Bad Eisenkappel

Bad Eisenkappel

Bad Eisenkappel, also known as Eisenkappel, (Slovene: Železna Kapla) is a municipality located in the Vellach Valley in the Karawanken mountain range with nearby peaks: Obir, Peca, and Olševa. It is the population center of the market township of Eisenkappel-Vellach (population 3,038) of the Völkermarkt district in the State of Carinthia, Austria near the border of Slovenia. [http://www.euborder.soton.ac.uk/commun02d.htm euborder.soton.ac.uk] ] [ [http://www.aeiou.at/aeiou.encyclop.e/e401691.htm;internal&action=_setlanguage.action?LANGUAGE=en Encyclopedia of Austria] ] [ [http://www.euborder.soton.ac.uk/map_eisen.html Map] ] [ [http://www.summitpost.org/area/range/152510/karavanke-karawanken.html Area map with local mountain peaks] ]

Bad Eisenkappel was first referred to by the name Kappel in 1267. It was officially renamed in 1890 to Eisenkappel. [ [http://www.hoehlen.at/englisch/hoehlenwelt_geschichte.php hoehlen.at] ]

The area is known for its hiking and cycling trails, as well as for the extensive Obir cave system, which has been mined for lead ore since at least 1171, and has been open to the public since 1991. [ [http://www.showcaves.com/english/at/showcaves/Obir.html showcaves.com] ] Frommers says "Eisenkappel is the major stopover in the [Vellach] valley. This town is surrounded by centuries-old forests and mineral springs, and because of its position as a frontier town only 15km (10 miles) from the Austro-Slovenian border's Seebergsattel Pass, it also offers many cultural and historical attractions. [...] There are many sky-blue lakes and white mountain peaks near Eisenkappel. Lake Klopeiner, to the north of this town, is the warmest lake in Carinthia. Eight kilometers (5 miles) to the southwest you'll see Trögerner Gorge." [ [http://www.frommers.com/destinations/klagenfurt/1908010011.html Frommers] ]

The International Commission for the Protection of the Alps (CIPRA) has stated that Bad Eisenkappel is highly affected by a growing trend of "out migration" where services and basic infrastructure are leaving the area. As such the town has attempted to counter-balance this loss by starting events to keep the youth within. Currently, as noted in the report, much of the youth travel to nearby Klagenfurt. [ [http://competition.cipra.org/alpknowhow/bestpractice/zarja Living space for young people in a bilingual mountain region] ]

Its sister community is Jezersko across the Austria-Slovenia border.

Famous inhabitants

*Cvetka Lipuš, poet
*Florjan Lipuš, writer and Prešeren laureate

ee also

*Seebergsattel
*Pavličevo sedlo
*Slovenian exonyms

References

Further reading

* [http://64.233.179.104/translate_c?hl=en&u=http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topographieverordnung_f%25C3%25BCr_K%25C3%25A4rnten_(1977)&prev=/search%3Fq%3D%2522Eisenkappel-Vellach%2522%26num%3D100%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26newwindow%3D1%26safe%3Doff Topography regulation for Kärnten (1977)]
* [http://64.233.179.104/translate_c?hl=en&sl=de&u=http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eisenkappel-Vellach&prev=/search%3Fq%3D%2522Eisenkappel-Vellach%2522%26num%3D100%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26newwindow%3D1%26safe%3Doff German Wikipedia] English translation of Eisenkappel Vellach article
* [http://ris.gemserver.at/gemeinde/eisenkappel/ Eisenkappel Vellach homepage] in German with photo of town taken from near moutainside
* [http://www.summitpost.org/area/range/152510/karavanke-karawanken.html Details of surrounding mountains and includes map]
* [http://www.planetware.com/austria/eisenkappel-a-k-ekap.htm planetware.com] Tourist data


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