Description of the attraction
The small fairground village of Aisenkapel-Fellach is located in the southeastern part of the Fellahtal valley, close to the Slovenian border. This commune was founded in 1939 as a result of the merger of two neighboring villages - Aisenkapel and Fellah. The village of Aysenkapel, named after the local chapel, is mentioned in written sources in 1050. In the 13th century, the locals traded in iron and salt. To protect the commune from Turkish raids, a stone fortress was built here at the end of the 15th century, which still could not protect the town from destruction. Emperor Frederick restored the Eisenkapel commune and in 1493 granted it its own coat of arms.
Currently, Eisenkapel-Fellah is a famous climatic resort and one of the tourist centers of the state of Carinthia. The sights of the town include two castles - Rechberg and Hagengg and the ruins of a fortress built to defend against the Ottomans. The local late Gothic parish church was consecrated in honor of St. Michael. It was built in the 14th century, destroyed during the Turkish raid and rebuilt at the end of the 15th century. Several museums are of great interest, among which the Partisan Museum should be definitely noted, the collection of which tells about the history of the resistance to the fascists of the Carinthian Slovenes. On the Pershmanhof farm, where a partisan base was located during the Second World War, a monument to the heroes of the war was erected.
There is also a Museum of Old Cars in the Eisenkapel-Fellah commune. Not far from the village, at an altitude of 1000 meters, there is the Obir stalactite cave, which can be explored if desired. It is open from March to November. The cave was discovered in 1870, when the search for deposits of zinc and lead was going on in the mountains.
