Feldkirchen

Feldkirchen in Karnten is a town inside the Austrian kingdom of Carinthia and the capital of the district of the equal name. It includes the Katastralgemeinden Fasching, Feldkirchen, Glanhofen, Gradisch, Hoefling, Klein Sankt Veit, Pernegg, Rabensdorf, Sankt Ulrich, Sittich, Tschwarzen and Waiern. The agreement may have advanced at the web site of the former Beliandrum mansio along the Roman street from Teurnia near Spittal an der Drau to Virunum, capital of the Noricum province. A Roman tombstone of the 2nd century is covered into the walls of the Saint Michael filial church.

The earliest mention of Feldkirchen is as Ueldchiricha in an 888 record by means of Arnulf of Carinthia. The parish church Maria im Dorn, a Romanesque basilica with a Carolingian choir, is one of the oldest sacred buildings in Carinthia. Feldkirchen, once an property of the Eppenstein noble family, turned into bequeathed to the Diocese of Bamberg in 1166. The bishops had the Amthof erected, the former seat of the nearby management, these days a place for cultural events and a small museum. Finally Maria Theresa of Austria obtained Feldkirchen in 1759.