Car rental Klagenfurt am Woerthersee, Austria

Car Rental Klagenfurt – Must Know

High speeds on Austrian roads don’t mean that there are no reduced speed zones. If you see a blinking yellow light at an intersection it means stop, then proceed if the intersection is clear. Run a red light and you'll probably be caught: many intersections have radar-controlled cameras hooked up to traffic lights. The basic speed limit is 50kph in built-up areas and 100kph elsewhere. If you are hauling a trailer the speed limit is 80kph on roads and autobahns.

Attractions in Klagenfurt

Diocesan Museum

The Diocesan Museum aims to give a good general picture of religious art in Carinthia, covering all fields: jewellery, tapestry and embroidery, sculpture, stained glass. Next to appealing folk art specimens, there are outstanding works of art, like a 12C processional cross or the precious Magdalen window, from 1170, the oldest in Austria but strikingly modern in style. Visit this amazing place by using your car rental vehicle.

Grosser Wappensaal

Take your car rental vehicle to get the Landhaus' ceremonial room which was decorated by Joseph Fromiller in the 18C. This master of Baroque painting produced the fine ceiling fresco showing members of the States of Carinthia paying homage to Emperor Karl VI, framed by trompe l'oeil galleries. He also painted most of the 665 coats of arms, covering the walls and window embrasures that belonged to the powerful men sitting in the Regional Parliament from 1591 to 1848.

Lake Woerthersee

Lying between Velden and Klagenfurt, where you can get by your car rental vehicle, the 17km-long lake receives limited inflow from watercourses, resulting in high summer water temperatures which have encouraged the development of resorts at Velden and Pörtschach. A series of hills obscure the Karawanken chain, but a 15min walk southwards is sufficient to bring its peaks into view.

Landhaus

Not far from the Alter Platz, this imposing building houses Carinthia's Regional Parliament, built for the duchy in the 16C. It boasts a very fine Renaissance inner courtyard and two-tiered arcaded galleries, mostly designed by the architect Antonio Verda from Lugano. Come here by your car rental Klagenfurt to see this original place.

Neuer Platz

This great, rectangular, town centre square boasts the Dragon Fountain (Lindwurmbrunnen), a huge schist monster which has become the town's emblem and was erected by two brothers, Ulrich and Andreas Vogelsang, between 1582 and 1593. You can easily explore Neuer Platz using your car rental vehicle.