164 Kärntner Ortschaften

Abstract

This contribution presents the 164 villages (including one small town) which are to be equiped with bilingual "place name signs" according to 2011 amendment to the "Ethnic Group Act" (1976) on the basis of article 7 paragraph 3 of the Austrian "State Treaty" (1955), in which is provided, that the topographical terminology and inscriptions in the bilingual Carinthian districts shall be in the Slovene language as well as in German. Every village is presented with his German and Slovenian name including etymology and typological remarks.