Attractions and Places To See in Eggforst - Top 5

@Peter, is the farm shop open again?

This is the view of Lake Presseggersee. The lake lies in a glacially formed basin, a tributary of the Gailtal Valley. It represents the remnant of a much larger post-glacial lake, which was reduced in size by silting and alluvial cones. North of the lake lie the limestone chains of the Spitzegel range. To the southwest are the phyllite ridges of Guggenberg-Egg, composed of crystalline slate. The lake has a surface area of 55 hectares, making it the ninth-largest lake in Carinthia. It has a semicircular shape, with a sparsely differentiated shoreline. The underwater slopes to the west, north, and east slope gently downwards, while they are steeper in the south. The lake floor is flat, with several small spring funnels sunk into it. The average depth of Lake Pressegger See is 3.4 m. Only one-seventh of the lake is deeper than 6 m. In the area of the springs, the lake reaches a depth of 13 m.

Gravel on a forest path ... a very pleasant section of the route to cycle on with different ground conditions, compact and stable ground with a stony, earthy and meadow-like surface.

From this small hill you have a very good view of the Gailtal valley towards Hermagor and the Pressegersee.

Very good farm shop with original Gailtaler cheese and other local specialties.

According to the inscription on the choir vault, the small late Gothic building was built in 1502. The nave and the choir with a three-eighth end form a uniform structure. The end of the choir is supported by triangular, simply stepped buttresses. There are two frescoes of St. Christopher on the outer walls: a Gothic one on the north facade, which was uncovered in 1988, and one from 1615 on the northeast side. The wooden roof turret is crowned by a hood from the 19th century. A large pillared porch the width of a ship protects the pointed, profiled west portal. A Gothic wooden lock has been preserved in the door. A ribbed net vault with round keystones rests on circular services above the three-bay nave and the two-bay choir. The retracted, pointed arch triumphal arch is profiled. The early Baroque wall painting from 1613 in the choir with marbled ribs, floral decoration in the vaults as well as the annunciation scene and apostle medallions performed in the grisaille technique were restored in 1994/95. On the northern and northeastern choir wall, the large, praying donor families of Hans Lindner, Christoff Lameder (1613), Varnul (1614) and Peter Folder (1652) are depicted in a folk style.

Always nice to look at

The R3 / R3a is easy to drive and peppered with wonderful views. The Untervellach branch church is elevated on the southern edge of Untervellach and is dedicated to St. Mary Magdalene. A church in Untervellach was first mentioned in 1331.