Afritz am See

Infobox Town AT
name=Afritz am See
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mapsize = 400px
state = Carinthia
regbzk =
district = Villach-Land
population =1519
population_as_of = 2001
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area = 28.03
elevation = 711
lat_deg=46
lat_min=44
lat_hem=N
lon_deg=13
lon_min=48
lon_hem=E
postal_code = 9542
area_code =04247
mayor = Maximilian Linder (FPÖ)
website = [http://www.afritz-am-see.at www.afritz-am-see.at]

Afritz am See ( _sl. Zobrce) is a municipality in the district of Villach-Land in the Austrian state of Carinthia. It is located within the "Gegend" valley of the Nock Mountains range, near the small "Afritzer See" (Lake Afritz). It consists of the Katastralgemeinden "Afritz" and "Berg ob Afritz".As the shaded "Gegendtal" was not settled until the late Middle Ages, the name "Afritz" was first mentioned in a 1408 deed, then an estate of the Grafschaft Ortenburg. In 1973 the municipality merged with neighbouring Feld am See but since 1991 is again a commune in its own right. The appendix "am See" was added in 2000, though officially Lake Afritz belongs to the municipal area of Feld am See.