District Völkermarkt Area code 04230 Elevation 541 m Local time Wednesday 3:15 AM | Time zone CET (UTC+1) Website www.globasnitz.at Population 1,637 (1 Apr 2009) Postal code 9142 | |
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Weather 4°C, Wind W at 3 km/h, 67% Humidity | ||
Globasnitz (Slovene: Globasnica) is a town in the district of Völkermarkt in the Austrian state of Carinthia.
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Map of 9142 Globasnitz, Austria
Population
A considerable percentage (42.1%) of the population are Carinthian Slovenes, and Slovene is a second official language of the municipality.
History
In the Carinthian Plebiscite of 1920, Sankt Jakob was one of the 17 Carinthian municipalities, where the majority of the population (52%) voted for the annexation to the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (Yugoslavia).
References
Globasnitz Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA