Salzburg (, ; bar, Soizbuag, label=
Austro-Bavarian
Bavarian (german: Bairisch , Bavarian: ''Boarisch'') or alternately Austro-Bavarian, is a West Germanic language, part of the Upper German family, together with Alemannic and East Franconian.
Bavarian is spoken by approximately 12 million peop ...
) (also known as ''Salzburgerland'') is a
state (''Land'') of the modern Republic of
Austria. It is officially named ''Land Salzburg'' to distinguish it from its eponymous capital — the city of
Salzburg. For centuries, it was an independent
Prince-Bishopric of the
Holy Roman Empire.
Geography
Location
The state of Salzburg covers area of . It stretches along its main river — the
Salzach – which rises in the
Central Eastern Alps in the south to the
Alpine foothills in the north. It is located in the north-west of Austria, close to the border with the
German
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* Germany (of or related to)
**Germania (historical use)
* Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language
** For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law
**Ger ...
state of
Bavaria; to the northeast lies the state of
Upper Austria; to the east the state of
Styria
Styria (german: Steiermark ; Serbo-Croatian and sl, ; hu, Stájerország) is a state (''Bundesland'') in the southeast of Austria. With an area of , Styria is the second largest state of Austria, after Lower Austria. Styria is bordered to ...
; to the south the states of
Carinthia
Carinthia (german: Kärnten ; sl, Koroška ) is the southernmost States of Austria, Austrian state, in the Eastern Alps, and is noted for its mountains and lakes. The main language is German language, German. Its regional dialects belong to t ...
and
Tyrol. With 529,085 inhabitants, it is one of the country's smaller states in terms of population.
Running through the south are the main ranges of the
Alpine divide (incl. the
Hohe Tauern mountains) with numerous
three-thousander
Three-thousanders are mountains with a height of between , but less than above sea level. Similar terms are commonly used for mountains of other height brackets e. g. four-thousanders or eight-thousanders. In Britain, the term may refer to ...
s. The
Dachstein massif and the
Berchtesgaden Alps
The Berchtesgaden Alps (german: Berchtesgadener Alpen) are a mountain range of the Northern Limestone Alps, named after the market town of Berchtesgaden located in the centre. The central part belongs to the Berchtesgadener Land district of southe ...
ranges of the
Northern Limestone Alps border Salzburg Land to the east and north.
Regions
The state is traditionally subdivided in five major regions (''
Gaue''), congruent with its political districts (''
Bezirke'', see
administrative divisions).
![Bezirke Salzburg mit Namen](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/62/Bezirke_Salzburg_mit_Namen.svg)
*In the northern part:
**
Flachgau (Salzburg city and environs), the flat (german: flach) Salzburg
Basin around the confluence of Salzach and
Saalach
The Saalach is a river in Austria and Germany, and a left tributary of the Salzach.
Course
The river begins, as the stream, in the Austrian state of Tyrol in the Kitzbühel Alps at the lake below the high Gamshag. From there it flows initi ...
, stretching from the slopes of the
Salzkammergut Mountains in the east to the
Untersberg massif and the
Chiemgau Alps in the west.
**
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 ...
(district capital
Hallein), named after the
Tennen Mountains
The Tennen Mountains (german: Tennengebirge) is a small, but rugged, mountain range in the Northern Limestone Alps, which lies in front of the Eastern Alps for its entire length. It is a very heavily karstified high plateau, about 60 km² in ...
, including the broad Salzach Valley south of Salzburg and the surrounding ranges of the Limestone Alps.
*The southern, mountainous (colloquially ''Innergebirg'') part is divided into:
**
Pinzgau (
Zell am See) in the southwest,
**
Pongau
The Bezirk Sankt Johann im Pongau is an administrative district (''Bezirk'') in the federal state of Salzburg, Austria, and congruent with the Pongau region.
Area of the district is 1,755.37 km², with a population of 77,872 (May 15, 2001) ...
(
Sankt Johann im Pongau) on Salzach and
Enns, and
**
Lungau
Bezirk Tamsweg is an administrative district (''Bezirk'') in the federal state of Salzburg, Austria. It is congruent with the Lungau region (). The administrative centre of the district is Tamsweg.
