Liebenfels

Liebenfels () is a market town in the district of Sankt Veit an der Glan in the Austrian state of Carinthia.

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Settlement.name: Liebenfels
Settlement.settlement_type: Municipality
Settlement.image_skyline: Liebenfels Burgruine 14032007 02.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Liebenfels Castle
Settlement.image_shield: Wappen at liebenfels.png
Settlement.shield_size: 80x110px
Settlement.pushpin_map: Austria
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize: 270
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location within Austria
Settlement.map_caption: Location within Sankt Veit an der Glan district
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Austria

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Liebenfels () is a market town in the district of Sankt Veit an der Glan in the Austrian state of Carinthia.

==Geography== thumb|left|View from Schneebauerberg over Sörg and Liebenfels Castle The municipal area is situated on the southern slopes of the Gurktal Alps. It lies about west of the district capital Sankt Veit an der Glan and directly north of the state capital Klagenfurt. The highest point in the municipality is the Schneebauerberg with an elevation of , and the lowest is in the valley of the Glan river at .