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Carinthia

Carinthia , Ger. Kärnten, province (1991 pop. 547,798), c.3,680 sq mi (9,531 sq km), S Austria. Klagenfurt is the capital. Predominantly mountainous, it is the southernmost Austrian province, bordering on Italy and Slovenia in the south. The Grossglockner , the highest point in Austria (12,460 ft/3,797 m), rises in the northeast, at the Tyrol province border. Carinthia has mines (lead, zinc, and magnesite) and well-developed farms (especially in the fertile Drava, or Drau, plain). Manufactures of the province include electrotechnical products, shoes, paper and pulp, and chemicals. There is also an active tourist trade, particularly along the Wörther See, a lake near Klagenfurt. In 976, Carinthia, which then included Istria, Carniola, and Styria, was detached from Bavaria and made an independent duchy. Acquired by Ottocar II of Bohemia in 1269, it fell to Rudolf I of Hapsburg in 1276 and in 1335 became an Austrian crown land. By the Treaty of Saint-Germain (1919) the province lost some minor territories to Italy and Yugoslavia. The only Austrian province with an appreciable ethnic minority, Carinthia has a Slovene population of approximately 2.7% in the south.

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	Heil, Haider? Magazine article from: National Review; 3/6/2000; ; 700+ words ; ...valley of Barenthal, in the province of Carinthia. This was the property of a Jewish family...Haider, and he was elected governor of Carinthia. But politics can be complicated, and...Haider himself remained governor of Carinthia. The election and the coalition-forming... Read more
	Spirit of ecstasy. (design of entrance building for an industrial park in Carinthia, Austria) Magazine article from: The Architectural Review; 4/1/1996; ; 700+ words ; ...building to a new industrial park in the Carinthian countryside as a gesture of welcome and...how the lad from the provinces (born in Carinthia and teaching in Graz) had pulled it off...industry and offices where the Land of Carinthia is investing much care and money in the... Read more
	The provinces of Carinthia and Styria have announced they will each contribute 40 million [euro] towards construction of the proposed Koralm tunnel, which forms part of a 4.2 billion [euro] project for a new line between Graz and Klagenfurt.(Austria) Magazine article from: International Railway Journal; 2/1/2005; 57 words ; The provinces of Carinthia and Styria have announced they will each contribute 40 million [euro] towards construction of the proposed Koralm tunnel, which... Read more
	Riot breaks out as pope greets Haider.(Pope John Paul II)(Jorg Haider)(Brief Article) Magazine article from: National Catholic Reporter; 1/5/2001; ; 700+ words ; ...pope received Haider as governor of the southern Austrian province of Carinthia, whose turn it was to present the annual Christmas...While the appointment for a delegation from Carinthia to present the Christmas tree was made three... Read more
	The unquiet graves of Yalta: forty-five years ago, seventy thousand Cossacks and Yugoslavs were "repatriated" to torture, slavery and death at the hands of Stalin and Tito. Was this a war crime? Magazine article from: National Review; 2/5/1990; ; 700+ words ; ...repatriated--forcibly if necessary. As the European war ended in May 1945, British troops had reached the Austrian province of Carinthia. There, amid the terrible chaos of defeat, they found some four hundred thousand surrendered German troops... Read more
	American consultants influence how Austrian campaigns are run.(INTERNATIONAL POLITICS)(Austro-American political relationship ) Magazine article from: Campaigns & Elections; 10/1/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...less-than-professional campaign resources. When Laszlo joined a campaign for the Social Democrats in the Austrian province of Carinthia, she discovered major mistakes in polling techniques and message development. But the publicly-funded war... Read more
	Tutor takes off toward a dream; Burris to play football in Austria.(LOCAL NEWS) Newspaper article from: Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA); 3/1/2009; 668 words ; ...chance to resume his football career. Mr. Burris said he will play linebacker and fullback for a professional team in the Austrian province of Corinthia. The 24-year-old was a star running back and outside linebacker at the high school, and went on to have a... Read more
	(book reviews) Magazine article from: Journal of Social History; 9/22/1999; ; 700+ words ; ...authorities, before they could be wed. Elisabeth Mantl's study of marriage as privilege, examines this practice in the Austrian province of the Tirol and Vorarlberg, a region where these legal limitations on marriage lasted longer than elsewhere and reached... Read more
	Franz Liszt: A family connection.(Karol Bernard Zaluski)(Column) Magazine article from: Contemporary Review; 7/1/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...estate at Iwonicz, which, like neighbouring Wzdow, lay in the foothills of the Carpathian Mountains in what was then the Austrian province of Galicia. Music played a vital part at both Iwonicz and Wzdow; Karol and his eight siblings all received a musical education... Read more
	The Bilderbank of the Kameraklub Linz. (Austria) Magazine article from: PSA Journal; 8/1/1995; ; 603 words ; ...with several other Kameraklub Linz (KKL) members, are also PSA members. Linz, on the Danube River, is the capital of the Austrian province of Upper Austria. About 200,000 people live there. It is a modern industrial center, with beautiful farmland and mountain... Read more

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	Villach Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition , city (1991 pop. 54,640), Carinthia province, S Austria, on the Drava River. An industrial and rail center, it manufactures wood products, cellulose, machinery, and... Read more
	Margaret Maultasch Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...appearance, especially her mouth. When Margaret's father, Henry, count of Tyrol and duke of Carinthia, died in 1335, Holy Roman Emperor Louis IV gave Carinthia to the Hapsburgs and tried to take Tyrol from Margaret and her husband, John Henry, son... Read more
	Virgilius of Salzburg, St Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church Virgilius of Salzburg, St ( c. 700–84), ‘Apostle of Carinthia’. A learned Irishman, he went to the Continent in 743 and for some years governed the diocese of Salzburg without becoming... Read more

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