Paternion

<h2 id="geography">Geography</h2>
<p>Paternion is subdivided into six <a href="/facts/Katastralgemeinden/gGVe9bsH">Katastralgemeinden</a>: <i><a href="/facts/Feistritz_an_der_Drau/DF13nluR">Feistritz an der Drau</a></i>, <i>Kamering</i>, <i>Kreuzen</i>, <i>Nikelsdorf</i>, <i>Paternion</i> and <i>Rubland</i>.
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<h2 id="history">History</h2>
<p>Settled since the <a href="/facts/Hallstatt_culture/brpJ6dWw">Hallstatt culture</a>, the place was first mentioned as <i>St. Paternianus</i> in a 1296 deed, named after <a href="/facts/Saint_Paternian/6QoNkBuF">Saint Paternian</a>, the <a href="/facts/Bishop_of_Fano/AmwVygXF">Bishop of Fano</a>, as the area south of the Drava then belonged to the <a href="/facts/Patriarchate_of_Aquileia_(Episcopal)/CSvVMGWA">Patriarchate of Aquileia</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a> In 1530 Paternion received market rights from Archduke <a href="/facts/Ferdinand_I,_Holy_Roman_Emperor/4mMFlXNV">Ferdinand I of Austria</a>. With a percentage of about 30%, the municipality is today one of the centres of <a href="/facts/Protestantism/NXja4K3g">Protestantism</a> in Carinthia.
</p><p>Paternion Castle was part of the Lordship of Paternion <i>(Herrschaft Paternion)</i>, together with the castles at Pöllan and Kreuzen and 8,800 hectares of forests. In the late 19th century they passed from the counts Widmann-Rezzonico to count Piero <a href="/facts/Foscari/YJ3KNsnQ">Foscari</a> from Venice, and they are still today owned by the Foscari-Widmann-Rezzonico family.
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<h2 id="politics">Politics</h2>
<p>Seats in the municipal assembly (<i>Gemeinderat</i>) as of 2021<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Paternion&action=edit">[update]</a> elections:
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<ul><li><a href="/facts/Social_Democratic_Party_of_Austria/Kf7bMuyQ">Social Democratic Party of Austria</a> (SPÖ): 18</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Freedom_Party_of_Austria/FIREz0gd">Freedom Party of Austria</a> (FPÖ): 2</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Austrian_People%27s_Party/CB4XI01k">Austrian People's Party</a> (ÖVP): 2</li>
<li><a href="/facts/The_Greens_-_The_Green_Alternative/bKtWIcPS">The Greens - The Green Alternative</a>: 1</li></ul>
<h2 id="notable-people">Notable people</h2>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/Mr._Bond_(musician)/ebrnslUP">Mr. Bond</a>, far-right rapper</li></ul>
<h2 id="twin-town">Twin town</h2>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/Germany/paluuWBX"></a> <a href="/facts/Ladenburg/Fq55feKU">Ladenburg</a>, <a href="/facts/Germany/paluuWBX">Germany</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="external-links">External links</h2>
<p> Media related to Paternion at Wikimedia Commons
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<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>de:Paternion <a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paternion" target="_blank">https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paternion</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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