Historic Carantanian site near Maria Saal, Carinthia: the center of the 7th-century Slavic principality that is the documented origin of Austrian Carinthia. Site of the Fürstenstein (Duke’s Stone) used in the medieval dukes’ investiture ritual. The Carantanian foundation explains Carinthia’s bilingual German-Slovenian character, which persists as a living cultural reality. Free; open terrain near Maria Saal, 15 minutes from Klagenfurt. See also Karnburg Archaeological Site.
archaeological site in Maria Saal
Karnburg
Note: A closely related entity exists as Karnburg Archaeological Site covering the same location. Karnburg is the site near Maria Saal in Carinthia where the Carantanian principality, the 7th-century Slavic state that is the earliest documented ancestor of Austrian Carinthia, had its center.
- Type
- archaeological site
- Destination
- Maria Saal
- Cost
- Free to visit
- Founded
- 7th century
- Era
- Early Medieval
- Address
- 9063 Maria Saal
- Coordinates
- 46.6832, 14.3153