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Finkenstein am Faaker See (Slovenian: Bekštanj) is a market town in Carinthia. The market town of Finkenstein is mostly located in the basin of Lake Faak between Villach Basin and Rosental. It is bordered by the Drava River in the north and the Karawanken Mountains in the south. 

Culture and sights

    Finkenstein castle ruins (Altfinkenstein) with castle arena
    Neufinkenstein Castle
    Parish church of St. Stefan with cemetery, documented probably in 1340, certainly mentioned in 1385, is in its present form a Gothic church building erected in 1472. The mighty west tower carries a baroque onion helmet.
    Parish yard of St. Stefan
    War memorial next to St. Stefan
    Parish church St. Michael in Fürnitz
    Parish church St. Ulrich with cemetery in Latschach
    Filial church St. Margaretha in Finkenstein is a small gothic village church, first mentioned in a document in 1340
    Filial church St. Georg in Faak am See is a Gothic church building with a mighty tower from the first half of the 15th century. The oldest documentary mention dates back to 1486.
    Filial church St. Gregor at the southern end of Goritschach is a small, late Gothic village church with Romanesque masonry
    Filial church of St. Kanzian in Goritschach
    Way of the Cross Goritschach
    Filial church Holy Trinity in Pogöriach
    Filial church St. Job with cemetery and Sankt Job
    Tumulus field and hilltop settlement Kanzianiberg
    Faak am See train station with historic train station building from the imperial and royal period. Time
    Parish church Petschnitzen