Geography
The area of the Lungau plateau is 1,0 ...
(
Tamsweg) in the southeast, separated by the
Niedere Tauern range.
Major cities and towns
Salzburg municipalities with
town privileges:
*
Salzburg city (pop. 148,521)
*
Hallein (20,022)
*
Saalfelden (16,046)
*
Sankt Johann im Pongau (10,740)
*
Bischofshofen (10,352)
*
Zell am See (9,683)
*
Seekirchen
Seekirchen am Wallersee (simply known as Seekirchen) is a town in the district of Salzburg-Umgebung in the state of Salzburg in Austria.
History
The territory was settled 5,000 years ago and is the oldest Austrian settlement that still exists toda ...
(9,945)
*
Neumarkt am Wallersee
Neumarkt am Wallersee is a town in the district of Salzburg-Umgebung in the state of Salzburg in Austria.
Origins
The origins of the city are in 1240, with the Archbishop Erberhard II of Salzburg.
Population
Neumarkt am Wallersee has a popu ...
(5,846)
*
Oberndorf bei Salzburg
Oberndorf bei Salzburg (Central Bavarian: ''Owerndorf ba Såizburg'') is a List of cities and towns in Austria, small city in the Austrian state of Salzburg (state), Salzburg, about 17 km (11 mi) north of the Salzburg, City of Salzburg. I ...
(5,600)
*
Mittersill (5,443)
*
Radstadt (4,864)
Wals-Siezenheim
Wals-Siezenheim () is a municipality in the district of Salzburg-Umgebung (''Flachgau'') in the Austrian state of Salzburg.
The double municipality had been founded in 1948 of the places Wals and Siezenheim. In the same year the arm had been confe ...
, a common municipality with about 12,000 inhabitants, is known as 'Austria's largest village'.
History
Salt has played an important role in the region's development; ''Salzburg'' means "salt castle".
Salzburg as an independent state
Independence from
Bavaria was secured in the late 14th century. The
Archbishopric 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 ...
was an independent prince-bishopric and
State of the
Holy Roman Empire until
German Mediatisation in 1803.
Electorate of Salzburg
The territory was secularized and, as the
Electorate of Salzburg, given as compensation to
Ferdinand III, former Grand Duke of
Tuscany, the brother of Emperor
Francis II.
The end of independence
Following the Austrian defeat at
Austerlitz Austerlitz may refer to:
History
* Battle of Austerlitz, an 1805 victory by the French Grand Army of Napoleon Bonaparte
Places
* Austerlitz, German name for Slavkov u Brna in the Czech Republic, which gave its name to the Battle of Austerlitz an ...
in 1805, Salzburg was annexed by Austria as compensation for the loss of
Tyrol to the
Kingdom of Bavaria, and Ferdinand was transferred to the
Grand Duchy of Würzburg.
Bavarian Salzburg
After Austria's defeat in 1809, the province was handed over to
Bavaria in 1810.
The country divided between Bavaria and Austria
In 1816, following the defeat of
Napoleon
Napoleon Bonaparte ; it, Napoleone Bonaparte, ; co, Napulione Buonaparte. (born Napoleone Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French military commander and political leader who ...
and the provision of adequate compensation to Bavaria at the
Congress of Vienna, it was returned to Austria with the exception of the north-western
Rupertiwinkel
The Rupertiwinkel is a small historic region on the southeastern border of Bavaria, Germany. Part of the Archbishopric of Salzburg until the early 19th century, it is named after the first Salzburg bishop Saint Rupert (c.660–710), apostle to th ...
which remained Bavarian. The Salzburger Land was administered as the department of Salzach from
Linz, the capital of
Upper Austria. In 1849 the
Duchy of Salzburg was established as a
crown land
Crown land (sometimes spelled crownland), also known as royal domain, is a territorial area belonging to the monarch, who personifies the Crown. It is the equivalent of an entailed estate and passes with the monarchy, being inseparable from it. ...
of the
Austrian Empire and, after 1866,
Austria-Hungary.
World War I
Salzburg participated in
World War I, as part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. 49,000 Salzburgers were called to arms, of whom 6,000 were killed.
