Notable People
- Kiki Kogelnik, artist, born January 22, 1935 in Bleiburg, died February 1, 1997 in Vienna
- Anton Webern, composer, spent Easter and summer vacations at his family's estate called Preglhof, in the countryside near Bleiburg, until 1912
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