Stockenboi | |
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 View of Stockenboi | |
 Coat of arms | |
  Stockenboi Location within Austria | |
| Coordinates:46°44′N13°35′E / 46.733°N 13.583°E /46.733; 13.583 | |
| Country | Austria |
| State | Carinthia |
| District | Villach-Land |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Hans-Jörg Kerschbaumer (FPÖ) |
| Area | |
• Total | 100.19 km2 (38.68 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 795 m (2,608 ft) |
| Population (2025) | |
• Total | 1,556 |
| • Density | 15.53/km2 (40.22/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 9714 |
| Area code | 04761 |
| Website | www.stockenboi.at |
Stockenboi is a municipality in the district ofVillach-Land in theAustrian state ofCarinthia.
The municipal area is situated in a valley of theGailtal Alps, stretching from theDrava River up to LakeWeissensee. It comprises thecadastral communities Stockenboi, Tragail, Wiederschwing, and Ziebl.
About 600 the valley was settled by RomanisedCelts backing away from the migration ofAlpine Slavs moving up the Drava Valley. Part of the UpperCarinthianLurngau, the estates from about 1135 were held by the localCounts of Ortenburg. After the extinction of the Ortenburg dynasty in 1418, their inheritance passed to theCounts of Celje and finally to theHabsburg dukes of Carinthia in 1456.
In 1518, at the behest of the Habsburg rulerMaximilian I, Stockenboi and its extended forests were merged with neighbouringPaternion into an autonomous lordship (Herrschaft), originally held by the House ofDietrichstein. In 1599 it was acquired by theKhevenhüller noble family which however had to emigrate in the course of theCounter-Reformation in 1629.
After theRevolutions of 1848, the communities of Stockenboi, Wiederschwing and Ziebl emerged from the former lordship. The present-day municipality was established in 1865.
The municipal council (Gemeinderat) consists of 15 members. Since the2021 Carinthian local elections, it is made up of the following parties:
The mayor of Stockenboi, Hans-Jörg Kerschbaumer (FPÖ), was re-elected in 2021.[2]
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