Austria, finishing after 7 hours, 45 minutes and 58 seconds, beating Luc Van Lierde's 1997 time of 7h50m27s.

Matija Majar

During his studies in Klagenfurt, he came under the influence of Anton Martin Slomšek, a Roman Catholic priest and author who propagated the use of Slovene in the public sphere.

Prince's Stone

In 2006 the Carinthian governor Jörg Haider had the stone, that since 1905 had been displayed at the Carinthian State Museum, transferred again to the Heraldic Hall at the Klagenfurt Landhaus.

SK Austria Klagenfurt

FC Kärnten (1920–2009), defunct Austrian football club which was known as SK Austria Klagenfurt until 1997

Slovene Scouts and Guides in Carinthia

The first Scout group of the Slovene-speaking minority was founded in 1959 by the Catholic priest Janez Rovan SDB in Klagenfurt.

Super Express

The newspaper has come under criticism from the Bundestag, the German parliament, after publishing a photo-montage picturing Polish national football team coach Leo Beenhakker carrying the severed heads of German national football team head coach Joachim Löw and captain Michael Ballack in the build up of their UEFA Euro 2008 Group B opener against the Germans in Klagenfurt (Austria).

Villach

Situated at the western rim of the Klagenfurt basin, the municipal area stretches from the slopes of the Gailtal Alps (Mt. Dobratsch) down to Lake Ossiach in the northeast.