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Bad Sankt Leonhard im Lavanttal is a spa metropolis in the district of Wolfsberg inside the Austrian nation of Carinthia. The municipality lies in the upper Lavant valley north of the district capital Wolfsberg. The municipal region comprises the cadastral groups of Erzberg, Gorlitzen, Kliening, Bad Sankt Leonhard proper, Schiefling, Schönberg, Theibing, and Twimberg. Bad Sankt Leonhard has get right of entry to to the Süd Autobahn. The Lavant Viaduct across the valley was inaugurated in 1986; with a top of one hundred sixty five m, it's far the second one highest bridge in Austria. The area turned into settled considering the fact that historic times, whilst a Roman road led via the Lavanttal up to the Obdach Saddle bypass and the Mur valley in present-day Upper Styria.

In the 11th century, the surrounding Carinthian estates were enfeoffed to the Bishops of Bamberg by way of Emperor Henry II. A first chapel committed to Saint Leonard was consecrated all through the tenure of Bishop Otto. His successors also had Gomarn Castle erected which will guard their possessions, especially from the rivalling Bishops of Lavant who resided at nearby Twimberg Castle. The settlement beneath the chapel changed into first noted in a 1278 deed, its citizens already had received town privileges by using 1311, at the time when the Gothic parish church was erected.

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