Dieschitz


Dieschitz is an Austrian village in the municipality of Velden am Wörthersee, Villach,

Geography

Dieschitz is located approximately south of Velden in the eastern part of the meander of Rosegg of the Drau River. Dieschitz has two parts: Unterdieschitz = Dieschitz in the strict sense and Oberdieschitz.

Population

According to the 2001 census, Dieschitz has a population of 122 inhabitants. Some of the inhabitants are bilingual. Censuses of the spoken language gave the following numbers of Slovenian speakers :

Economy

The village bar and the brick factory closed in the 1950s, the store in 1970, and the carpentry workshop in 1996. The inhabitants, in the past mostly farmers, have to travel for work to Villach or Klagenfurt, and a few have found work nearby in St. Egyden, Schiefling am See or Velden.

Notable residents