Glödnitz

Glödnitz
Glödnitz
	Coat of arms
	Glödnitz Location within Austria
	Coordinates: 46°52′N 14°7′E / 46.867°N 14.117°E
Country	Austria
State	Carinthia
District	Sankt Veit an der Glan
Government
• Mayor	Johann Fugger (ÖVP)
Area
• Total	74.65 km2 (28.82 sq mi)
Elevation	748 m (2,454 ft)
Population (2018-01-01)
• Total	807
• Density	11/km2 (28/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	9346
Area code	04265

Glödnitz (Slovene: Glodnica) is a municipality in the district of Sankt Veit an der Glan in the Austrian state of Carinthia.

Geography

The municipal area stretches along the densely forested valley of the Glödnitz river, a tributary of the Gurk, in the northwestern Gurktal Alps. The Flattnitz Pass in the north leads to the Mur valley in Styria; Glödnitz also borders on the Carinthian municipalities of Metnitz, Weitensfeld im Gurktal, Deutsch-Griffen, and Albeck.

History

A Roman road across Flattnitz Pass already existed in ancient times, possibly including a mansio in the Glödnitz area. The settlement of Glodati was first named in an 898 deed. A chapel donated by Saint Hemma of Gurk was mentioned in 1043, it was later rebuilt as the present-day St Maragaret parish church. In medieval times, large estates in the area were held by the Bishops of Gurk, who also had a filial church erected near Flattnitz Pass.

The Glödnitz municipality was established in 1850. Since the 1920s the former agricultural area is increasingly shaped by tourism, especially in winter.