Abtenau, Austria
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Abtenau ( Central Bavarian: ''Obtenau'') is a
market town A market town is a settlement most common in Europe that obtained by custom or royal charter, in the Middle Ages, a market right, which allowed it to host a regular market; this distinguished it from a village or city. In Britain, small rural ...
in the Hallein District of
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 ...
in
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. The municipality is located in
Lammertal The Lammer is a river of Salzburg (state), Salzburg, Austria, a right tributary of the Salzach. The Lammer rises in the Tennen Mountains and flows from east to west, joining with the Salzach at Golling an der Salzach. Its length is about . The r ...
,
Tennengau 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 populati ...
, about 45 km south of
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 ...
, and encompasses the entire middle valley of the Lammer.


Geography

Abtenau lies in the Lammer river valley (''Lammertal'') about 45 km south of
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 ...
.


Climate


Population

The municipal area comprises the following 23 villages (in brackets population as of 1 January 2019):


Sister towns

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References

Cities and towns in Hallein District Tennen Mountains Dachstein Mountains {{Salzburg-geo-stub