Feldkirchen in Kärnten is a town in the Austrian state of Carinthia and the capital of the district of the same name. It consists of the Katastralgemeinden Fasching, Feldkirchen, Glanhofen, Gradisch, Hoefling, Klein Sankt Veit, Pernegg, Rabensdorf, Sankt Ulrich, Sittich, Tschwarzen and Waiern. The name Feldkirchen means the church in the fields.

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Feldkirchen in Kärnten
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Feldkirchen in Kärnten Location within Austria
Coordinates: 46°43′N 14°6′E
Country	Austria
State	Carinthia
District	Feldkirchen
Government
• Mayor	Martin Treffner (ÖVP)
Area [1]
• Total	77.5 km2 (29.9 sq mi)
Elevation	554 m (1,818 ft)
Population  (2018-01-01)[2]
• Total	14,198
• Density	180/km2 (470/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	9560
Website	www.feldkirchen.at

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The settlement may have developed at the site of the former Beliandrum mansio along the Roman road from Teurnia near Spittal an der Drau to Virunum, capital of the Noricum province. A Roman tombstone of the 2nd century is included into the walls of the Saint Michael filial church. The earliest mention of Feldkirchen is as Ueldchiricha ("Church in the Fields") in an 888 document by Arnulf of Carinthia. The parish church Maria im Dorn, a Romanesque basilica with a Carolingian choir, is one of the oldest sacred buildings in Carinthia.

Feldkirchen, once an estate of the Eppenstein noble family, was bequeathed to the Diocese of Bamberg in 1166. The bishops had the Amthof erected, the former seat of the local administration, today a place for cultural events and a small museum. Finally Maria Theresa of Austria acquired Feldkirchen in 1759. The village of Markstein south of the town centre is a former checkpoint at the border between the Austrian Empire and the Upper Carinthian part of the short-lived Napoleonic Illyrian Provinces. The building of a customs station and a border stone remained. Feldkirchen received town privileges in 1930.

According to the 2001 census, Feldkirchen has 14,030 inhabitants. Of that, 77.1% admit themselves to the Roman Catholic Church, 12.0% are Evangelist, 0.8% belong to the Orthodox Church, and 5.1% are Muslims. 2.0% are non-religious.

• Catholic parish church Maria im Dorn
• Catholic church St. Michael
• Catholic church St. Martin
• Catholic church St. Ulrich
• Amthof
• Antoniusheim

• Parish church Maria im Dorn
• Amthof
• Luager Cross

Seats in the municipal assembly (Gemeinderat) as of 2015 elections:

• Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ): 14
• Austrian People's Party (ÖVP): 10
• Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ): 3
• Greens: 2
• FePlus: 2

• Otto Maria Polley, (DE Wiki) (1910–1984), writer
• Wolfgang Neumann (born 1945), an Austrian operatic heldentenor
• Herbert Gantschacher (born 1956), director, producer, writer
• Claudia Arpa (born 1967), politician (SPO) who was President of the country's Federal Council