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Gemeinde Deutsch-Griffen

Deutsch-Griffen is a municipality in the district of Sankt Veit an der Glan in Carinthia. Deutsch-Griffen is located in the north of Carinthia about 30 kilometers northwest of Klagenfurt in a left side valley of the Gurk valley on the Griffnerbach. The municipal area extends from the Gurk River to the Carinthian-Styrian border in the eastern Nockberge mountains.

Culture and sights

Sights in the municipality of Deutsch-Griffen include the parish church of St. James the Elder, a 12th-century building with a Romanesque core that was later expanded and turned into a fortified church, the Nativity Scene Museum in the Pfarrstadel, the mill hiking trail and the Lenten Cloth. A lime kiln is located on the Flattnitz in the municipality of Deutsch Griffen.