Sillian

The municipality, at a height of about {{convert|1100|m|ft|abbr=on}}, is the main settlement in the East Tyrolean Hochpustertal, the eastern part of the Puster Valley, stretching from Lienz up to the border with South Tyrol, Italy, in the west. The settlement is situated north of the upper Drava river, on the sunny slopes of the Villgraten Mountains. In the south, the valley stretches to the Lienz Dolomites and the Carnic Alps.

The weather in Sillian is extremely changeable due to its location, and it can quickly change from warm and balmy to sub-zero.

{{Weather box

|location = Sillian (1971–2000)

|single line = Yes

|metric first = Yes

|width = auto

|Jan record high C = 11.5

|Feb record high C = 17.0

|Mar record high C = 21.0

|Apr record high C = 23.0

|May record high C = 27.8

|Jun record high C = 30.0

|Jul record high C = 33.5

|Aug record high C = 31.0

|Sep record high C = 29.0

|Oct record high C = 25.4

|Nov record high C = 17.4

|Dec record high C = 13.0

|year record high C = 33.5

|Jan high C = 0.7

|Feb high C = 3.4

|Mar high C = 7.8

|Apr high C = 11.6

|May high C = 16.7

|Jun high C = 19.8

|Jul high C = 22.5

|Aug high C = 22.8

|Sep high C = 18.1

|Oct high C = 12.7

|Nov high C = 5.7

|Dec high C = 0.8

|year high C = 11.8

|Jan mean C = -4.8

|Feb mean C = -3.0

|Mar mean C = 1.0

|Apr mean C = 4.9

|May mean C = 10.0

|Jun mean C = 13.2

|Jul mean C = 15.6

|Aug mean C = 14.8

|Sep mean C = 11.0

|Oct mean C = 5.8

|Nov mean C = -0.1

|Dec mean C = -4.3

|year mean C = 5.3

|Jan low C = -8.7

|Feb low C = -7.4

|Mar low C = -3.7

|Apr low C = -0.3

|May low C = 4.2

|Jun low C = 7.4

|Jul low C = 9.6

|Aug low C = 9.3

|Sep low C = 5.8

|Oct low C = 1.3

|Nov low C = -3.8

|Dec low C = -7.8

|year low C = 0.5

|Jan record low C = -26.0

|Feb record low C = -21.0

|Mar record low C = -23.5

|Apr record low C = -11.0

|May record low C = -14.0

|Jun record low C = -1.5

|Jul record low C = 1.5

|Aug record low C = 0.0

|Sep record low C = -5.2

|Oct record low C = -10.2

|Nov record low C = -22.0

|Dec record low C = -20.0

|year record low C = -26.0

|precipitation colour = green

|Jan precipitation mm = 42.3

|Feb precipitation mm = 37.9

|Mar precipitation mm = 58.3

|Apr precipitation mm = 68.5

|May precipitation mm = 95.2

|Jun precipitation mm = 116.0

|Jul precipitation mm = 130.6

|Aug precipitation mm = 105.9

|Sep precipitation mm = 90.2

|Oct precipitation mm = 91.2

|Nov precipitation mm = 66.1

|Dec precipitation mm = 48.2

|year precipitation mm = 950.3

|Jan snow cm = 30.6

|Feb snow cm = 39.5

|Mar snow cm = 28.5

|Apr snow cm = 14.8

|May snow cm = 1.3

|Jun snow cm = 0.0

|Jul snow cm = 0.0

|Aug snow cm = 0.0

|Sep snow cm = 0.0

|Oct snow cm = 3.4

|Nov snow cm = 29.3

|Dec snow cm = 32.8

|year snow cm = 180.2

|unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm

|Jan precipitation days = 5.6

|Feb precipitation days = 5.1

|Mar precipitation days = 6.4

|Apr precipitation days = 8.3

|May precipitation days = 11.9

|Jun precipitation days = 13.6

|Jul precipitation days = 12.8

|Aug precipitation days = 12.0

|Sep precipitation days = 8.5

|Oct precipitation days = 7.5

|Nov precipitation days = 6.6

|Dec precipitation days = 6.1

|year precipitation days = 104.4

|time day = 14:00

|Jan humidity = 64.4

|Feb humidity = 50.1

|Mar humidity = 43.6

|Apr humidity = 41.2

|May humidity = 44.2

|Jun humidity = 46.0

|Jul humidity = 44.8

|Aug humidity = 48.0

|Sep humidity = 49.1

|Oct humidity = 54.2

|Nov humidity = 59.5

|Dec humidity = 71.8

|year humidity = 51.4

|source 1 = Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics{{cite web

| archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20191012234750/http://www.zamg.ac.at/fix/klima/oe71-00/klima2000/klimadaten_oesterreich_1971_frame1.htm

| archivedate = 12 October 2019

| url = http://www.zamg.ac.at/fix/klima/oe71-00/klima2000/klimadaten_oesterreich_1971_frame1.htm

| title = Klimadaten von Österreich 1971–2000 – Tirol-Sillian

| language = German

| publisher = Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics

| accessdate = 28 October 2019}}

}}

The area belonged to the estates granted by Duke Tassilo III of Bavaria to Innichen Abbey in 769. First mentioned about 1000, the estates of Silano were held by the Meinhardiner counts of Gorizia from the 13th century onwards. The parish church was consecrated in 1326. Count Leonhard of Gorizia vested the citizens with market privileges in 1469. Upon the extinction of the line in 1500, Sillian was seized by the House of Habsburg king Maximilian I and incorporated into the County of Tyrol.

Up to World War I, Sillian was a garrison town of the Austro-Hungarian Army. By the 1919 Treaty of Saint Germain, it became a border town close to the South Tyrolean lands of the Italian kingdom.

{{Historical populations

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|1869|1417

|1880|1258

|1890|1202

|1900|1224

|1910|1240

|1923|1249

|1934|1396

|1939|1425

|1951|1671

|1961|1948

|1971|1988

|1981|2004

|1991|1997

|2001|2082

|2011|2073

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Young Richard Strauss from 1872 onwards spent several summers at Sillian; he is purported to have played the church organ as well as the hotel piano of the Schwarzer Adler (Black Eagle) inn, and even to have composed here.{{Citation needed|date=October 2007}}

Sillian's economy mainly relies on wood processing and tourism. There are 1200 guest beds of all categories available.

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