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 | | Carinthia is for the most part a mountainous region, divided by the Drave, which traverses it from west to east into two parts. |
 | | To the north of the valley of the Drave the duchy is occupied by the Hohe Tauern and the primitive Alps of Carinthia and Styria, which belong to the central zone of the Eastern Alps. |
 | | The duchy was held by various families during the 11th, 12th and 13th centuries, and at length in 1335 was bestowed by Louis the Bavarian on the dukes of Austria. |
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