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on the summit of the mountain and a Roman trading colony below. The oppidum was the principal administrative centre of the kingdom and the residence of the royal
Noricum family, and as such provided a natural focus for Roman merchants. The Roman colony developed on a south-facing terrace below the oppidum. The earliest buildings were of timber and can be dated to c. 100 BC but by 30 BC the traders' houses were built in stone and were decorated with murals depicting classical mythological scenes painted by immigrant Roman artists. The focus of the colony was a large open forum where the commercial transactions would have been carried out. The Roman merchants who lived and worked here were representatives of the great business houses, mainly from Aquileia, and like all traders in foreign lands they surrounded themselves with the outward and visible signs of their own culture. The scale of the trade with Rome was considerable and acted as a spur to local production; it also introduced the Roman lifestyle to the natives who, over the decades, increasingly embraced Roman luxuries and Roman manners" (Cunliffe, 2001).
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The most spectacular find was made as early as 1502: a perfect statue of a young man. The beautiful "JĂĽngling vom
Helenenberg", so named after the mountain's name at that time which was Helenenberg, was a European sensation and as the finest example of Greek sculpturing in the monarchy has found its
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According to Barry
Cunliffe, Noricum was from the time of the Roman Republic a friendly ally of Rome. Trade between the two states was intense, particularly from Noricum's iron, gold, and agricultural produce. "The adjacent trading centre of Magdalensberg consisted of two elements, a native oppidum
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Christofberg, Deinsdorf, Dürnfeld, Eibelhof, Eixendorf, Farchern, Freudenberg, Gammersdorf, Geiersdorf, Göriach, Gottesbichl, Großgörtschach, Gundersdorf, Haag, Hollern, Kleingörtschach, Kreuzbichl, Kronabeth, Lassendorf, Latschach, Leibnitz, Magdalensberg, Matzendorf, Ottmanach, Pirk, Pischeldorf,
363:. The "original" was then identified as a Roman copy of a Greek original of the 5th century BC; recently, however, it turned out to be an early Renaissance copy of an original Roman copy of the Greek original both of which had gone lost, yet their beauty has been preserved.
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The municipality took its name ("Magdalene's
Mountain") from the mountain on its territory, which is renowned for the extensive Celtic settlement on the hilltop, which was probably the royal capital of the Celtic kingdom of
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before being practiced today. Also, the three headed stone of
Magdalensberg is said to be a major example of early Slavic art from the 8th. to the middle of the 9th Century that represents at its perfection the process of
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of ancient sources, then this idea was rejected, and now the archaeologists in charge of the excavations think that the Roman city of
Virunum had probably been given the name of its Celtic hilltop predecessor.
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way into the Vienna Museum of Art. For tourism's sake the young man was renamed "JĂĽngling vom
Magdalensberg" and copies of the statue can now be seen both in the Magdalensberg museum and in
312:"): Zinsdorf, Reigersdorf, Ottmanach, Wutschein, Gammersdorf, Schurianhof, Timenitz, Vellach, Freudenberg, Portendorf, Zeiselberg, Lassendorf, St. Thomas All the villages have also
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Portendorf, Reigersdorf, Schöpfendorf, Sillebrücke, St. Lorenzen, St. Martin, St. Thomas, Stuttern, Timenitz, Treffelsdorf, Vellach, Wutschein, Zeiselberg, Zinsdorf.
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Magdalensberg lies at the foot of the
Magdalensberg in the Klagenfurt basin in the lower Gurk valley. The Gurk and the Raba flow through the municipality.
445:(1576), Jefferson's initials appear next to the description of the ceremony. A myth has developed that this inspired Jefferson during the creation of the
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Vodopivec, Peter. 2009. Politics of
History Education in Slovenia and Slovene History Textbooks since 1990. In: Augusta Dimou (ed.),
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Slovenska krajevna imena na avstrijskem Koroškem, razširjena izdaja. Die slowenischen
Ortsnamen in Kärnten, erweiterte Auflage
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Verena Gassner et al., Am Randes des Reiches. Die Römer in Österreich (=Österr. Geschichte 15 BC - 378 AD), Vienna 2003, p.47
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Ottmanach, one of the constituent villages of the municipality, was the original home of the singer and light music composer
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Gernot Piccotini was director of the State Museum of Carinthia in Klagenfurt and in charge of the Magdalensberg excavations
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Bojan-Ilija Schnabl: Inkulturacija, fenomen kulturnih procesov. In: Studia Mitologica Slavica XV (Ljubljana 2012) 231-246.
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on four hills departing of the peak of the Magdalensberg-mountain as being pre-christian, so it had to be first
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Celovško polje, neznani zaklad osrednje slovenske kulturne pokrajine, Izsledki enciklopedijskih raziskovanj
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Celovško polje, neznani zaklad osrednje slovenske kulturne pokrajine, Izsledki enciklopedijskih raziskovanj
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Three headed stone from Magdalensberg, said to be an inculturation of the Slavic divinity
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as a religious centre. Namely, Pavle Zablatnik, a local ethnologue, identified the
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Zinsdorf, a municipality of Magdalensberg, was the birthplace of linguist
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Luthar, Oto. 2005. Slovenia: History between Myths and Reality.
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Magdalensberg: Natur – Geschichte – Gegenwart. Gemeindechronik.
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421:, whose centre was precisely nearby in the village of
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Der Vierbergelauf. Geschichte – Sinngehalt – Ablauf.
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The municipality comprises 40 villages and hamlets:
557:. In: Koroški koledar 2013. Celovec 2012, 107–122.
452:The central mountain hill was also taken over by
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771:, pp. 47–70. Göttingen: V&R unipress, p. 65.
308:and is composed of 13 cadastral subdivisions ("
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741:Carmichael, Cathie, & James Gow. 2000.
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834:
562:Inkulturacija, fenomen kulturnih procesov
447:United States Declaration of Independence
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280:) is a market town in the district of
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174:42.9 km (16.6 sq mi)
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856:Municipalities in the district of
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944:Sankt Margareten im Rosental
477:of the Slavic main divinity
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644:de:Magdalensberg (Gemeinde)
520:Stadt auf dem Magdalensberg
513:
16:Place in Carinthia, Austria
10:
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954:Techelsberg am Wörther See
410:which were later named in
398:Slovenian cultural history
182:450 m (1,480 ft)
899:Krumpendorf am Wörthersee
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72:Location within Austria
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352:Youth of Magdalensberg
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203:81/km (210/sq mi)
874:Feistritz im Rosental
802:Bojan-Ilija Schnabl:
560:Bojan-Ilija Schnabl:
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226: • Summer (
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507:Katja Sturm-Schnabl
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