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monastery in Ossiach near Feldkirchen in Kärnten in Austria. The monastery was founded in about 1024 and extensively altered in the Baroque period. From 1641 until its dissolution it was a member of the Benedictine Salzburg Congregation. It was dissolved in 1783, after which the buildings were used as a barracks. In 1816 the premises were largely demolished (...)

The Wörthersee (Slovene ''Vrbsko jezero'') is an alpine lake in the southern Austrian province of Carinthia. (...)

Pyramidenkogel is a 851 metre (2,792 feet) high mountain in Carinthia, Austria. It is located to the south of the Wörthersee and near the town of Maria Wörth. In nearby Slovenia, the mountain is known as ''Jedvovca''. It is home to an architecturally interesting 54 metre tall observation and broadcasting tower (...)