Arnoldstein

Arnoldstein
Gail Valley with Arnoldstein and Süd Autobahn
Coat of arms
Arnoldstein Location within Austria
Coordinates: 46°33′N 13°42′E / 46.550°N 13.700°E / 46.550; 13.700Coordinates: 46°33′N 13°42′E / 46.550°N 13.700°E / 46.550; 13.700
Country	Austria
State	Carinthia
District	Villach-Land
Government
• Mayor	Erich Kessler
Area
• Total	67.4 km2 (26.0 sq mi)
Elevation	578 m (1,896 ft)
Population (1 January 2016)
• Total	7,031
• Density	100/km2 (270/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	9501
Area code	04255
Website	www.arnoldstein.co.at

Arnoldstein (Slovene: Podklošter, Italian: Oristagno) is a market town in the district of Villach-Land in the Austrian state of Carinthia.

Arnoldstein is located at Austria's southern border between the Carnic Alps and the Karawanken mountain range, near the confluence of the Gailitz (Slovene: Ziljica, Italian: Slizza) and the Gail River (Slovene: Zilja). The tripoint with Tarvisio in Italy and Kranjska Gora in Slovenia is south of the town at the top of the mountain Ofen (Slovene: Peč, Italian: Monte Forno) at 1,509m/4,951 ft. Today there is a marker at this location.

Arnoldstein can be reached via the A2 Süd Autobahn from Vienna and the parallel Austrian Southern Railway (Rudolfsbahn), running from Klagenfurt to the Italian border, where it is continued by the Italian Pontebbana line to Udine.

Arnoldstein is divided into six Katastralgemeinden: Arnoldstein (Podklošter), Hart (Ločilo), Maglern (Megvarje), Pöckau (Peče), Riegersdorf (Rikarja vas) und Seltschach (Sovče). It can be further divided into 21 Ortschaften (with population totals 2001):

The area around Arnoldstein was already settled in ancient times, when a Roman Road along the Gailitz creek connected Aquileia with Virunum near present-day Klagenfurt, capital of the Noricum province.