Villach

city in Carinthia, Austria
Organization municipality_of_austria Q483522
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Villach

Summary

Villach is a municipality of Austria[1]. Villach ranks in the top 0.9% of municipality_of_austria entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (228 views/month, #3 of 333).[2]

Key Facts

  • Villach received the European City of the Reformation[3].
  • Villach received the Alpine Town of the Year[4].
  • Villach was a member of Climate Alliance[5].
  • Villach is located in Carinthia[6].
  • Villach is in the country of Austria[7].
  • Villach is on the body of water Drava[8].
  • Villach's head of government is recorded as Günther Albel[9].
  • Villach's image is recorded as Villach - Draubrücke mit Blick zur Altstadt- 2005.jpg[10].
  • Villach's instance of is recorded as municipality of Austria[11].
  • Villach's instance of is recorded as place with town rights and privileges[12].
  • Villach's instance of is recorded as statutory city of Austria[13].
  • Villach's instance of is recorded as district of Austria[14].
  • Villach's instance of is recorded as city[15].
  • Villach's shares border with is recorded as Ossiach[16].
  • Villach's shares border with is recorded as Weißenstein[17].
  • Villach's shares border with is recorded as Villach-Land District[18].
  • Villach's shares border with is recorded as Feldkirchen District[19].
  • Villach's coat of arms image is recorded as Villach CoA.svg[20].
  • Villach's twinned administrative body is recorded as Bamberg[21].
  • Villach's twinned administrative body is recorded as Suresnes[22].
  • Villach's twinned administrative body is recorded as Udine[23].
  • Villach's twinned administrative body is recorded as Kaposvár[24].
  • Villach's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 143081732[25].
  • Villach's GND ID is recorded as 4063533-8[26].
  • Villach's locator map image is recorded as Karte A Ktn VI.svg[27].

Body

Identity

Villach's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Villach'}[28].

Recognition

Awards received include European City of the Reformation[3], a title of honor[29] and Alpine Town of the Year[4], an award[30], in Germany[31], founded in 1997[32].

Why It Matters

Villach ranks in the top 0.9% of municipality_of_austria entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (228 views/month, #3 of 333).[2] Villach has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] Villach is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

FAQs

What awards did Villach receive?

Honors received include European City of the Reformation[3] and Alpine Town of the Year[4].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [9] . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [10] . wikidata.org.
  4. [11] . wikidata.org.
  5. [12] . wikidata.org.
  6. [13] . wikidata.org.
  7. [14] . wikidata.org.
  8. [15] . wikidata.org.
  9. [16] . wikidata.org.
  10. [17] . wikidata.org.
  11. [18] . wikidata.org.
  12. [19] . wikidata.org.
  13. [20] . wikidata.org.
  14. [6] . wikidata.org.
  15. [3] . wikidata.org.
  16. [4] . alpenstaedte.org. Retrieved . alpenstaedte.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [21] . wikidata.org.
  18. [22] . wikidata.org.
  19. [23] . villach.at. villach.at. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [24] . wikidata.org.
  21. [8] . wikidata.org.
  22. [25] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [26] . wikidata.org.
  24. [27] . wikidata.org.
  25. [5] . klimabuendnis.org. klimabuendnis.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [28] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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