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Stadtgemeinde Bad Sankt Leonhard im Lavanttal

Bad St. Leonhard im Lavanttal (also Bad Sankt Leonhard im Lavanttal) (Slovenian: Šentlenart v Labotski dolini) is a municipality in the district of Wolfsberg in Carinthia, Austria. The municipality is located in the upper Lavant Valley north of Wolfsberg. 

Culture and sights

    Ehrenfels Castle
    Castle ruins Gomarn
    Lichtengraben Castle
    Painburg Castle Ruin
    Wiesenau Castle: Among the numerous castle ruins and castles in the vicinity of the town, Wiesenau Castle occupies a special place. In the first half of the 19th century, it was the meeting place of the Wiesenau Circle, which included the imperial court astronomer Tobias Bürg (1766-1834/1835).
    Twimberg castle ruins
    Catholic parish church of St. Leonhard im Lavanttal: The mighty church, built in the Gothic style, was erected in the first half of the 14th century and dedicated to the patron saint of prisoners and animals. In addition to the painted Gothic stained glass windows, which with 139 preserved individual panes form the most extensive collection of medieval stained glass in Carinthia, the Gothic winged altars, the Gothic statue of the Madonna (ca. 1330) and the late Gothic Lenten cloth have become particularly famous.
    Catholic parish church Schiefling im Lavanttal St. Ägidius
    Church of St. Kunigund

Miscellaneous:

    Medieval town wall
    Reckturm
    Lavant valley crossing

    Carinthian Sun Tower, listed lookout tower at the Twimberg rest area on the south highway