Sattnitz

Sattnitz, Carinthia, forested hill country in the southern Klagenfurt basin between Lake Wörth and the Glanfurt-Glan-Gurk flatlands in the north and the Rosental valley of the river Drau/Drava in the south (with the Feistritz and Ferlach reservoirs); developed on old layers of shale, slate and gravel from the Drau Glacier of the Ice Age. Sattnitz is divided into an eastern and a western part by the Klagenfurt-Rosental valley, which contains roads and railways. The western part is in turn divided by the longitudinal Keutsch valley into a northern part (cutting into the prominent Pyramidenkogel Mountain south of Maria Wörth 850 m) and a more elevated southern part with extensive forests and steep, partially rocky slopes (Dobreiner Wand, 924 m). In addition to Lake Keutschach, the landscape has numerous small lakes and ponds, some overgrown with reeds. Sattnitz was inhabited as far back as the Stone Age (archaeological finds of pile foundation dwellings) and belongs to the Slovene mixed-language area. Important settlements located in the Sattnitz region are: Augsdorf, Schiefling, Ludmannsdorf (Bilcovs), Keutschach, Köttmannsdorf, Maria Rain.