Globasnitz
Encyclopedia
Globasnitz is a town in the district of Völkermarkt
in Carinthia
in Austria
.
A considerable percentage (42.1%) of the population are Carinthian Slovenes
, hence Slovene is together with German
an official language of the municipality.
Völkermarkt (district)
Völkermarkt District is an administrative district in the Austrian State of Carinthia.-Municipalities:Völkermarkt is divided into 13 municipalities, of which 2 are towns and 3 market towns.-Towns:*Bleiburg...
in Carinthia
Carinthia (state)
Carinthia is the southernmost Austrian state or Land. Situated within the Eastern Alps it is chiefly noted for its mountains and lakes.The main language is German. Its regional dialects belong to the Southern Austro-Bavarian group...
in Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
.
A considerable percentage (42.1%) of the population are Carinthian Slovenes
Carinthian Slovenes
Carinthian Slovenes are the Slovene-speaking population group in the Austrian State of Carinthia. The Carinthian Slovenes send representatives to the National Ethnic Groups Advisory Council...
, hence Slovene is together with German
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
an official language of the municipality.
External links
- Reconstruction of an OstrogothOstrogothThe Ostrogoths were a branch of the Goths , a Germanic tribe who developed a vast empire north of the Black Sea in the 3rd century AD and, in the late 5th century, under Theodoric the Great, established a Kingdom in Italy....
woman from a skull, discovered in Globasnitz (her skull was intentionally deformedArtificial cranial deformationArtificial cranial deformation, head flattening, or head binding is a form of permanent body alteration in which the skull of a human being is intentionally deformed. It is done by distorting the normal growth of a child's skull by applying force...
at birth) : http://www.sciencephoto.com/images/download_lo_res.html?id=699000382, http://www.sciencephoto.com/media/185395/enlarge, http://www.sciencephoto.com/images/download_lo_res.html?id=699000384, http://www.sciencephoto.com/images/download_lo_res.html?id=699000386, http://www.sciencephoto.com/images/download_lo_res.html?id=699000387.