Moosburg in Kärnten

Moosburg in Kärnten, Carinthia, municipality in the district of Klagenfurt, alt. 503 m, pop. 4,117, area 36.78 km², summer tourist resort (102,874 overnight stays) north of Lake Wörther See. - Summer toboggan run, SOS Children´s Village, golf course and 1^st Carinthian Golf School. - First documented mention in 879 as "Mosapurch", Carolingian palatinate of Moosburg, which cannot, however, be clearly localised; documented mention of Arnulf von Kärnten, duke of Carinthia, Parish church altered around 1765. Grave reliefs from Roman times on the southern exterior wall; murals and Baroque interior (around 1755); beautiful gravestones with coats of arms (16^th to 17^th centuries). Neue Moosburg Castle on a hill west of Moosburg built in the 16^th century, enlarged in the 17^th century; two-aisled late Gothic hall and stucco ceiling with half length figures (1590); castle ruin (Hetzelburg), tower (17 m high, 10^th /11^th centuries) preserved; Ratzenegg Castle (first documented mention 1333, significantly enlarged around 1600) with magnificent rusticated main portal; Tigring Castle (home for the senior citizens). Near Moosburg: lakes Mitterteich and Strußnigteich.