Moosburg, Austria

Moosburg
Coat of arms
Moosburg Location within Austria
Coordinates: 46°39′N 14°10′E / 46.650°N 14.167°E / 46.650; 14.167Coordinates: 46°39′N 14°10′E / 46.650°N 14.167°E / 46.650; 14.167
Country	Austria
State	Carinthia
District	Klagenfurt-Land
Government
• Mayor	Herbert Gaggl (ÖVP)
Area
• Total	36.76 km2 (14.19 sq mi)
Elevation	503 m (1,650 ft)
Population (1 January 2016)
• Total	4,529
• Density	120/km2 (320/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	9062
Area code	04262
Website	www.moosburg.gv.at

Moosburg (Slovene: Možberk) is a market town in the Klagenfurt-Land district in the Austrian state of Carinthia.

It is located in the Klagenfurt Basin on the B 95 Turracher Straße federal highway, northwest of the state capital. In the south, Moosburg borders the municipalities of Pörtschach and Krumpendorf, both popular bathing resorts on the northern shore of Lake Wörth. The nearby Süd Autobahn (A2) can be reached via the Pörtschach and Krumpendorf junctions. The Old High German name moos ("mire") refers to several swamps and ponds around the settlement, remnants of the last glacial period and today a protected area.

The municipal area comprises the cadastral communities of Bärndorf, Gradenegg, Kreggab, Moosburg, Sankt Peter, Seigbichl (Žihpolje), Tigring (Tigrče), and Tuderschitz (Tudrešiče).

The area had at least been settled since Roman times, when it was part of the Noricum province; documented by preserved sections of Roman roads and tombstones, as well as by excavations of an ancient villa rustica near the village of Tigring.

Moosburg proper is the site of the Arnulfsfeste, a hill castle first mentioned in an 879 deed. It was then located in the former Slavic principality of Carantania, which had become a Frankish march by the end of the 8th century. Arnulf of Carinthia, the Carolingian king of East Francia and Holy Roman Emperor, grew up here and used the castle as a Kaiserpfalz residence.

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