- Heiligenblut
Infobox Town AT
name=Heiligenblut
name_local=
image_coa = Wappen at heiligenblut.png
state = Carinthia
regbzk =
district = Spittal an der Drau
population =1185
population_as_of = 2001
population_ref =
pop_dens =
area = 193.50
elevation = 1288
lat_deg=47
lat_min=2
lat_hem=N
lon_deg=12
lon_min=50
lon_hem=E
postal_code = 9844
area_code = 04824
licence = SP
mayor = Josef Schachner (ÖVP )
website = [http://www.heiligenblut.at/?siid=2&LAid=2 www.heiligenblut.at]Heiligenblut (meaning "holy blood") is a
municipality in the district of Spittal an der Drau in the Austrian state of Carinthia. Situated in the high-Alpine region of theHohe Tauern mountain range at 1,288 meters, Heiligenblut is located at the foot of theGroßglockner , the highest mountain in Austria, and thePasterze Glacier . It is also the southern starting point of the scenicGroßglockner Hochalpenstraße to Bruck in Salzburg, the continuation of the highway "B107" fromLienz inEast Tyrol . The municipality of Heiligenblut includes theKatastralgemeinden of "Apriach", "Hof", "Rojach" and "Zlapp".containing the remains of Briccius.
Once a
gold mining area fromancient history to theMiddle Ages , Heiligenblut nowadays chiefly is atourism andmountaineering resort. Nearby attractions include the Heiligenblut-Roßbach-Schareck cable car (2,606 m), an open-air museum, the Stockmühlen mills in Apriach with nine flume mills, Lake Kachelsee to the west, the Möll waterfalls, the Gößnitz waterfalls, the Leiter waterfalls, the Margaritzen reservoir, and Lake Sandersee.The construction of the nearby railway tunnel to the Fleißalm mountain area (1,798 m) is unique in Europe. The 1.6-kilometer long tunnel is filled with water during the summer but serves as a railway tunnel leading to the Fleißalm winter sports region in winter.
Twin towns
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Sodankylä ,Finland
*flagicon|USAJulian, California ,United States Literature
Kaufmann, J.: "Örtliche Entwicklung und Ortsbild der Gemeinde Heiligenblut am Großglockner" (master's thesis), Vienna, 1984.
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