VILLACH  , a See also:

• TOWN

town in See also:

• CARINTHIA (Ger. Kdrnten)

Carinthia, See also:

• AUSTRIA
• AUSTRIA, LOWER (Ger. Niederosterreich or Osterreich unter der Enns, " Austria below the river Enns ")
• AUSTRIA, UPPER (Ger. Oberosterreich or Osterreich ob der Enns, " Austria above the river Enns ")

Austria, 24 M . W. of See also:

• KLAGENFURT (Slovene, Celovec)

Klagenfurt by See also:

• RAIL

rail . Pop . (1900) 969o . It is situated on the See also:

• DRAVE, or DRAVA (Ger. Drau, Hung. Drava, Lat. Dravus)

Drave, near its confluence with the See also:

• GAIL, JEAN BAPTISTE (1755-1829)

Gail, in a broad fertile See also:

• BASIN, or BASON (the older form bacin is found in many of the Romanic languages, from the Late Lat. baccinus or bacchinus, probably derived from bacca, a bowl)
• BASIN, THOMAS (1412—1491)

basin at the See also:

• FOOT

foot of the Dobratsch or Villacher See also:

• ALP

Alp (7107 ft.) . The See also:

• PARISH (Gr. irapouda, district, neighbourhood; 7r&poucos, one dwelling near or beside, from crap&, OtKOS, house; Lat. paroecur, Late Lat. parochia; cf. Fr. paroisse)

parish See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church is an interesting See also:

• GOTHIC

Gothic edifice of the 15th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century . The See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal See also:

• INDUSTRY (Lat. industria, from indu-, a form of the pre, position in, and either stare, to stand, or struere, to pile up)

industry of Villach consists in the fabrication of various See also:

• LEAD
• LEAD (pronounced iced)

lead wares, and is mostly dependent on the lead mines of Bleiberg, which is situated about 9 M. to the See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west . This See also:

• VILLAGE

village (pop . 3435) is one of the richest lead-See also:

• MINING

mining centres in See also:

• EUROPE

Europe . The ores found here comprise See also:

• SILVER

silver-See also:

• FREE

free See also:

• GALENA

galena, sulphate of See also:

• ZINC

zinc and See also:

• CALAMINE

calamine . The mines were already worked during the See also:

• MIDDLE

middle ages . Warmbad Villach, a watering-See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place with hot See also:

• SULPHUR

sulphur See also:

• BATHS

baths, and Mittewald, a favourite summer resort, whence the ascent of the Dobratsch can be made, are in the See also:

• NEIGHBOUR (O. Eng. neahgebiir, from Walt, " nigh," " near ")

neighbour-See also:

• HOOD,
• HOOD, JOHN BELL (1831–1879)
• HOOD, SAMUEL HOOD, VISCOUNT (1724–1816)
• HOOD, SIR SAMUEL (1762-1814)
• HOOD, THOMAS (1799-1845)
• HOOD, TOM (1835–1874)

hood of Villach .

Some of the prettiest Carinthian lakes are to be found near Villach, as the Ossiacher-see, on whose See also:

• SOUTHERN

southern See also:

• SHORE

shore stands the ruined See also:

• CASTLE
• CASTLE (Lat. castellum, a fort, diminutive of castra, a camp; Fr. chateau and chdtel)

castle of Landskron, dating from the middle of the 16th century, the Worther-see and the small but lovely Faaker-see . Villach is an old town, which was given by Heinrich II. to the bishopric of See also:

• BAMBERG

Bamberg in 1007 . During the middle ages it was an important centre of See also:

• COMMERCE
• COMMERCE (Lat. commercium, from, cum, together, and rnerx, merchandise)

commerce between See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany and See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy . With the See also:

• ADVENT (Lat. Adventus, sc. Redemptoris, " the coming of the Saviour ")

advent of new See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade routes at the beginning of See also:

• MODERN

modern times the town lost its importance, and in 1745 the citizens nearly decided to emigrate en masse . Its trade revived during the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French occupation of 1809–13, and it continued to improve during the 19th century . The See also:

• TURKS

Turks were defeated here in 1492 by See also:

• MAXIMILIAN
• MAXIMILIAN (1832—1867)

Maximilian I., and an engagement between the Austrians and the French took place here on the 21st of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1813 .