Post-World War I Austrian Republics
In 1918 after
World War I, the
Duchy of Salzburg was dissolved and replaced with the
State of Salzburg, as a component part initially of
German Austria and subsequently of the
First Republic of Austria, the separate state which was mandated by the
Allied powers.
Salzburg in Germany
In the ''
Anschluss'', Austria, including Salzburg state, was incorporated into
Nazi Germany in 1938.
American control
After the defeat of
Nazi Germany in 1945, the
Allies
An alliance is a relationship among people, groups, or states that have joined together for mutual benefit or to achieve some common purpose, whether or not explicit agreement has been worked out among them. Members of an alliance are called ...
occupied the territory of Austria, being recognized as an independent territory under their rule. Salzburg was occupied by the
United States.
Salzburg as an Austrian State
In 1955 Austria was again declared independent of the Allies and Salzburg was once again one of the reconstituted federal states of the second Republic Austria.
Demographics
The historical population is given in the following chart:
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bar:1900 from:0 till:193 text:192,763
bar:1910 from:0 till:215 text:214,737
bar:1923 from:0 till:223 text:222,831
bar:1934 from:0 till:246 text:245,801
bar:1939 from:0 till:257 text:257,226
bar:1951 from:0 till:327 text:327,232
bar:1961 from:0 till:347 text:347,292
bar:1971 from:0 till:405 text:405,115
bar:1981 from:0 till:442 text:442,301
bar:1991 from:0 till:482 text:482,365
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Politics
Salzburg adopted its current state
constitution in 1999. The state
government (''Landesregierung'') is headed by a
Landeshauptmann
Landeshauptmann (if male) or Landeshauptfrau (if female) (, "state captain", plural ''Landeshauptleute'') is the chairman of a state government and the supreme official of an Austrian state and the Italian autonomous provinces of South Tyrol an ...
(governor), who is elected by a majority in the
Landtag parliament. State elections are held every five years.
After
World War II, most state governments were led by the conservative
Austrian People's Party
The Austrian People's Party (german: Österreichische Volkspartei , ÖVP ) is a Christian-democratic and liberal-conservative political party in Austria.
Since December 2021, the party has been led provisionally by Karl Nehammer. It is currentl ...
(ÖVP). The ÖVP politician
Josef Klaus
Josef Klaus (15 August 1910 – 25 July 2001) was an Austrian politician of the conservative People's Party (ÖVP). He served as State Governor (''Landeshauptmann'') of Salzburg from 1949 to 1961, as Minister of Finance from 1961 to 1963 and as ...
(1910-2001), later
Chancellor of Austria, served as Landeshauptmann from 1949 to 1961. In 2004
Gabi Burgstaller became the first
Social Democratic
Social democracy is a political, social, and economic philosophy within socialism that supports political and economic democracy. As a policy regime, it is described by academics as advocating economic and social interventions to promote soci ...
(and first female) Salzburg governor.
![Salzburg Chiemseehof](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b3/Salzburg_Chiemseehof.jpg)
The last results, in April 2018 (compared to 2013) were:
The elected Salzburg Landeshauptmann is
Wilfried Haslauer (ÖVP), chairing a
coalition government
A coalition government is a form of government in which political parties cooperate to form a government. The usual reason for such an arrangement is that no single party has achieved an absolute majority after an election, an atypical outcome in ...
of ÖVP, Greens and NEOS ministers (''Landesräte''). The current president (speaker) of the Salzburg Landtag is his party fellow Brigitta Pallauf.
Government
Landeshauptmann Wilfried Haslauer (ÖVP)
* Economy
* Tourism
* Employment market
* Municipality administration
* Education
* Internal affairs
* Fire departments
* Public safety
* Governor's office
* European affairs.
1st Deputy Astrid Rössler (Greens)
* Conservation
* Environmentalism
* Water protection
* Trade
* Regional development
* Building law.
2nd Deputy Christian Stöckl (ÖVP)
* Finance
* State properties and interests
* Public health and hospitals.
Landesräte
* Hans Mayr (TS): Transport, infrastructure, housing
* Martina Berthold (Greens): Childcare, adult education, universities, research, science, youth, family affairs, intergenerational relationships, desegregation, migration, sports, women's affairs, equal opportunities
* Josef Schwaiger (ÖVP): Agriculture, forestry, water management, energy, personnel management
* Heinrich Schellhorn (Greens): Social policy, care nursing, culture, folk culture, museums.
