St. Margareten im Rosental (Slovene: Šmarjeta v Rožu) is a town in the district of Klagenfurt-Land in the Austrian state of Carinthia.

Geography The municipality lies in the southeast Rosental at the foot of the Hochobir. On the north, the Drau forms the municipal boundary, on the east the Freibach, and on the south and the west tributaries of the Karawank and the Inzegraben.

Population According to the 2001 census 11,8% of the population are Carinthian Slovenes.

Village Number of people 1991 Percent of Slovenes 1991 Percent of Slovenes 1951 Trieblach/Treblje 92 35,3% 56,2% Gupf/Vrh 85 15,3% 85,1% Niederdörfl/Doljna vas 184 19,6% 84,9% St.Margarethen/Šmarjeta 274 16,1% 59,6% Homölisch/Hmelše 9 33,3% 98,1% Gotschuchen/Kočuha 221 15,4% 79,1% Sabosach/Zavoze 47 25,5% 55,2% Seel/Selo 30 33,3% 50,0% Dobrowa/Dobrava 33 21,2% 91,5% Hintergupf/Zavrh 34 19,4% 100% Dullach/Dole 56 5,4% 95,1% Oberdörfl/Gornja vas 88 5,0% 23,2%

Notable people Karl Matthäus Woschitz (b. 1937), theologian and bible scholar

District Klagenfurt Land

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