Kleinarl is a municipality in the

St. Johann im Pongau district The Bezirk Sankt Johann im Pongau is an administrative district (''Bezirk'') in the federal state of Salzburg (state), Salzburg, Austria, and congruent with the Pongau region. Area of the district is 1,755.37 km², with a population of 77, ...

in the Austrian state of Salzburg.

Geography

The municipal area is located in the Pongau region within the Central Eastern Alps, on the northern rim of the High Tauern national park. The Radstadt Tauern mountain range with the source of the Enns river separates it from the Salzburg Lungau region. In the south, it borders on the market town of Wagrain. The ''Flachauwinkl–Kleinarl'' ski area is part of the Ski Amadé network. The inhabitants mainly depend on winter tourism, but hiking and cycling in summer is also popular.

History

The

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St. Lawrence parish church was consecrated in 1443. It was rebuilt from 1984 to 1986 according to plans by

Heinz Tesar Heinz Tesar (born June 16, 1939 in Innsbruck) is an Austrian architect who has an international reputation for his church and museum architecture. Life Tesar studied architecture from 1961 to 1965 at the Akademie der bildenden Künste in the mas ...

. The

Prince-Archbishops of Salzburg The Prince-Archbishopric of Salzburg (german: Fürsterzbistum Salzburg; Erzstift Salzburg; Erzbistum Salzburg) was an ecclesiastical principality and state of the Holy Roman Empire. It comprised the secular territory ruled by the archbishops of ...

had a hunting lodge erected at Kleinarl, which since the mid 18th century serves as a vicarage.

Population

Notable people

* Annemarie Moser-Pröll (born 1953), skier * Cornelia Pröll (born 1961), skier.

References

External links

Municipal si