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Stadtgemeinde Althofen

Althofen (Slovenian: Stari Dvor) is a municipality in northern Carinthia, Austria. It is one of the oldest mountain settlements still inhabited in Austria and a spa town. Althofen is located 30 kilometers north of the provincial capital Klagenfurt am Wörthersee and 15 kilometers north of the district capital Sankt Veit an der Glan, in the northern part of the Krappfeld.

Culture and sights

    Parish church of St. Thomas of Canterbury: first mentioned in a document in 1307, late Gothic building from the 14th century with a mighty Gothic tower
    Filial and former Bürgerspitalkirche St. Cäcilia on the lower market: originally Romanesque building, mentioned in a document in 1434, altered in the 16th and 19th centuries
    Calvary Chapel of St. Cross
    Althofen castle with castle square
    Salzburger Platz with plague column and gnome fountain
    Riederhaus
    Annenturm
    Fronfeste Althofen
    Auer-von-Welsbach Museum
    Castle Töscheldorf
    Gurktalbahn (museum railroad)
    Castle ruin Pöckstein