Administrative divisions
Districts
The State of Salzburg comprises six districts, known as ''Bezirke'' or vernacularly ''Gaue'':
*
Hallein District (Tennengau region)
*
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, ...
(Pongau region)
*
Salzburg-Umgebung District
The Bezirk Salzburg-Umgebung (German, "surrounding area of Salzburg") is an administrative district (''Bezirk'') in the federal state of Salzburg, Austria, and congruent with the Flachgau region (), except for the Statutarstadt of Salzburg, whic ...
(Salzburg environs) (Flachgau region)
*
Tamsweg District (Lungau region)
*
Zell am See District (Pinzgau region)
Salzburg city is its own administrative district.
Municipalities
The state is divided into 119 municipalities, including
Salzburg city. 11 of them have city status (''Städte''), 24 are market towns (''Marktgemeinden'') and the other 84 are simple municipalities (''Gemeinden''). Below is a list of all the municipalities divided by district:
*
Hallein District (Tennengau) (13 municipalities):
Abtenau
Abtenau (Central Bavarian: ''Obtenau'') is a market town in the Hallein District of Salzburg in Austria. The municipality is located in Lammertal, Tennengau, about 45 km south of Salzburg, and encompasses the entire middle valley of the Lammer.
...
,
Adnet,
Annaberg-Lungötz,
Bad Vigaun,
Golling an der Salzach,
Hallein,
Krispl
Krispl is a municipality in the Hallein district in the Austrian 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.
...
,
Kuchl,
Oberalm,
Puch bei Hallein,
Rußbach am Paß Gschütt
Rußbach am Paß Gschütt is a municipality in the Hallein district in the Austrian state of Salzburg
Salzburg (, ; literally "Salt-Castle"; bar, Soizbuag, label= Austro-Bavarian) is the fourth-largest city in Austria. In 2020, it had a popul ...
,
Sankt Koloman
Sankt Koloman is a municipality in the Hallein district in the Austrian state of Salzburg.
Geography
Sankt Koloman lies in the Tennengau on the high plateau of the Salzach valley between Bad Vigaun and Kuchl
Kuchl is a market town in the Hallein ...
,
Scheffau am Tennengebirge
Scheffau am Tennengebirge is a municipality in the Hallein district of Salzburg, Austria.
Geography
The municipality of Scheffau am Tennengebirge lies in the southern Tennengau of the Salzburger Land. The River Lammer flows through its territory ...
.
*
Salzburg-Umgebung District
The Bezirk Salzburg-Umgebung (German, "surrounding area of Salzburg") is an administrative district (''Bezirk'') in the federal state of Salzburg, Austria, and congruent with the Flachgau region (), except for the Statutarstadt of Salzburg, whic ...
(Flachgau) (37 municipalities):
Anif,
Anthering,
Bergheim,
Berndorf,
Bürmoos
Bürmoos is a municipality in the district of Salzburg-Umgebung in the state of Salzburg in Austria.
History
Bürmoos was founded in 1967, making it the most recently created municipality in the state, by combining the outskirts of the neighbouri ...
,
Dorfbeuern
Dorfbeuern (Central Bavarian: ''Dorfbeian'') is a municipality in the district of Salzburg-Umgebung in the state of Salzburg in Austria.
Geography
Dorfbeuern is situated in the district Salzburg-Umgebung, 30 km north of Salzburg on the boundary ...
,
Ebenau
Ebenau is a municipality in the district of Salzburg-Umgebung in the state of Salzburg in Austria.
Tourism
The municipality lies in the Salzkammergut
The Salzkammergut (; ; bar, Soizkaumaguad, label=Central Austro-Bavarian) is a resort area ...
,
Elixhausen
Elixhausen is a municipality in the district of Salzburg-Umgebung in the state of Salzburg in Austria.
Geography
Elixhausen lies in the Flachgau about 10 km northeast of the city of Salzburg. Neighboring municipalities are Bergheim, Antherin ...
