Greifenburg

Greifenburg is a market town in the district of Spittal an der Drau in the Austrian state of Carinthia.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Greifenburg
Settlement.settlement_type: Municipality
Settlement.image_skyline: Greifenburg.JPG
Settlement.image_shield: Wappen at greifenburg.png
Settlement.shield_size: 80x110px
Settlement.pushpin_map: Austria
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize: 270
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location within Austria
Settlement.map_caption: Location within Spittal an der Drau district
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Austria
Settlement.subdivision_type1: State

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Geography
History
Politics
Twin towns — sister cities
Notable people
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Greifenburg is a market town in the district of Spittal an der Drau in the Austrian state of Carinthia.

==Geography== The settlement stretches in the upper Drava Valley (Drautal) between the Kreuzeck mountain range in the north, part of the High Tauern, and the Gailtal Alps in the south. From Greifenburg, a mountain road leads southwards up to the Weissensee lake and Kreuzberg Saddle pass.