Hermagor

Hermagor lies in Carinthia's Gail valley among the eastern Alps. The parish, named for Saint Hermagoras of Aquileia, was first recorded in 1169 and was probably founded by the patriarchs of Aquileia. Its position helped the settlement prosper; it received market rights in 1288 and became the principal place of the valley. In 1779 the botanist Franz Xaver von Wulfen found the flower Wulfenia carinthiaca on the nearby slopes of the Gartnerkofel.