Volkermarkt

Völkermarkt is a municipality with 10,889 inhabitants in the same district of the Austrian province of Carinthia. In the wider region there have been severa mining websites given that Roman times and the Kingdom of Noricum, however their significance has in large part disappeared due to the fact approximately 1960.

A discover of 237 Norwegian silver coins become made inside the area of ​​Haimburg in 1972. According to a presumption of the Austrian numismatist Robert Gobl, this would be a treasure hiding area inside the direction of the Noric-Taurisci clashes or the siege of Noreia with the aid of the Boers. Gobl dates the discover for the length around 60 BC. However, this is wondered by current studies. Since the settling of the place by using the Karantan Slavs within the 6th century. And the establishment of the Carantan kingdom inside the 7th century. The place round Völkermarkt is closely linked to Slovenian cultural records. The slovenian historical dialect spoken in the region is attributed to the Jauntaler dialect.