It is located in the Rosental, the U-shaped valley of the Drava river north of the Karawanks mountain range along the Periadriatic Seam.

Stol (Hochstuhl), the highest peak of the Karawanks range at 2,236 m (7,336 ft) which can be reached via the Bärental (Rute) high valley.

Until the early 20th century, the local Slovene dialect was spoken by almost the totality of the population, and remained predominant up to the post-WWII years, when a process of language shift intensified.

The municipality is made up of eight villages: Seats in the municipal assembly (Gemeinderat) as of 2015 local elections: Notable natives of Feistritz include the Slovene politician and editor Andrej Einspieler (1813-1888) and the diplomat Valentin Inzko (born 1949), who was born in Suetschach, where he lives with his wife Bernarda Fink (b.

The sculptor France Gorše (1897-1986), a native from Zamostec, lived in the village of Suetschach, where he established an artist's studio in 1974, now open to the public.