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Nockgebiet
© Copyright Nock Area: Windebensee in the Nockgebirge mountains. Nock Area, western part of the Gurktal Alps, area to the east of the Liesertal valley, consisting mainly of crests, saddles, valleys and lake basins without a main valley. The Austrian word "Nocken" stands for hilltops rounded by glaciers and mountain ridges made of gneiss, mica schist, palaeozoic phyllite and limestone ranges (Rosennock mountain 2,424m, Wöllaner Nock mountain 2,139m, Eisenhut mountain 2,441m). The Königsstuhl mountain (2,336m) forms a natural border between the three provinces of Carinthia, Salzburg and Styria. Sparsely populated area with alpine farming and winter tourism. Regional centres: Ebene Reichenau, Bad Kleinkirchheim, Radenthein, Gmünd, Turrach. On the southern edge: Lake Millstätt, Lake Feldsee (Brennsee), Lake Afritzersee; Nockalmstraße road (toll-road from Innerkrems to the north of Ebene Reichenau); Nockberge mountains National Park (since 1987, 216 km2).
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