Feistritz ob Bleiburg

Few towns in Carinthia have a history as closely tied to the Slovenian-German borderland as Feistritz ob Bleiburg. Known in Slovene as Bistrica pri Pliberku, it lies in the Jaun Valley south of the Drava River, with the eastern Karawanks nearby. The municipality forms part of southern Carinthia’s officially bilingual area, where German and Slovene place names reflect the long-standing presence of the Slovene-speaking community. Close to the Austrian-Slovenian border, it belongs to the wider Alpine-Adriatic cultural region rather than Carinthia’s main urban corridor. Continue with other webcams from the area to see how this part of southern Carinthia connects across the Alpine-Adriatic region.

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