,
Elsbethen
Elsbethen is a municipality in the district of Salzburg-Umgebung in the Austrian state of Salzburg.
Geography
The town lies directly south of the federal state capital, Salzburg, and borders Flachgau. Parts of the town have become infrastructur ...
,
Eugendorf,
Faistenau
Faistenau is a municipality in the Austrian state of Salzburg.
Geography
It is located in the district of Salzburg-Umgebung. It is a significant tourist destination, located in the Salzkammergut region known for its natural lake
A lake is a ...
,
Fuschl am See,
Großgmain,
Göming
Göming is a municipality in the district of Salzburg-Umgebung in the state of Salzburg (state), Salzburg in Austria.
Geography
Göming lies in the northern part of the Flachgau east of Oberndorf bei Salzburg. Other neighboring municipalities are ...
,
Grödig
Grödig is a market town of Salzburg-Umgebung District in the state of Salzburg in Austria.
Geography
Grödig is located south of the Salzburg city limits in the historic ''Flachgau'' region, near the border with Bavaria, Germany. The market tow ...
,
Hallwang
Hallwang is a municipality in the district of Salzburg-Umgebung in the state of Salzburg in Austria
Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Easte ...
,
Henndorf,
Hintersee,
Hof bei Salzburg
Hof bei Salzburg is a municipality in the district of Salzburg-Umgebung in the state of Salzburg in Austria.
The mezzo-soprano Rosl Zapf (1925–2019) was born in Hof bei Salzburg.
Geography
Hof bei Salzburg is on the shore of the Fuschlsee ...
,
Koppl
Koppl (Central Bavarian: ''Koppü'') is a municipality in the district of Salzburg-Umgebung in the state of Salzburg in Austria. In the west it borders on the Salzburg urban area.
Geography
The commune is located in the northern foothills of the S ...
,
Köstendorf
Köstendorf is a municipality in the district of Salzburg-Umgebung in the state of Salzburg in Austria.
Geography
Köstendorf lies 15 km northeast of the city of Salzburg on the Wallersee. It borders on the municipalities of Neumarkt am Wall ...
,
Lamprechtshausen,
Mattsee
Mattsee is a market town at the eponymous lake in the district of Salzburg-Umgebung in the Austrian state of Salzburg.
History
About 765 Duke Tassilo III of Bavaria established the Mattsee Benedictine Abbey, which became a part of the Diocese of ...
,
Neumarkt am Wallersee
Neumarkt am Wallersee is a town in the district of Salzburg-Umgebung in the state of Salzburg in Austria.
Origins
The origins of the city are in 1240, with the Archbishop Erberhard II of Salzburg.
Population
Neumarkt am Wallersee has a popu ...
,
Nußdorf am Haunsberg,
Oberndorf bei Salzburg
Oberndorf bei Salzburg (Central Bavarian: ''Owerndorf ba Såizburg'') is a List of cities and towns in Austria, small city in the Austrian state of Salzburg (state), Salzburg, about 17 km (11 mi) north of the Salzburg, City of Salzburg. I ...
,
Obertrum
Obertrum am See is a market town in the district of Salzburg-Umgebung in the state of Salzburg in Austria. It had a population of 4,639 as of January 1, 2014.
Geography
The town is located roughly 15 km north of Salzburg in the Flachgau
...
,
Plainfeld
Plainfeld is a municipality in the district of Salzburg-Umgebung in the state of Salzburg in Austria.
Geography
Plainfeld lies in the Flachgau 12 km east of the city of Salzburg.
The neighboring municipalities are Eugendorf, Hof bei Salzbur ...
,
Sankt Georgen,
Sankt Gilgen,
Schleedorf
Schleedorf is a municipality in the district of Salzburg-Umgebung in the state of Salzburg in Austria.
Geography
The municipality lies in the Flachgau
The Bezirk Salzburg-Umgebung (German language, German, "surrounding area of Salzburg") is an ...
,
Seeham
Seeham is a municipality in the district of Salzburg-Umgebung in the state of Salzburg in Austria.
Geography
Seeham lies in the Flachgau
The Bezirk Salzburg-Umgebung (German, "surrounding area of Salzburg") is an administrative district (''Bezi ...
