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872:(born 1997 in Spittal) footballer who plays for
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947:International relations
219:320/km (820/sq mi)
84:Location within Austria
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832:1912 Summer Olympics
535:Treaty of Schönbrunn
344:Basin and the Lower
216: • Density
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925:B100 Drautal-StraĂźe
734:Province of Gorizia
617:Schloss Rothenthurn
409:Hermann II of Celje
296:Spittal an der Drau
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1252:Rangersdorf
1242:Obervellach
1172:Greifenburg
943:(2,142 m).
806:fighter ace
781:in Tasmania
763:Hans Gasser
730:stadtholder
711:stadtholder
589:Carolingian
496:late Gothic
488:Renaissance
463:Ferdinand I
332:Main square
320:) by area.
263:Postal code
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1297:Weissensee
1247:Radenthein
1227:Mörtschach
1023:References
951:See also:
933:East Tyrol
894:Tauernbahn
719:East Tyrol
667:The Greens
621:Roter Turm
559:Klagenfurt
506:Counts of
500:Romanesque
385:Carinthian
203:Population
162:Government
1292:Trebesing
1287:Steinfeld
995:Pordenone
915:highways
837:Hans Kary
785:Max Beier
726:(captain)
656:(BZĂ–): 11
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635:Town hall
600:tombstone
585:artifacts
575:Molzbichl
455:Hungarian
424:Ulrich II
417:immediate
389:Ortenburg
358:cable car
324:Geography
308:Carinthia
275:Area code
225:Time zone
195:Elevation
144:Carinthia
1326:Category
1302:Winklern
1232:MĂĽhldorf
1212:Mallnitz
1207:Lurnfeld
1162:Flattach
1043:10 March
937:cableway
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902:Salzburg
758:botanist
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663:(SVP): 4
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641:Stadtrat
627:Politics
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551:Yugoslav
434:emperor
432:Habsburg
401:Salzburg
381:Salzburg
342:Lurnfeld
304:Austrian
151:District
1257:ReiĂźeck
1202:Lendorf
1187:Irschen
1065:9 March
982:Germany
964:twinned
941:Goldeck
898:Villach
892:on the
750:dynasty
736:(Görz).
504:Gorizia
483:palazzo
467:Austria
451:Turkish
375:History
284:Website
132:Austria
128:Country
103:13°29′E
100:46°47′N
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723:Regent
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607:deacon
602:of an
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999:Italy
978:Löhne
929:Lienz
822:Sport
715:Lienz
597:Roman
298:is a
251:UTC+2
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