Hüttschlag is a municipality in the district of
St. Johann im Pongau in the
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 ...
n state of
Salzburg
Salzburg (, ; literally "Salt-Castle"; bar, Soizbuag, label= Austro-Bavarian) is the 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 ...
.
Geography
Hüttschlag lies in the Grossarl valley, south of the
Grossarl municipality, in the Salzburg ''Pongau'' region. The settlement is situated in the upper valley immediately north of the
Alpine crest, formed by the
Ankogel
The Ankogel (3,252 m) is a mountain in the Ankogel Group in the eastern High Tauern range in Austria. It is the second highest mountain in the group, the Hochalmspitze being higher at 3,360 m.
A cable car from Mallnitz
Mallnitz is a municipali ...
and
Hafner mountains of the
High Tauern
The High Tauern ( pl.; german: Hohe Tauern, it, Alti Tauri) are a mountain range on the main chain of the Central Eastern Alps, comprising the highest peaks east of the Brenner Pass. The crest forms the southern border of the Austrian states of ...
range. From Hüttschlag only a bridle pass leads up to ''Arlscharte'' Pass and the
Malta valley in
Carinthia.
The municipal area comprises the
cadastral communities of Hüttschlag proper, Karteis, and See. Originally an agricultural area, Hüttschlag today mainly depends on tourism. Together with neighbouring
Dorfgastein, the Grossarl valley forms a ski resort within the large
Ski Amadé
The Ski Amadé region of Austria is a network of 28 ski areas and towns that combined, make up the second largest ski area in Europe.largest ski domain is Dolomiti Superski It is named after the composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart who was born in the ...
region.
History
The ''Arla'' valley was first mentioned about 930 AD, when
Bavarian settlers had already superseded the former
Slavic population. The area up to the High Tauern crest was further developed by the
Archbishops of Salzburg; from the early 15th century onwards, it became an important mining area, mainly for copper and sulphur. Extended smelting works (''Hütten'') arose around 1520; as a result of miners moving in, Hüttschlag became a centre of
Protestantism
Protestantism is a branch of Christianity that follows the theological tenets of the Protestant Reformation, a movement that began seeking to reform the Catholic Church from within in the 16th century against what its followers perceived to b ...
in the Salzburg lands —many of these
Salzburg Protestants
The Salzburg Protestants (german: Salzburger Exulanten) were Protestant refugees who had lived in the Catholic Archbishopric of Salzburg until the 18th century. In a series of persecutions ending in 1731, over 20,000 Protestants were expelled from ...
were expelled under the rule of Prince-Archbishop
Leopold Anton von Firmian
Leopold Anton Eleutherius Freiherr von Firmian (11 March 1679 – 22 October 1744) was Bishop of Lavant 1718–24, Bishop of Seckau 1724–27 and Prince-Archbishop of Salzburg from 1727 until his death.
Early life
He was born in Munich, on his ...
in 1731.
Politics
Seats in the municipal council (''Gemeinderat''):
*
Austrian People's Party (ÖVP): 8
*
Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ): 5
Twin towns — sister cities
Hüttschlag is
twinned with:
*
Borken, Germany, since 1989
References
Cities and towns in St. Johann im Pongau District
Radstadt Tauern
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