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Bleiburg (Slovenian Pliberk) is a bilingual municipality and district court seat in the district of Völkermarkt. The municipality is located in the Jauntal valley, at the foot of the Petzen mountain. It owes its name to the former mining industry. Near Bleiburg there was the Bleiburg massacre in 1945, which make the place or the nearby Loibacher Feld an important Croatian place of remembrance.

Culture and sights

    The main square with plague column from 1724 is surrounded by houses from the 16th to 18th centuries; the plain facades are mostly from the 19th century.
    Bleiburg Castle is a Renaissance building owned by the Counts of Thurn-Valsassina. Originally built in the early 12th century on a hill overlooking the town, most of the present structure dates from the early 17th century
    The parish church of Saints Peter and Paul is a late Gothic building of the 14th century
    Slovenian cultural center - Kulturni dom
    The pilgrimage church of Heiligengrab, a Baroque building from 1761 stands on a calvary.
    Werner Berg Museum on the main square
    Kiki Kogelnik parents' house on the main square
    Memorial park at Bleiburger Feld (Loibacher Feld) with several monuments and a chapel for the victims of the Bleiburg Massacre
    The Freyungsbrunnen by Kiki Kogelnik is one of the late major works of the artist Kiki Kogelnik and was created on the occasion of the 600th anniversary of the Bleiburger Wiesenmarkt in 1994.