Flattach

Infobox Town AT
name=Flattach
name_local=
image_coa = 99px-Flattach_CoA_svg.png

state = Carinthia
regbzk =
district = Spittal an der Drau
population =1373
population_as_of = 2001
population_ref =
pop_dens =
area = 98.69
elevation = 696
lat_deg=46
lat_min=56
lat_hem=N
lon_deg=13
lon_min=8
lon_hem=E
postal_code = 9831
area_code =04785
mayor = Christoph Vierbauch
website = [http://www.flattach.at www.flattach.at]

Flattach is a municipality in the district of Spittal an der Drau in the Austrian state of Carinthia. It consists of the Katastralgemeinden "Flattach" and "Fragrant". Flattach is located in the valley of the "Möll" river, a tributary to the Drava, within the Hohe Tauern mountain range of the Central Eastern Alps. A footpath over the "Fragranter Tauern" mountain pass connected it with Rauris in the Pinzgau region of Salzburg.

The municipality emerged in 1895 from the market town of Obervellach in the east. For centuries it had been a mining area, especially for iron and copper. Today "Fragrant" is the site of a hydroelectric power station collecting water from several reservoirs in the northern Ankogel mountains.

Flattach mainly depends on tourism offering the "Mölltaler Gletscher" ski area located on the "Wurtenkees" glacier and the "Raggaschlucht", a narrow gorge within the southern Kreuzeck mountain range with walls up to 200m (650ft) high and wooden walkways above the water.

Twin town

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Transportation

Flattach can be reached via the "B106 Mölltal Straße" highway running from Lurnfeld in the Drava valley toward Winklern and the Grossglockner High Alpine Road.