Glanfurt

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The Glanfurt (Slovenian: Jezernica ) with a length of about 8.80 km is the only outlet of Lake Wörth, drained by the Glanfurt about 2,460 l / s. It begins in the eastern bay of the lake south of Maria Loretto peninsula and runs in an easterly direction, they formed the boundary between the southern districts Klagenfurt St. Martin- Waidmannsdorf, Sankt Ruprecht and St. Peter for former municipality Viktring. Later she runs as a border to the municipality Klagenfurt Ebenthal before it empties into the Glan. As a former municipal boundary ran along her ahead of the Carinthian Plebiscite, the demarcation line between the SHS - occupied Zone A and the area under Austrian sovereignty, what a plaque on the bridge of the Rosental valley road over the Glanfurt recalls.

Name

" Glanfurt " is a purely official designation. The river is commonly called German Sattnitz by the local people after the nearby mountain range; in the Slovene dialect is the headwaters that formed a confusing delta before the regulation, which carries Sótnica, sporadically Setla while the underflow still old, originating from the Celtic name Lank ( a) rt ( " crooked creek "). This name is in a document handed down as Lanquart until the 16th century, but was then completely replaced in the German-speaking population by the name Sattnitz. In the official designation, however, was from Lanquart about Langfart and long ford finally Glanfurt.

Course

After discharge from the Wörthersee Glanfurt wanders past unspoiled natural floodplain, allows multiple boathouses and bathhouses on the so-called Schilfweg are left, arrives at a level meter under the bridge of Süduferstraße and then falls over the sea lock to a lower level down.

At the Wörthersee South Shore Road of Schleusenweg starts, runs north side parallel to the river and serves as a pedestrian and bicycle path. He accompanied the river a fair bit of run and ends at the Waidmannsdorfer road. On the south bank of a housing development is down to the new Sattnitz Bridge on Sylvesterweg. Between this and the bridge of the Glanfurtgasse are further north side bathing and leisure homes. In addition, the Glanfurt passes through the wooded natural landscape of the Seven Hills. In this region the Glanfurtgasse crosses the river and connects Waidmannsdorf with Viktring. The Wanderer of the Hemma pilgrimage here cross the territory of Viktring north. Also on the north side with a certain respectful distance from the river stands the Wörthersee Stadium.

From the south, the two rivers Viktringer stream flow ( the eastern Keutschacher Seental drained ) and Kerbach in the Sattnitz. In this section until the Waidmannsdorfer road there are no buildings on the banks. Only a bicycle to Viktring crossed the river on a bridge. Otherwise, there are both sides of the river only meadows and arable land, and a small amusement park. Furthermore, the Schleusenweg runs as a bicycle and pedestrian path along the north shore to the Waidmannsdorfer road.

The " Waidmannsdorfer paints " was located between the Waidmannsdorfer and the Rosental valley the road, where now runs the bike path south of the Karawankenblick road and the settlement "Little Morocco " stands. To dry out the area, was lowered among others from the water level of the Glanfurt, raising the terrain in addition to through material landfills. The south bank is taken in this section in the main from STRAW area.

Later in the Rosental Richtumg east road is being flowed. At the western bridge railing a plaque commemorates the running in the middle of the river 1918-1920 demarcation line ( Austria in the north and Yugoslavia in the south ), where the limit was laid down, the population in the referendum of October 10, 1920 would not apply to an undivided Carinthia decided. On the southwest shore Sattnitz is the uninhabited and rundown STRAW House, which was one day inhabited by four parties.

The degraded in Windisch Bleiberg lead and iron ores have been brought by the monks of Viktring around the middle of the 13th century by Halbingsattel about the Josef Bauer on the north side of the Singer mountain in the Rosental and on about the Hollenburg to the Glanfurt to melt. To this day, the name " smelter " in the Rosental valley road to the site of the former ore processing.

Around one hundred meters east of the Loiblpass federal road crosses the railway Rosental on a steel bridge the waters. To the north lies the station Viktring.

East of the railway bridge over the Glanfurt flows on the southern bank of small gardens and arable land, on the north side of recreational cottages and the industrial area to unused to flow to the building complex of the surviving paper mill in the wine country family over. Soon after crossing the Santa Ruprechter street the river, where there is another level meter is located on the south side.

In addition, the river flows through the Sattnitzsiedlung where the Ing Heinisch road is passed over another bridge and thus the connection between north and south.

On the northern bank of the Auenweg runs, south of the source of road that is already on level Thaler municipality. On the south side is the spitting Thaler beach, the floodplain surrounded by nature connected " Kalmusbad ". A few dozen meters further downstream ends of Feuerbach, coming from the northwest, in the Sattnitz one.

Called The weir at the Klagenfurt municipal boundary, part military Ebenthal, the amounts of water regulation in the division of Glanfurt into two arms used. The current flowing in an easterly direction Eben Thaler arm is used to supply water to the level Thaler mill, whereas the Lamplarm in a northeasterly continues to flow direction. A few hundred meters further down the river takes the Lamplarm to the sewer treatment plant at the Klagenfurt Gerberweg.

On her last kilometer of the Lamplarm pulls south over the plane Thaler settlement and limited in the large park of the castle Ebenthal on the river - side. Finally, the river flows through under the Ebentaler road to open after a few hundred meters in Glan.

The plane Thaler arm of Glanfurt flows south past the level Thaler Castle Park, crosses the municipal level valley and flows about 900 m downriver from Lamplarm in the Glan.