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Oberalm
Oberalm is a market town in the Hallein district in the Austrian state of Salzburg. It is the burial town of volksmusik singer Karl Moik, the longtime presenter of ORF ''Musikantenstadl''. See also * Salzburgerland * Salzburg Salzburg (, ; literally "Salt-Castle"; bar, Soizbuag, label=Bavarian language, Austro-Bavarian) is the List of cities and towns in Austria, fourth-largest city in Austria. In 2020, it had a population of 156,872. The town is on the site of the ... References Cities and towns in Hallein District {{Salzburg-geo-stub ...
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Hallein
Hallein () is a historic town in the Austrian state of Salzburg. It is the capital of Hallein district. Geography The town is located in the ''Tennengau'' region south of the City of Salzburg, stretching along the Salzach river in the shadow of the Untersberg massif, close to the border with Germany in the west. With a population of about 21,150, Hallein is the second largest town of the Salzburg state. The municipal area comprises the cadastral communities of Adnet II, Au, Burgfried, Dürrnberg, Gamp, Gries, Hallein proper, Oberalm II, and Taxach. Hallein can be reached by suburban ''S-Bahn'' railway from the city of Salzburg. It has also access to the '' A 10'' Tauern Autobahn (European route E55) from Salzburg to Villach. History Long known for the Hallein Salt Mine in the ''Dürrnberg'' plateau, settling in the area have been traced 4000 years back. It was a Celtic community from 600 BCE until the Romans took over their Noricum kingdom in 15 BCE. In the mid 8th century AD, ...
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Hallein (district)
The Bezirk Hallein is an administrative district (''Bezirk'') in the federal state of Salzburg, Austria, and congruent with the Tennengau region. Area of the district is 668.31 km², with a population of 54,282 (May 15, 2001), and population density 81 persons per km². Administrative center of the district is Hallein. Administrative divisions The district is divided into 13 municipalities, one of them is a town, and four of them are market towns. Towns # Hallein (18,399) Market towns # Abtenau (3,324) # Golling an der Salzach (3,903) # Kuchl (6,431) # Oberalm (3,844) Municipalities # Adnet (3,324) # Annaberg-Lungötz (2,296) # Bad Vigaun (1,885) # Krispl (849) # Puch bei Hallein (4,088) # Rußbach am Paß Gschütt (803) # Sankt Koloman (1,497) # Scheffau am Tennengebirge Scheffau am Tennengebirge is a municipality in the Hallein district of Salzburg, Austria. Geography The municipality of Scheffau am Tennengebirge lies in the southern Tennengau of the Salzbu ...
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Salzburg (state)
Salzburg (, ; bar, Soizbuag, label=Bavarian language, Austro-Bavarian) (also known as ''Salzburgerland'') is a States of Austria, state (''Land'') of the modern Republic of Austria. It is officially named ''Land Salzburg'' to distinguish it from its eponymous capital — the city of Salzburg. For centuries, it was an independent Prince-Archbishopric of Salzburg, Prince-Bishopric of the Holy Roman Empire. Geography Location The state of Salzburg covers area of . It stretches along its main river — the Salzach – which rises in the Central Eastern Alps in the south to the Alpine foothills in the north. It is located in the north-west of Austria, close to the border with the Germany, German state of Bavaria; to the northeast lies the state of Upper Austria; to the east the state of Styria; to the south the states of Carinthia (state), Carinthia and Tyrol (state), Tyrol. With 529,085 inhabitants, it is one of the country's smaller states in terms of population. Running through th ...
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Hallein District
The Bezirk Hallein is an administrative district (''Bezirk'') in the federal state of Salzburg, Austria, and congruent with the Tennengau region. Area of the district is 668.31 km², with a population of 54,282 (May 15, 2001), and population density 81 persons per km². Administrative center of the district is Hallein. Administrative divisions The district is divided into 13 municipalities, one of them is a town, and four of them are market towns. Towns # Hallein (18,399) Market towns # Abtenau (3,324) # Golling an der Salzach (3,903) # Kuchl (6,431) # Oberalm (3,844) Municipalities # Adnet (3,324) # Annaberg-Lungötz (2,296) # Bad Vigaun (1,885) # Krispl (849) # Puch bei Hallein (4,088) # Rußbach am Paß Gschütt (803) # Sankt Koloman (1,497) # Scheffau am Tennengebirge Scheffau am Tennengebirge is a municipality in the Hallein district of Salzburg, Austria. Geography The municipality of Scheffau am Tennengebirge lies in the southern Tennengau of the Salzbu ...
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Puch Bei Hallein
Puch bei Hallein (Central Bavarian: ''Buach'') is a municipality in the Hallein District (''Tennengau'') of the Austrian state of Salzburg. Transportation It can be reached by suburban ''S-Bahn'' railway from the state capital Salzburg and also has access to the '' A 10'' Tauern Autobahn (European route E55) from Salzburg to Villach. History The settlement was first mentioned as ''Puoche'' in a 930 deed, while the ''Puchstein'' Castle was already documented in 822. Main sight is the Baroque ''Urstein'' Palace, erected in 1691, now seat of a private academy. Puch is also a location of the Salzburg ''Fachhochschule A ''Fachhochschule'' (; plural ''Fachhochschulen''), abbreviated FH, is a university of applied sciences (UAS), in other words a German tertiary education institution that provides professional education in many applied sciences and applied arts ...'' (University of Applied Sciences). References Cities and towns in Hallein District {{Salzburg-geo-stub ...
