Klagenfurt

Klagenfurt, the capital (since 1518) of the duchy of Carinthia, in Austria, on the Glan, 262 miles SW. of Vienna by rail. The palace of the Prince-bishop of Gurk possesses a noteworthy chapel; and in the town there are schools of mining, agriculture, technical arts, &c., a library of 35,000 vols., and the Rudolfinum museum. Klagenfurt has a large white-lead factory, and manufactures leather, cast-iron, tobacco, &c. An active transit trade is carried on. Pop. (1890) 19,756. The fortifications were dismantled by the French in 1809, and now, converted into promenades, separate the town from its four suburbs.