Rosegg

Rosegg Rožek
Municipality
Rosegg from north
Coat of arms
Rosegg Location within Austria
Coordinates: 46°34′N 14°1′E
Country	Austria
State	Carinthia
District	Villach-Land
Government
• Mayor	Franz Richau
Area
• Total	19.17 km2 (7.40 sq mi)
Elevation	477 m (1,565 ft)
Population  (2018-01-01)
• Total	1,832
• Density	95.57/km2 (247.5/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	9232
Area code	04253, 04274
Website	www.roseggonline.at

Rosegg (Slovene: Rožek) is a municipality in the district of Villach-Land in Carinthia in Austria.

Geography

Rosegg consists of three catastral municipalities (Katastralgemeinden) (Population as of 2025):

• Berg (490)
• Emmersdorf (562)
• Rosegg (858)

Rosegg can be further divided into 18 localities (Ortschaften) (Population as of 2025):

• Berg (66)
• Bergl (166)
• Buchheim (83)
• Dolintschach (34)
• Drau (92)
• Duel (81)
• Emmersdorf (120)
• Frög (130)
• Frojach (5)
• Kleinberg (45)
• Obergoritschach (50)
• Pirk (83)
• Raun (58)
• Rosegg (461)
• St. Johann (18)
• St. Lamprecht (184)
• St. Martin (136)
• Untergoritschach (98)

Neighboring municipalities

Wernberg		Velden am Wörthersee
Villach
Finkenstein am Faaker See		Sankt Jakob im Rosental

Personalities

It is the birthplace of the painter Peter Markovič, after whom the local Slovene cultural association is named. Liechtenstein's Former Ambassador to Germany, Prince Stefan of Liechtenstein, grew up in Rosegg.

Politics

The municipal assembly (Gemeinderat) consists of 15 members. Since the 2021 local elections, it is made up of the following parties:

• Independent Bürgergemeinschaft (BGM): 8 seats
• Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ): 5 seats
• Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ): 1 seat
• The Greens - The Green Alternative (GRÜNE): 1 seat

The mayor of the municipality, Franz Richau, was re-elected in 2021.

Twin towns

• Bohinj, Slovenia
• Lauco, Italy
• Osoppo, Italy

• Zuglio, Italy