Bad Eisenkappel, also known as Eisenkappel (Slovene: Železna Kapla), is a municipality located in the Vellach Valley in the Karawanken mountain range with the nearby peaks: Obir, Peca, and Olševa. It is the population center of the market township of Eisenkappel-Vellach (population 2,446) of the Völkermarkt district in the State of Carinthia, Austria near the border of Slovenia.
Bad Eisenkappel was first referred to by the name Kappel in 1267. It was officially renamed in 1890 to Eisenkappel.
