30. From Laibach to Villach.
Comp. Maps, pp. 192, 198.
80 ½ M. RAILWAY (Staatsbahn) in 4 ½-5 hrs. (fares 12 K. 60, 8 K. 40,
4 K. 20 h., express 17 K. 70, 11 K. 80, 5 K. 90 h.). Views generally to the left.
Laibach, see p. 192. The train traverses the broad plain of the
Sau, or Save, towards the N. Beyond (3 1/2 M.) Vizmarje it approaches
the river. At (7 ½ M.) Zwischenwässern we cross the Zeier, beyond
which opens the broad basin of Krainburg, with the Steiner Alps
on the right and the triple-peaked Terglou on the left. — 12 ½ M.
Bischoflack. — 18 M. Krainburg (1165 ft.; Neue Post;Alte Post),
a small town (2500 inhab.) on a hill, at the influx of the Kanker into
the Sau. To Eisenkappel, see p. 196 ; to Klagenfurt, p. 197.
The valley contracts. 24 ½ M. Podnart-Kropp (Rail. Restaurant).
The train crosses the Save and enters a tunnel. 30 M. Radmannsdorf,
at the union of the Wurzener Save and the Wocheiner Save. — 31 ½ M.
Lees-Veldes ( 1655 ft.; Rail. Restaurant; Zum. Triglav).
From stat. Lees-Veldes a road (diligence in summer from every train
in ½ hr., 50 h.; one-horse carr. 2 K.) leads to the W., crossing the Save,
to (3 M.) Veldes ( 1640 ft.; Hôtel Mallner,Louisenbad, both on the lake;
Peternel;Jekler;Rikli's Sanatorium), a favourite watering-place, charmingly
situated on the Veldeser See ( 1570 ft.). On an islet in the lake rises the
pilgrimage-church of St. Maria im See. On a precipitous rock on the
N. side stands the picturesque Schloss Veldes. Swimming-bath in the lake,
adjoining the garden of the Louisenbad.
The Valley of the Wocheiner save (or 'Savitza', little Save) affords
a favourite excursion from Veldes (one-horse carr. to the Wocheiner See
and back 10 K.; light post-conveyance to Feistritz twice daily, 2 K.). The
road crosses the low ridge between the lake of Veldes and the valley of
the Save, and continues, viâ Vellach,Neuming, and Witnach, to (13 M.) Feistritz
( 1660 ft.; Post;Schoglitz), the chief village in the Wochein, situated in a
basin at the junction of the Feistritzbach with the Save. The sequestered
Wocheiner See ( 1730 ft.) lies 3 ½ M. to the W.; its lower end (Hôtel
St. Johann, R. 2 ½-5, pens. 6 ½-½ K.) is enclosed by wooded hills, and its
upper end by lofty walls of rock (to the upper end by boat in 1 hr., 1-4 pers.
there and back, including 3 hrs.' stey, 4 K.). From the chalets at the head
of the lake a narrow road ascends to the (1 ½ hr.) Savitza Fall (2745 ft.),
the picturesque source of the Save. The infant river is precipitated from an
aperture in the rock, 180 ft. in height, into a dark-green pool at the bottom
of a narrow ravine enclosed by huge perpendicular cliffs. — The ascent of
the Terglou or Triglav (9395 ft.), the highest peak of the Julian Alps, is
laborious, but not very difficult for expert climbers (9-10 hrs. from the
Hôtel St. Johann; guide 12 K.). The night is spent at the Maria-Theresien-
Hütte (7890 ft.), a club-hut of the Austrian Tourist Club, 8 hrs. from the
hotel. — The ascent is now usually made from Moistrana, on the N. side
(see below): up the Kot valley to the (5-5 ½ hrs.) Deschmann-Hütte of the
German Alpine Club (7620 ft.; inn in summer), and thence viâ the Little
Terglou and the narrow arête (about 80 yds. long) to the (2-2 ½ hrs.) sum-
mit of the Great Terglou. Most extensive View.
The line now approaches the S. base of the Karawanken, amongst
which the Stou (7346 ft.) is conspicuous. — 38 ½ M. Jauerburg
( 1855 ft.; Kölbl); 40 ½ M. Assling; 46 M. Lengenfeld (2305 ft.;
Jansa). On the opposite bank of the Save lies (¼ hr.) Moistrana
(Schmerz), at the mouth of the Vrata Valley, 1 ¼ hr. up which is the
Perischnik Fall, a picturesque cascade 130 ft. in height. Ascent of