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 ten of them are market towns.Towns
Market towns
- Greifenburg
- Lurnfeld
- Millstatt
- Oberdrauburg
- Obervellach
- Rennweg am Katschberg
- Sachsenburg
- Seeboden
- Steinfeld
- Winklern