Lahn is a

dispersed settlement A dispersed settlement, also known as a scattered settlement, is one of the main types of settlement patterns used by landscape historians to classify rural settlements found in England and other parts of the world. Typically, there are a numb ...

in the Oberpinzgau, the upper

Salzach The Salzach (Austrian: �saltsax ) is a river in Austria and Germany. It is in length and is a right tributary of the Inn, which eventually joins the Danube. Its drainage basin of comprises large parts of the Northern Limestone and Central ...

valley and the district of Zell am See/Pinzgau, and a village in the municipality of

Wald im Pinzgau Wald im Pinzgau is a municipality in the district of Zell am See (Pinzgau region), in the state of Salzburg in Austria. Municipal divisions The villages in the municipality, apart from Wald, are (further up the valley) Hinterwaldberg, Königslei ...

, on the southern rim of the

Kitzbühel Alps The Kitzbühel Alps (german: Kitzbüheler Alpen or ''Kitzbühler Alpen'') are a mountain range of the Central Eastern Alps surrounding the town of Kitzbühel in Tyrol, Austria. Geologically they are part of the western slate zone (greywacke zone). ...

Geography

The settlement, which has about 280 inhabitants and 80 houses, lies higher up the valley from Wald and

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. Ge ...

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

farmstead A homestead is an isolated dwelling, especially a farmhouse, and adjacent outbuildings, typically on a large agricultural holding such as a ranch or station. In North America the word "homestead" historically referred to land claimed by a set ...

s. In addition the village has a halt, ''Lahnsiedlung'', on the Pinzgauer Lokalbahn, the

Postbus A postbus is a public bus service that is operated as part of local mail delivery as a means of providing public transport in rural areas with lower levels of patronage, where a normal bus service would be uneconomic or inefficient. Postbus ser ...

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, Wurfgrundalm, Wurf-Hochalm, Happingalm, Happing Hochalm'' on the ''Gernkogel'' and ''Trattenbachalm, Trattenbach-Hochalm'' on the

Kröndlhorn The Kröndlhorn is a high mountain in the Kitzbühel Alps in Austria. It is one of the highest mountains on the main crest of the Kitzbühel Alps. The state border between Tyrol and Salzburger Land runs over its summit. Location The Kröndlho ...

. The parish area runs up to the state border with

Tyrol Tyrol (; historically the Tyrole; de-AT, Tirol ; it, Tirolo) is a historical region in the Alps - in Northern Italy and western Austria. The area was historically the core of the County of Tyrol, part of the Holy Roman Empire, Austrian Emp ...

at the ''Filzenscharte'' ridge, extending about from north to south.

History

Hinterwaldberg lies on the old bridle path from

Mittersill Mittersill ( bar, Mittasü) is a city in the federal state of Salzburg, Austria, in the Pinzgau region of the Alps. It is located on the Salzach River. It has a population of 5,408 as of 2011. Geography Mittersill lies approximately 25 km to the ...

, the trading centre, over the

Gerlos Pass Gerlos Pass (elevation 1,500 m, 4,921 ft) is a mountain pass in the Austrian Alps between the Oberpinzgau region in the state of Salzburg and the Zillertal valley in Tyrol. The old road leads from Wald im Pinzgau to Gerlos in the Zillertal va ...

(Pinzgauer Höhe) to

Zell am Ziller Zell am Ziller is a municipality in the Schwaz district in the Austrian state of Tyrol. The name derives from the river Ziller. Climate Population Facilities The Zillertal Arena was formed in 2000 from a merger of the ski area A ski area i ...

. It was upgraded in 1631 to a cart track. In 1962 the new '' Gerlos Alpine Road'' (today part of the B 165 from Mittersill to Hainzenberg), via Krimml, was opened. It was planned by Dipl. Ing.

Franz Wallack Franz Friedrich Wallack (24 August 1887 – 31 October 1966) was an Austrian civil engineer. He mainly designed and built mountain pass roads, in particular the Grossglockner High Alpine Road across the High Tauern range between Salzburg and Cari ...

, the builder of the Großglockner High Alpine Road. As a result, the Old Gerlos Road (''Alte Gerlosstraße'') lost its importance.

Tourism and places of interest

The Arno Way (''Arnoweg'') runs through this village after crossing the River Salzach near ''Orgler'' en route from the Hinterwaldberg. It then climbs uphill to the ''

Pinzgau Ridgeway The Pinzgau Ridgeway (german: Pinzgauer Spaziergang or ''Pinzgauer Höhenweg'') is a roughly 25 kilometre long ridgeway in the Kitzbühel Alps in the Austrian federal state of Salzburg. Location and route The ridgeway runs parallel to the S ...

'' above Lahn and continues to the

References

{{Authority control Wald im Pinzgau Zell am See District Kitzbühel Alps