Maria Wörth
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Maria Wörth - a city located in Carinthia, on a peninsula on the southern shore of Wörthersee, about 14 km west from Klagenfurt. The territory stretches a hilly area with lots of forests. Maria Wörth population is about one and a half thousand inhabitants.

Nearly 875 years on the highest point of the peninsula was built by the church where the relics of the martyrs were buried Primus and Felitsianusa. Bishop Otto of Freising in 1146-1150 years built a second small church, which was consecrated in 1155. Both churches were burned in 1399, but later recovered.

Maria Wörth is the center of the Austrian and European summer tourism annually come here about 300 thousand people. The main attractions of the city include the former monastery church of St. Primus and Felician, which is located on the highest point of the peninsula. Today the church is very popular among brides and grooms - many tend to hold the wedding ceremony in such a beautiful and romantic place. The second church is located in the western part and surrounded by a small cemetery. The interior of churches decorated with preserved ancient frescos.

Castle Reyfnits located nearby on a promontory on the northern edge of the bay of the same name. It was built in the late 12th century, but survived only its central part and the tower.

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