Irschen
Coat of arms of Irschen
Irschen is located in Austria
Irschen
Irschen
Location within Austria
Coordinates: 46°45′N 13°1′E / 46.750°N 13.017°E / 46.750; 13.017
CountryAustria
StateCarinthia
DistrictSpittal an der Drau
Government
  MayorGottfried Mandler
Area
  Total33.35 km2 (12.88 sq mi)
Elevation
809 m (2,654 ft)
Population
 (2018-01-01)[2]
  Total2,022
  Density61/km2 (160/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
9773
Area code04710
Websitewww.irschen.at

Irschen is a municipality in the district of Spittal an der Drau in the Austrian state of Carinthia.

Geography

It consists of the Katastralgemeinden Irschen, Ritterdorf, and Simmerlach. It is situated on the northern slope of the Upper Drava Valley, near the B 100 Drautal Straße highway and the Drautalbahn railway line.

Panorama near Potschling, panorama
View to Gröfelhof

History

A settlement area since the Early Iron Age (Hallstatt Culture), Irschen may be identical to the Idunum polis in the former Celtic kingdom of Noricum, as mentioned in Ptolemy's Geographia. In Roman times a mansio laid on the road leading over the Gailbergsattel mountain pass to Italia. Ursus I, Patriarch of Aquileia probably built the first church about 810 in the place then called Ursen, which was mentioned as Castrum Ursen in a 1086 deed. In medieval times Irschen was a mining area, especially for gold.

It was recently revealed that English actress Billie Piper has a home in this region.

References

  1. "Dauersiedlungsraum der Gemeinden Politischen Bezirke und Bundesländer - Gebietsstand 1.1.2018". Statistics Austria. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
  2. "Einwohnerzahl 1.1.2018 nach Gemeinden mit Status, Gebietsstand 1.1.2018". Statistics Austria. Retrieved 9 March 2019.



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