Feistritz im Rosental

Feistritz im Rosental (Template:Lang-sl) is a market town in the district of Klagenfurt-Land in the Austrian state of Carinthia. It is located on the northern slope of the Karawanken mountain range in the Rosental, a valley of the Drava River. According to the 2001 census 13.3% of the population are Carinthian Slovenes. The municipality is made up of eight villages:

Sankt Johann im Rosental, church: Pfarrkirche heiliger Johannes

Village	Number of people 1991	Percent of Slovenes 1991	Percent of Slovenes 1951
Hundsdorf / Podsinja vas	157	14.6%	81.5%
St.Johann i.R. / Šentjanž v R.	279	42.3%	84.5%
Matschach/Mače	114	16.7%	77.5%
Suetschach/Sveče	574	13.4%	57.7%
Rabenberg / Šentjanške Rute	24	45.8%	92.5%
Feistritz i R. / Bistrica v Rožu	1054	6.7%	16.4%
Bärental/Zavrh	21	0%	77.3%
Weizelsdorf / Svetna vas	323	5.3%	45.4%

Politics

Seats in the municipal assembly (Gemeinderat) as of the 2003 elections:

• Social Democratic Party of Austria: 11
• Enotna lista: 3
• Austrian People's Party: 3
• Freedom Party of Austria: 2

Notable people

Notable natives and inhabitants of the Municipality of Feistritz include the Slovene politician and editor Andrej Einspieler and the sculptor France Gorše, who lived in the village of Suetschach, where he also established an atelier, now open to the public. The Austrian diplomat of Slovene origin Valentin Inzko attended elementary school in Suetschach. The Nordic skier Tomaz Druml was also born in Feistritz.