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Mayors of St. Veit elected from 1850 to the present day

Josef Weisenhof, pharmacist, 1850-1864
Moritz Seyerl, factory official, 1864-1869
Matthias Grawein, gingerbread maker, 1869-1878
Georg Karagyena, pharmacist, 1879-1884
Dr. Franz Prettner, lawyer, 1885-1891
Anton Reichel, pharmacist, 1891-1901
Andreas Herzog, land register clerk, 1901-1904
Dr. Johann Spöck, notary, 1904-1912
Anton Reichel, pharmacist, 1913-1915
Dr. Karl Domening, doctor, 1915-1919
Leopold Polanz, railwayman, 1920-1933, 1945-
1950
Hubert Zankl, teacher, 1950-1963
Martin Rom, railwayman, 1963-1966
Ing. Friedrich Wolte, railwayman, 1966-1988
Gerhard Mock, railwayman, 1989-today

The St. Veit mint

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At the end of the 12 century, the mint in Friesach
owned by the Salzburg archbishops came in for major
competition when a mint was opened in St. Veit by
the Carinthian dukes.

One of the most famous masters of the mint was
Johann Georg Perro, whose coins were amongst the
most beautiful in the empire.

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In the middle of the 14 century, the minting activities ran dry. Coins
were only minted again in 1515 under Emperor Maximilian I. The mint in
St. Veit had to cease operations permanently in 1720.

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