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Salzburgerland
Salzburg (, ; bar, Soizbuag, label=Bavarian language, Austro-Bavarian) (also known as ''Salzburgerland'') is a States of Austria, state (''Land'') of the modern Republic of Austria. It is officially named ''Land Salzburg'' to distinguish it from its eponymous capital — the city of Salzburg. For centuries, it was an independent Prince-Archbishopric of Salzburg, Prince-Bishopric of the Holy Roman Empire. Geography Location The state of Salzburg covers area of . It stretches along its main river — the Salzach – which rises in the Central Eastern Alps in the south to the Alpine foothills in the north. It is located in the north-west of Austria, close to the border with the Germany, German state of Bavaria; to the northeast lies the state of Upper Austria; to the east the state of Styria; to the south the states of Carinthia (state), Carinthia and Tyrol (state), Tyrol. With 529,085 inhabitants, it is one of the country's smaller states in terms of population. Running through th ...
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Karl Moik
Karl Moik (19 June 1938 – 26 March 2015) was an Austrian television presenter and singer. Life Moik was born in Linz. He became famous in Austria, Germany, German-speaking Switzerland and South Tyrol as the television presenter of the music show ''Musikantenstadl'', an Austrian-German-Swiss co-production (Eurovision). He presented the ''Musikantenstadl'' from 1981 to 2005, earning him the honorary title by fans as ''Mr. Musikantenstadl''. He died in Salzburg, aged 76, and was buried in Oberalm. Songs * ''Das Zipferl vom Glück'' * ''Servus, pfüat Gott und Auf Wiedersehn'' * ''Ja, heute woll'n wir feiern'' * ''Einer hat immer das Bummerl'' * ''Es dreht sich alles nur um’s Geld'' Awards * 2004: ''Krone der Volksmusik Krone (the cognate of Crown) may refer to: General * Crown (headgear) * ADC KRONE & The KRONE Group in ADC Telecommunications * KRONE LSA-PLUS, a popular telecommunications connector, or krone tool * Krone an der Brahe, the German name for Koron ...'' ...
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Adnet
Adnet is a town in the district of Hallein, in the Austrian state of Salzburg. It is famous for its marble and there is a marble museum in the middle of the town. Geography Adnet is situated near Hallein in the metropolitan area of Salzburg. Urban districts are: Adnet, Riedl, Spumberg, Waidach, Wimberg. The highest point is just beneath the ''Jägernase'' (a mountain slope of the local mountain Schlenken) about above sea level. Coat of arms The coat of arms of the municipality: on a golden shield between three red-marmoreal round stones is a black lion, in the right hand it is holding a black stonemason's hammer on its red shaft. Name Origin The name originates from the Celtic (''Atanate'', ''Atanat'', ''Attnat''). It means swamp (situated by the water). Twinning Adnet is twinned with: * Oppenheim, Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the ...
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Salzburg
Salzburg (, ; literally "Salt-Castle"; bar, Soizbuag, label=Bavarian language, Austro-Bavarian) is the List of cities and towns in Austria, fourth-largest city in Austria. In 2020, it had a population of 156,872. The town is on the site of the Roman settlement of ''Iuvavum''. Salzburg was founded as an episcopal see in 696 and became a Prince-Archbishopric of Salzburg, seat of the archbishop in 798. Its main sources of income were salt extraction, trade, and gold mining. The fortress of Hohensalzburg Fortress, Hohensalzburg, one of the largest medieval fortresses in Europe, dates from the 11th century. In the 17th century, Salzburg became a center of the Counter-Reformation, with monasteries and numerous Baroque churches built. Historic Centre of the City of Salzburg, Salzburg's historic center (German language, German: ''Altstadt'') is renowned for its Baroque architecture and is one of the best-preserved city centers north of the Alps. The historic center was enlisted as a UN ...
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Musikantenstadl
Musikantenstadl is a live television entertainment program broadcast in the German language throughout Austria, Germany, and Switzerland. It features Austrian, Swiss, and German popular folk music ( Schlager, Volkstümliche Musik), international pop and folk music as well as interviews and comedy. As a production of Eurovision, is co-produced by the Österreichischer Rundfunk, Bayerischer Rundfunk and Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen. Aside from the live television broadcasts it also tours in Austria and Germany as live concerts. It is currently hosted by Andy Borg and its location of broadcast varies between towns in different regions in Austria, Germany, and Switzerland. The show could be compared to being a much larger German version of the United Kingdom 1970's entertainment show The Wheeltappers and Shunters Social Club. However Musikantenstadl consists of a large barn Set construction and not a Social Club. The show also has similarities to Noel's House Party. In 2015, the sho ...
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ORF (broadcaster)
('Austrian Broadcasting Corporation'; ORF) is an Austrian national public broadcaster. Funded from a combination of television licence fee revenue and limited on-air advertising, ORF is the dominant player in the Austrian broadcast media. Austria was the last country in continental Europe after Albania to allow nationwide private television broadcasting, although commercial TV channels from neighbouring Germany have been present in Austria on pay-TV and via terrestrial overspill since the 1980s. History of broadcasting in Austria The first unregulated test transmissions in Austria began on 1 April 1923 by Radio Hekaphon, run by the radio pioneer and enthusiast Oskar Czeija ( de; 1887–1958), who applied for a radio licence in 1921; first in his telephone factory in the Brigittenau district of Vienna, later in the nearby TGM technical college. On 2 September, it aired a first broadcast address by Austrian President Michael Hainisch (1858–1940). One year later, a powe ...
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Austria
Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous city and state. A landlocked country, Austria is bordered by Germany to the northwest, the Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia to the northeast, Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west. The country occupies an area of and has a population of 9 million. Austria emerged from the remnants of the Eastern and Hungarian March at the end of the first millennium. Originally a margraviate of Bavaria, it developed into a duchy of the Holy Roman Empire in 1156 and was later made an archduchy in 1453. In the 16th century, Vienna began serving as the empire's administrative capital and Austria thus became the heartland of the Habsburg monarchy. After the dissolution of the H ...
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