Eberstein is a town in the district of Sankt Veit an der Glan in the Austrian state of Carinthia. The municipality lies in the central Görtschitz valleā¦Eberstein is a town in the district of Sankt Veit an der Glan in the Austrian state of Carinthia. The municipality lies in the central Görtschitz valley at the foot of the Saualpe. He goes on to describe the surrender at Eberstein of 30,000 Cossack troops, with 20,000 horses, who had been fighting on the Axis side, many of whom he describes as Ukrainian. They were eventually turned over to the Red Army at Judenburg as part of the Repatriation of Cossacks after WWII.