Spittal an der Drau District


Bezirk Spittal an der Drau is an administrative district in the state of Carinthia, Austria.

Geography

With an area of the district is 2,763.99 km², it is Austria's second largest district by area, even larger than the Austrian state of Vorarlberg, and by far the largest district in Carinthia. The administrative centre is Spittal an der Drau, other major settlements are Gmünd, Greifenburg, Millstatt, Obervellach, Radenthein, Seeboden, Steinfeld, and Winklern.
Together with the neighbouring districts of Hermagor and Feldkirchen, Spittal forms the Upper Carinthia region according to the Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics. It borders on East Tyrol in the west and the Austrian state of Salzburg in the north.
The mountainous area comprises the southern ranges of the High Tauern and the Möll valley, the western Gurktal Alps, as well as the broad Drava Valley and the northern slopes of the Gailtal Alps. The highest point is the peak of the Grossglockner, Austria's highest mountain at. The district also includes Millstätter See and Weissensee, two of the major Carinthian lakes.

Administrative divisions

The district is divided into 33 municipalities, three of them are towns and nine of them are market towns.

Towns

  1. Gmünd
  2. Radenthein
  3. Spittal an der Drau

    Market towns

  4. Greifenburg
  5. Lurnfeld
  6. Millstatt
  7. Oberdrauburg
  8. Obervellach
  9. Sachsenburg
  10. Seeboden
  11. Steinfeld
  12. Winklern

    Municipalities

  13. Bad Kleinkirchheim
  14. Baldramsdorf
  15. Berg im Drautal
  16. Dellach im Drautal
  17. Flattach
  18. Großkirchheim
  19. Heiligenblut
  20. Irschen
  21. Kleblach-Lind
  22. Krems in Kärnten
  23. Lendorf
  24. Mallnitz
  25. Malta
  26. Mörtschach
  27. Mühldorf
  28. Rangersdorf
  29. Reißeck
  30. Rennweg am Katschberg
  31. Stall
  32. Trebesing
  33. Weißensee