Sankt Veit

Sankt Veit an der Glan is a metropolis within the Austrian state of Carinthia, the executive centre of the Sankt Veit an der Glan District. It became the ancient Carinthian capital until 1518. Several archaeologic findings endorse a agreement inside the area already in Carolingian instances. According to legend, a 901 war of Bavarian forces towards invading Magyars instigated the founding of the town.

As first mentioned in an 1131 deed, a Saint Vitus Church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Gurk turned into placed right here in the Duchy of Carinthia. According to an 1137 settlement, it changed into repurchased with the aid of the Bishopric of Bamberg. However, already in 1149 it served as a residence of the Sponheim duke Heinrich V of Carinthia, wherein he acquired King Konrad III of Germany on his manner back from the Second Crusade. He became succeeded by way of his brother Duke Hermann II of Carinthia, who became Vogt protector of the church in 1176 and in the end the Sponheimer made the estates of Sankt Veit their everlasting house and capital of the Carinthian duchy, which it remained till 1518.