Pörtschach
| Pörtschach am Wörther See | ||
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 Pörtschach am Wörther See
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| Coordinates: 46°38′N 14°9′E / 46.633°N 14.150°ECoordinates: 46°38′N 14°9′E / 46.633°N 14.150°E | ||
| Country | Austria | |
| State | Carinthia | |
| District | Klagenfurt-Land | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Franz Arnold (FPÖ) | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 16.21 km2 (6.26 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 461 m (1,512 ft) | |
| Population (1 January 2016) | ||
| • Total | 2,713 | |
| • Density | 170/km2 (430/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| Postal code | 9210 | |
| Area code | 04272 | |
| Website | poertschach.gv.at | |
Pörtschach am Wörthersee (Slovene: Poreče) is a municipality in the district of Klagenfurt-Land in Carinthia, Austria. It is an established summer resort and lakeside town on Wörthersee.
Pörtschach is located at 446–702 metres (1,463–2,303 ft) above mean sea level, on the northern shore of Lake Wörth, about 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) west of the Carinthian capital Klagenfurt.
The municipal territory is subdivided into the two cadastral communities of Pörtschach on the Lake (Poreče ob jezeru) and Sallach. Unique locality of the municipality is Pörtschach on Lake Wörth.
Pörtschach's neighbouring communities include Moosburg to the north, Techelsberg to the west, Krumpendorf to the east, and Maria Wörth to the south.
Basin stones with cup marks most presumably come from the stone age and can still be seen in many parts of Carinthia. There is also one to be seen in Pörtschach, just next to a basswood tree with a park bench and next to a wooden cross. During the cultic ceremony the sacrifice, most probably blood, was placed in the little basin hole of the rock.
According to archaeological findings, the Noricum main road from Velden to Krumpendorf already led across the community's territory in the Roman period. During the Slavic settlement of the Eastern Alps about 600 a settlement was founded, based on onomastic evidence (Slavic porecah = 'at the people who live by the brook'). In 1150 Pörtschach in the Duchy of Carinthia was first attested in written sources. In those days a lake castle was set up, of which little else than some scant remains of a wall can be seen to this day. A parish church was first mentioned in 1328, initially a filial church of Maria Wörth, the present-day building was erected in 1787 and restored in a Neo-Renaissance style in 1904/06.
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