Museum 1915-1918

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Museum 1915-18 is an anti-war museum located in the town hall in the market town of Kötschach-Mauthen in Carinthia. The museum of the Association of Friends of the Dolomites documents the mountain war 1915-1918 in the First World War between Austria-Hungary and Italy.

Coordinates: 46°40'18"N, 13°0'0"E

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Koetschach 390Kotschach-Mauthen 9640 CarinthiaAustria

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+43 4715 851332

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Museum 1915-1918 – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Gailtaler Polinik, Burgruine Flaschberg, Kellerspitzen, Burgruine Weidenburg.

3.1 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Gailtaler Polinik
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6.1 miNW
Forts and castles
Burgruine Flaschberg, Oberdrauburg
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6.4 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Kellerspitzen
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3.2 miSE
Forts and castles
Burgruine Weidenburg
81 min walk • Burgruine Weidenburg is a large castle in Carinthia, Austria.
~730 ftN
Town
Kötschach-Mauthen
4 min walk • Kötschach-Mauthen is a market town in the district of Hermagor in Carinthia in Austria.
0.6 miS
Church
Hl. Markus
16 min walk • The Roman Catholic parish church of Mauthen in the municipality of Kötschach-Mauthen in Carinthia is under the patronage of St. Mark. In 1466 the church finds its first documentary mention.
2.7 miE
Church
Pfarrkirche hl. Daniel
68 min walk • The parish church of St. Daniel im Gailtal in the municipality of Dellach, Carinthia, Austria is considered the original parish of the upper Gailtal and the Lesachtal.
6.1 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Natural feature
Eiskar
157 min walk • The Eiskar is the only existing glacier in the Carnic Alps. It is a typical cirque glacier that, thanks to its shady location and to avalanche breaks in its catchment area, has been able to survive at the relatively low height of 2160–2390 metres above sea level.
1.2 miSE
Forts and castles
Schloss Weildegg
31 min walk • Weildegg Castle, also called Waldegg, is located in the village of Würmlach in the municipality of Kötschach-Mauthen.
4.9 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Kleiner Pal - Pal piccolo
127 min walk • The Kleine Pal is a mountain 1867 m above sea level in the Carnic Main Ridge in the border area between Carinthia and Italy. It is located near the village of Kötschach-Mauthen. In the Alpine mountain war 1915-1918 it was the scene of a war ...
3.7 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Torkofel
95 min walk • Torkofel is a mountain of the Gailtal Alps in Carinthia, Austria. It is the highest summit of the Jauken Group, a small limestone massif west of Reißkofel. It lies between the Drava valley to the north and the Gail valley in the south. It was first climbed in 1853 by the Johann Festin von Wald and Paul Grohmann.