Sankt Veit an der Glan

Sankt Veit an der Glan is a town in the Austrian  state of Carinthia. It is the capital of a district with the same name.
This town is a major point on the Glan River in the north of the Zollfeld Valley.
As mentioned in a 1131 deed, a Saint Vitus Church was located here, which in 1137 was again acquired by the Bishopric of Bamberg. The Carinthian duke Hermann of Sponheim became a "Vogt" protector of the church in 1176 and subsequent the town of Sankt Veit was made the capital of the Duchy of Carinthia until 1518.
Its town hall dates from 1468 and its old ducal castle from the 15th to 16th century.
As of the 2001 census, it has a population of 12,045.