Globasnitz

Globasnitz Globasnica
Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary
Coat of arms
46°33′N 14°42′E / 46.550°N 14.700°E / 46.550; 14.700
Country	Austria
State	Carinthia
District	Völkermarkt
Government
• Mayor	Bernhard Sadovnik (EL)
Area [1]
• Total	38.39 km2 (14.82 sq mi)
Elevation	541 m (1,775 ft)
Population  (2018-01-01)[2]
• Total	1,620
• Density	42/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	9142
Area code	04230
Website	www.globasnitz.at

Globasnitz (Slovene: Globasnica) is a town in the district of Völkermarkt in the Austrian state of Carinthia.

Population

A considerable percentage (42.1%) of the population are Carinthian Slovenes, and Slovene is a second official language of the municipality.

History

In the Carinthian Plebiscite of 1920, Sankt Jakob was one of the 17 Carinthian municipalities, where the majority of the population (52%) voted for the annexation to the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (Yugoslavia).

References

External links

• Reconstruction of an Ostrogoth woman from a skull, discovered in Globasnitz (her skull was intentionally deformed at birth) : [1], [2], [3], [4], [5].

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