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Stadtgemeinde Ferlach

Ferlach (Slovenian: Borovlje) in Carinthia is the southernmost municipality in Austria, capital of the Rosental, seat of a district court and known as a gunsmith town. Ferlach is located south of Klagenfurt (10 km as the crow flies, 18 km by road) in the center of the Rose Valley on the Drava River, which is dammed here to form the Ferlach Reservoir.

Culture and sights

    In 2010 the traditional gunsmith craft as Ferlacher Büchsenmacher was declared an Intangible World Heritage Site, as declared by UNESCO, in the National Register of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Austria.

Museums

    Gunsmith and Hunting Museum in Ferlach Castle
    Carnica bee museum in Kirschentheuer
    Historama, Museum of Technology and Transport
    Museum of the Carinthian Iron and Steel Works (KESTAG) as part of Historama

Buildings

    Ferlach Castle
    Catholic parish church Ferlach St. Martin
    Catholic parish church Glainach St. Valentine
    Parish church Kappel an der Drau
    Catholic branch church Dollich hl. Josef
    District court Ferlach