,
Seekirchen
Seekirchen am Wallersee (simply known as Seekirchen) is a town in the district of Salzburg-Umgebung in the state of Salzburg in Austria.
History
The territory was settled 5,000 years ago and is the oldest Austrian settlement that still exists toda ...
,
Straßwalchen
Straßwalchen (Central Bavarian: ''Strosswoicher'') is a market town in the district of Salzburg-Umgebung (''Flachgau'') in the state of Salzburg in Austria.
Geography
The municipal area stretches along the northeastern border of Salzburg with the ...
,
Strobl,
Thalgau
Thalgau is a market town in the district of Salzburg-Umgebung in the state of Salzburg in Austria.
Geography
Thalgau lies east of the city of Salzburg. It is a central spot in the eastern Flachgau
The Bezirk Salzburg-Umgebung (German language, ...
,
Wals-Siezenheim
Wals-Siezenheim () is a municipality in the district of Salzburg-Umgebung (''Flachgau'') in the Austrian state of Salzburg.
The double municipality had been founded in 1948 of the places Wals and Siezenheim. In the same year the arm had been confe ...
.
*
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, ...
(Pongau) (25 municipalities):
Altenmarkt im Pongau,
Bad Gastein,
Bad Hofgastein
Bad Hofgastein ( bar, Hofgoschdei) is a market town in the district of St. Johann im Pongau, in the Austrian state of Salzburg. The spa town is located in the Gastein Valley, a large ski resort belonging to the Ski Amadé network.
Geography
The ...
,
Bischofshofen,
Dorfgastein
Dorfgastein is a municipality in St. Johann im Pongau District, in the Austrian state of Salzburg.
Geography
It is located on the northern entrance of the Gastein Valley within the Hohe Tauern mountain range, south of the broader Salzach Valley. ...
,
Eben im Pongau,
Filzmoos
Filzmoos is a town within the district of St. Johann im Pongau in the state of Salzburg, Austria. Its main income comes through tourism: skiing in winter and hiking in summer. The town is approximately 1 km above sea level.
Location
Filz ...
,
Flachau
Flachau is a village in the district of St. Johann im Pongau in the Austrian state of Salzburg, with a population of 2,802 (2016 data). Its numerous skiing facilities are part of the Ski Amadé network of ski areas, one of the largest in Europe.
...
,
Forstau
Forstau is a municipality in the St. Johann im Pongau district in the Austrian state of Salzburg.
Geography
Forstau lies in the high valley between Radstadt and Schladming
Schladming is a small former mining town in the northwest of the Aust ...
,
Goldegg
Goldegg, also called Goldegg im Pongau, is a municipality in St. Johann im Pongau District, in the state of Salzburg in Austria.
Geography
It is situated on a sunny plateau north of the Salzach River, the so-called « Sunny Terrace » at a distan ...
,
Grossarl
Grossarl (Großarl) is a market town in the St. Johann im Pongau district in the state of Salzburg in western central Austria. The valley Grossarltal got its name from Grossarl.
Geography Location
The market town is located in the Grossarl V ...
,
Hüttau
Hüttau ( bar, Hittau) is a municipality in the St. Johann im Pongau district in the Austrian state of Salzburg.
Geography
Hüttau lies in the Fritz valley in the Pongau
The Bezirk Sankt Johann im Pongau is an administrative district (''Bezir ...
,
Hüttschlag
Hüttschlag is a municipality in the district of St. Johann im Pongau in the Austrian state of Salzburg.
Geography
Hüttschlag lies in the Grossarl valley, south of the Grossarl municipality, in the Salzburg ''Pongau'' region. The settlement is ...
,
Kleinarl
Kleinarl is a municipality in the St. Johann im Pongau district 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 ...
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Mühlbach am Hochkönig
Mühlbach am Hochkönig is a municipality in St. Johann im Pongau district, Salzburgerland, Austria.
Population
Its population was 1,622 inhabitants in 2005.
Location
Mühlbach am Hochkönig is found approximately 8 km to the west of ...
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Pfarrwerfen
Pfarrwerfen is a municipality in the St. Johann im Pongau district in the Austrian state of Salzburg
Salzburg (, ; literally "Salt-Castle"; bar, Soizbuag, label= Austro-Bavarian) is the fourth-largest city in Austria. In 2020, it had a popul ...
