Thurn: Zettersfeld - Lienz - Lienzer Dolomiten
Lienz combines an Alpine market-town character with the scale of East Tyrol’s main urban centre in a way that reflects its position at the confluence of the Isel and Drava rivers. Above the town, Zettersfeld is a mountain area on the slopes of the Schober Group, while the Lienzer Dolomiten form a limestone range to the south. Their highest summit, the Große Sandspitze, reaches 2,770 metres. Lienz’s old centre developed around a medieval market settlement, and Schloss Bruck, a 13th-century castle above the town, houses the Museum der Stadt Lienz. Thurn occupies the slopes immediately north of Lienz, linking the valley settlement with higher mountain terrain.
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The landscape around Gemeinde Thurn is a sun-facing Alpine slope above the Lienz basin, where scattered hamlets, meadows and woodland have shaped both the settlement pattern and local economy. This East Tyrolean municipality lies north of Lienz, between the Schober Group and the Lienz Dolomites; the Isel and Drava meet in the valley below. Thurn’s parish church of St Nicholas provides a local historic focal point, while the nearby Zettersfeld upland is associated with walking and winter sport. Rather than a compact town centre, Thurn is a rural community whose homes are spread across the hillside, with Lienz supplying the district’s urban services and rail links. Continue with other views from East Tyrol to see how Thurn connects with Lienz and the wider Alpine region.
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