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
Settlement.subdivision_type1: State
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Carinthia
Settlement.subdivision_type2: District
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Feldkirchen
Settlement.parts_style: para
Settlement.leader_title: Mayor

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Wikidata facts

Population: 785
Area: 17.38
Elevation: 510
Official website: www.ossiach.at
Image: Blick von Bodensdorfnach Ossiach.jpg
Dialing code: 0 42 43
Licence plate code: FE

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Commons category: Ossiach
Commons gallery: Ossiach
postal code: 9570
email address: mailto:[email protected]

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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.