550m. The three attractively situated towns of Bodensdorf, Steindorf, the largest town by the lake, and Tiffenlie at the northeast end of Lake Ossiach. They are centrally placed between the town of Feldkirchen (9km), andthe warm bath Villach (llkmthermal bath), and Klagenfurt (38km). Lake Ossiach lies sheltered between the Gerlitz Alp (l9l Om) and the abundant forests of the Ossiach Tauern (980m), and is llkm in length and 600-1700mwide; water temperature up to 28C! This beautiful lake, framed by mountains receives up to 2000 hours sunshine a year. A mountainroad leads up to the Gerlitz Alp, the sunniest mountain and alpine pasture area in thewhole of middle Europe. Here there is a unique panorama of the Hohen Tauern, the Dolomites, the Karawanken andmore than 10 Carinthian lakes. The 3 towns on the lakeside offer a warm, mild climate, especially in springand autumn, easy walks around the lake and in the mountains, bathing beaches, a sailingschool, boats to rent, passenger shipping traffic, fishing, tennis, horseriding in Ossiach, bowling alleys, minigolf, swimmingbaths, sauna, massage, sailplaning in Feldkirchen, Carinthian summer (30 concerts in the collegiate church of Ossiach) athome evenings, local concerts, cinema, churchdays, a sunmer festival, waterski shows, entertaining musicin comfortable restaurants, inns and locals, excursions to places of art, into the mountains, to East- and South Tyrol, Italy, Jugoslavia, etc. WINTER: The sunny, skiingparadise Gerlitz-Alp, with into reliablesnowconditions offers excellent skislopes, up to l9l Om for beginners and experts. A cablerailway (from Annenheim), 3 chairlifts, 4 skilifts, restaurants, downhill skiing slopes to the valley, a skiingschool, rental of sportequipment, tobogganning, iceskating, indoorswimming pool, sauna, skitouring, bars and entertainment.