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477:) Kornach and Strajach merged with the municipality of Mauthen, but in 1182 obtained independent status as the municipality of Unterlesach. Ten years later the two localities Birnbaum and Sankt Jakob became independent municipalities as well. Through Carinthian local government reform in 1973, the eastern Lesach municipality of Sankt Jakob merged with
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According to the 2001 census, the municipality of
Lesachtal has 1,560 inhabitants, of which 98.4% are Austrian citizens and 1.3% are German citizens. The size of the population has been declining sharply in recent decades.
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Valley. The lower eastern third of the Lesach Valley around the village of Sankt Jakob is part of the neighbouring Kötschach-Mauthen municipality.
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The Lesach Valley is located in the southwest of
Carinthia. In adjacent East Tyrol, the uppermost continuation of the Gail river course is called
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dialect is not
Carinthian, but rather East-Tyrolean with slight variations. Slovenian elements have also survived in local common speech.
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According to the 2001 census, 98.4% of the population are Roman
Catholic and 1.2% are Protestant.
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469:) in 1850, the three municipalities Luggau, Sankt Lorenzen, and Liesing were constituted. The
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about AD 600. In the 8th century, it was one of the first valleys in the
Principality of
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The language spoken in the
Lesachtal valley is linguistically remarkable, because the
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The municipality of
Lesachtal (area 19.62 km, pop. 1,665) comprises the
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307:. It comprises the western part of the eponymous valley formed by the upper
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of Kornat, Liesing, Maria Luggau, and Sankt
Lorenzen im Lesachtal.
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The narrow valley borders the Lienz
Dolomites range of the
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bequeathed the lordship to the reigning princes of the
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River, and stretches from the
Carinthian border with
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990:Cities and towns in Hermagor District
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662:Saint Joseph's Church in Tscheltsch
614:Ulrich und Martin Church, Lesachtal
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16:Place in Carinthia, Austria
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84:Location within Austria
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494:Austro-Hungarian Army
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242: • Summer (
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754:. Statistics Austria
732:. Statistics Austria
590:Farmhouses in Klebas
559:UBL (Independent): 1
216: • Density
173:Franz Guggenberger (
508:from 1915 to 1918.
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570:Matthias von Lexer
498:Royal Italian Army
475:Katastralgemeinden
437:Landgericht Lesach
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208: • Total
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398:Our Lady of Snows
383:Southern Bavarian
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297:Hermagor District
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492:between the
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50:Coat of arms
535:Gemeinderat
502:Carnic Alps
486:World War I
432:about 740.
348:Carnic Alps
263:Postal code
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716:References
512:Population
422:Germanised
418:Carantania
352:Hohe Warte
313:East Tyrol
203:Population
162:Government
964:Lesachtal
954:Kirchbach
944:Gitschtal
847:Lesachtal
323:Geography
305:Carinthia
303:state of
299:, in the
285:Lesachtal
225:Time zone
195:Elevation
144:Carinthia
78:Lesachtal
23:Lesachtal
984:Category
736:10 March
556:(FPÖ): 2
550:(SPÖ): 5
544:(ÖVP): 7
529:Politics
496:and the
463:Austrian
448:Margaret
377:Language
360:Coglians
337:Tilliach
315:down to
301:Austrian
156:Hermagor
151:District
939:Dellach
758:9 March
674:Tuffbad
602:Liesing
577:Gallery
484:During
389:History
356:Italian
289:Slovene
274:Website
132:Austria
128:Country
103:12°49′E
100:46°42′N
35:Liesing
814:Lavant
426:Boruth
420:to be
406:Slavic
414:Slavs
364:Italy
251:UTC+2
230:UTC+1
211:1,318
169:Mayor
139:State
882:(IT)
760:2019
738:2019
488:the
309:Gail
268:9653
255:CEST
182:Area
410:les
244:DST
234:CET
175:SPÖ
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