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Vorderwaldberg
Vorderwaldberg is a dispersed settlement in the Oberpinzgau, the upper Salzach valley and the district of Zell am See/Pinzgau, and also a village in the municipality of Wald im Pinzgau, on the southern edge of the Kitzbühel Alps in Austria. Geography The settlement, which has about 90 inhabitants and 30 houses, lies up the valley from Wald im Salzachtal, on the southern slopes of the Salzach valley, the ''Vorderwaldberg'', at an altitude between on the Old Gerlos Road (''Alten Gerlosstraße'', the L 133). The homesteads (''Einöden'') of ''Bachbauer'' and ''Watschbauer'', and several other farmsteads belong to the village that extends for about in an east–west direction. History Vorderwaldberg lies on the old mule track (''Saumpfad'') from Mittersill as a trading hub on the route over the Gerlos Pass (Pinzgauer Höhe) to Zell am Ziller. It was upgraded into a cart track in 1631. In 1962 the new Gerlos Alpine Road (''Gerlos Alpenstraße'') via Krimml (today ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lahn (Gemeinde Wald)
Lahn is a dispersed settlement in the Oberpinzgau, the upper Salzach valley and the district of Zell am See/Pinzgau, and a village in the municipality of Wald im Pinzgau, on the southern rim of the Kitzbühel Alps. Geography The settlement, which has about 280 inhabitants and 80 houses, lies higher up the valley from Wald and Vorderwaldberg on the southern slopes of the Salzach valley, between on the valley floor and the B 165 '' Gerlos Road'', on the Old Gerlos Road (''Alten Gerlosstraße''), the L 133, (Ghf. ''Grübl'') and in the ''Lahnbauer'' wilderness with several other farmsteads. In addition the village has a halt, ''Lahnsiedlung'', on the Pinzgauer Lokalbahn, the Postbus line 670 Zell am See – Krimml stops in the ''Finksiedlung''. Also part of the village are the eastern slopes of the Trattenbach valley – the western slopes belong to Rosental (Gemeinde Neukirchen) – to the north, with the alpine meadows of ''Besensteinalm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |