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Ossiach (Slovenian: Osoje; "shadow side") is a municipality in the district of Feldkirchen in Carinthia. The municipality lies on the southern shore of Lake Ossiach between the Schattseite of the Ossiacher Tauern and the southern side of Lake Ossiach. The shady side extends eastward into the Bleistatt. Ossiach is located about halfway between Villach and the district capital Feldkirchen.

Community structure

The municipal area consists of the following six villages 

    Old Ossiach 
    Ossiach 
    Ostriach (Slovenian Óstrije
    Rappitsch 
    Tauern 
    Untertauern 

Other localities are the vacation settlements Sotour and Prefelnig. The municipality consists of one cadastral municipality "Ossiach".

Culture and sights
    Ossiach Monastery
    Tauern church
    The grave of the Polish king Boles?aw II. The tomb slab bears the inscription: Rex Boleslaus Poloniae occisor sancti Stanislai Episcopi Cracoviensis (Boles?aw King of Poland murderer of St. Stanislaus the Bishop of Cracow).

Regular events

Ossiach Abbey is one of the venues of the Carinthian Summer. The Carinthian Summer was founded in 1969 in Ossiach by Jakob Stingl, a former parish priest, and Helmut Wobisch.

Every year in August, the International Arts and Crafts Market takes place in Ossiach. At this market, artisans from Austria and abroad present their works of art (clay, wood, glass art, painting, products made of fabric and wool).