Pörtschach am Wörthersee

Pörtschach is located at 446–702 metres (1,463–2,303 ft) above mean sea level, on the northern shore of Lake Wörth, about 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) west of the Carinthian capital Klagenfurt.

[clarification needed] Pörtschach's neighbouring communities include Moosburg to the north, Techelsberg to the west, Krumpendorf to the east, and Maria Wörth to the south.

According to archaeological findings, the Noricum main road from Velden to Krumpendorf already led across the community's territory in the Roman period.

Famous tourists from Vienna included Emperor Franz Josef I of Austria, Gustav Mahler, and Johannes Brahms, who worked on his Second Symphony and his Violin Concerto here.

In the late 19th and early 20th century, numerous villas were erected in the so-called Wörthersee style, according to Friedrich Achleitner a mix of Art Nouveau, German Romanticism, Baroque and mansion architecture.

The most important representants of this specific building style were Franz Baumgartner (1876–1946), Wilhelm Heß (1846–1916), Josef Victor Fuchs, and Carl Langhammer (1840–1906).

Lakeside promenade
Basin stone
Parish church Saint John the Baptist
Leonstein Castle ruins
Villa Miralago, 1893
Villa Venezia, 1891
Bust of Johannes Brahms at the Leonstain Castle Hotel