Paternion

• Name — Paternion • Settlement Type — Municipality • Image Skyline — Paternion - Pfarrkirche Hl Paternianus.jpg • Image Caption — Saint Paternian's Church • Image Shield — Wappen at paternion.png • Shield Size — 80x110px • Pushpin Map — Austria Carinthia#Austria • Pushpin Mapsize — 270 • Pushpin Map Caption — Location within Austria • Map Caption — Location within Villach-Land district • Subdivision Type — Country • Subdivision Name — Austria • Subdivision Type1 — State • Subdivision Name1 — Carinthia • Subdivision Type2 — District • Subdivision Name2 — Villach-Land • Parts Style — para • Leader Title — Mayor • Leader Name — Manuel Müller (SPÖ) • Area Footnotes — area_footnotes • Area Total Km2 — area_total_km2 • Elevation M — 519 • Population As Of — population_as_of • Population Footnotes — population_footnotes • Population Total — population_total • Population Density Km2 — auto • Timezone — CET • Timezone Dst — CEST • Utc Offset — +1 • Utc Offset Dst — +2 • Postal Code Type — Postal code • Postal Code — 9711 • Area Code Type — Area code • Area Code — 04245 • Website — www.paternion.at Paternion (Špatrjan) is a market town in the district of Villach-Land in the Austrian state of Carinthia. It is located within the Drava valley about 18 km in the north-west of the city of Villach.

Paternion is subdivided into six Katastralgemeinden: Feistritz an der Drau, Kamering, Kreuzen, Nikelsdorf, Paternion and Rubland.

Settled since the Hallstatt culture, the place was first mentioned as St. Paternianus in a 1296 deed, named after Saint Paternian, the Bishop of Fano, as the area south of the Drava then belonged to the Patriarchate of Aquileia. In 1530 Paternion received market rights from Archduke Ferdinand I of Austria. With a percentage of about 30%, the municipality is today one of the centres of Protestantism in Carinthia. Paternion Castle was part of the Lordship of Paternion (Herrschaft Paternion), together with the castles at Pöllan and Kreuzen and 8,800 hectares of forests. In the late 19th century they passed from the counts Widmann-Rezzonico to count Piero Foscari from Venice, and they are still today owned by the Foscari-Widmann-Rezzonico family. • Illustration — Paternion Castle (1688) • Illustration — Paternion Castle

Seats in the municipal assembly (Gemeinderat) As of 2021 elections: • Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ): 18 • Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ): 2 • Austrian People's Party (ÖVP): 2 • The Greens - The Green Alternative: 1

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