Globasnitz


Globasnitz is a town in the district of Völkermarkt in the Austrian state of Carinthia.

Population

A considerable percentage of the population are Carinthian Slovenes, and Slovene is a second official language of the municipality.

History

In the Carinthian Plebiscite of 1920, Sankt Jakob was one of the 17 Carinthian municipalities, where the majority of the population voted for the annexation to the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes.