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Originally appearing in Volume V28, Page 68 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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VILLACH , a See also:

town in See also:Carinthia, See also:Austria, 24 M. W. of See also:Klagenfurt by See also:rail. Pop. (1900) 969o. It is situated on the See also:Drave, near its confluence with the See also:Gail, in a broad fertile See also:basin at the See also:foot of the Dobratsch or Villacher See also:Alp (7107 ft.). The See also:parish See also:church is an interesting See also:Gothic edifice of the 15th See also:century. The See also:principal See also:industry of Villach consists in the fabrication of various See also:lead wares, and is mostly dependent on the lead mines of Bleiberg, which is situated about 9 M. to the See also:west. This See also:village (pop. 3435) is one of the richest lead-See also:mining centres in See also:Europe. The ores found here comprise See also:silver-See also:free See also:galena, sulphate of See also:zinc and See also:calamine. The mines were already worked during the See also:middle ages. Warmbad Villach, a watering-See also:place with hot See also:sulphur See also:baths, and Mittewald, a favourite summer resort, whence the ascent of the Dobratsch can be made, are in the See also:neighbour-See also:hood of Villach.

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

southern See also:shore stands the ruined See also: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 in 1007. During the middle ages it was an important centre of See also:commerce between See also:Germany and See also:Italy. With the See also:advent of new See also:trade routes at the beginning of See also: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 occupation of 1809–13, and it continued to improve during the 19th century. The See also:Turks were defeated here in 1492 by See also:Maximilian I., and an engagement between the Austrians and the French took place here on the 21st of See also:August 1813.

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