Ossiach

Ossiach () is a municipality in the Feldkirchen District in the Austrian state of Carinthia. The small settlement is mainly known for Ossiach Abbey.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Ossiach
Settlement.settlement_type: Municipality
Settlement.image_skyline: Blick von Bodensdorfnach Ossiach.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: View across Lake Ossiach
Settlement.image_shield: Wappen at ossiach.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 Feldkirchen district
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Austria

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Geography
History
Neighboring municipalities
Politics
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Ossiach () is a municipality in the Feldkirchen District in the Austrian state of Carinthia. The small settlement is mainly known for Ossiach Abbey.

==Geography== It is located at the southern shore of Lake Ossiach, on the slope of the small Ossiacher Tauern range within the Nock Mountains, a range of the Gurktal Alps, at the road between Villach and Feldkirchen. The commune consists of the Katastralgemeinden Alt-Ossiach, Ossiach, Ostriach, Rappitsch, Tauern and Untertauern.