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Radstadt,
Sankt Johann im Pongau,
Sankt Martin am Tennengebirge
Sankt Martin am Tennengebirge is a municipality in the St. Johann im Pongau district in the Austrian state of Salzburg.
Geography
The village is located in the Ennspongau of the Salzburger Land, in a side valley of the Fritztal, between the south ...
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Sankt Veit im Pongau
Sankt Veit im Pongau is a market town in the St. Johann im Pongau (district), St. Johann im Pongau district in the Austrian state of Salzburg (state), Salzburg. St.Veit is the first healthy climate spa town in Salzburg. Submontane to the "Hochglock ...
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Schwarzach im Pongau,
Untertauern
Untertauern is a municipality in the district of St. Johann im Pongau in the Austrian state of Salzburg.
Geography
Untertauern is situated in the Salzburg Pongau region in the valley of the Northern Taurach, a right tributary of the Enns river ...
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Wagrain
Wagrain (Austro-Bavarian: ''Wågroã'') is a market town in the St. Johann im Pongau District in the Austrian state of Salzburg. It is located in a high valley stretching from the Salzach at Sankt Johann in the west to the Enns river in the east ...
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Werfen
Werfen () is a market town in the district of St. Johann im Pongau, in the Austrian state of Salzburg. It is mainly known for medieval Hohenwerfen Castle and the Eisriesenwelt ice cave, the largest in the world.
Geography
Werfen is located in the ...
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Werfenweng
Werfenweng is a municipality in the St. Johann im Pongau district in the state of Salzburg in Austria.
Population
Politics
The Mayor is Dr.Peter Brandauer from the ÖVP party.
See also
* Alpine pearls
* Salzburgerland
* Salzburg
Salzb ...
.
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Tamsweg District (Lungau) (15 municipalities):
Göriach
Göriach is a municipality in the district of Tamsweg (district), Tamsweg in the state of Salzburg (state), Salzburg in Austria.
Geography
Göriach lies about 6 km northwest of Tamsweg and about 80 km southeast of Salzburg. It lies in th ...
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Lessach
Lessach is a municipality in the district of Tamsweg in the state of Salzburg in 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 ...
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Mariapfarr,
Mauterndorf,
Muhr
Muhr is a municipality of the Tamsweg District in the Austrian state of Salzburg.
Geography
It is located in a southwestern valley of the Salzburg Lungau region at the source of the river Mur River, between the Hohe Tauern and the Niedere Tauer ...
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Ramingstein,
Sankt Andrä im Lungau
Sankt Andrä im Lungau is a municipality in the district of Tamsweg (district), Tamsweg in the state of Salzburg (state), Salzburg in Austria.
See also
* Salzburg
* Salzburgerland
References
Cities and towns in Tamsweg District
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Sankt Margarethen im Lungau
Sankt Margarethen im Lungau is a municipality in the district of Tamsweg in the state of Salzburg in Austria
Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in t ...
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Sankt Michael im Lungau
Sankt Michael im Lungau is a market town in the district of Tamsweg in the Austrian state of Salzburg.
Geography
It is located in the historic Lungau region, in the valley of the upper Mur river, north of Katschberg Pass on the border with the s ...
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Tamsweg,
Thomatal,
Tweng
Tweng is a municipality in the district of Tamsweg (district), Tamsweg in the state of Salzburg (state), Salzburg in Austria.
Geography
Tweng lies in the Lungau on the south side of the Radstadt Tauern, Radstädter Tauern.
References
Gallery
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Unternberg
Unternberg is a municipality in the district of Tamsweg in the state of Salzburg in Austria.
See also
* Salzburgerland
* Salzburg
Salzburg (, ; literally "Salt-Castle"; bar, Soizbuag, label= Austro-Bavarian) is the fourth-largest city in Aus ...
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Weißpriach
Weißpriach is a municipality in the district of Tamsweg in the state of Salzburg in Austria. It is located in a valley of the Niedere Tauern mountain range.
History
Weißpriach is known for the Romanesque church of Saint Rupert with its Byzant ...
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Zederhaus
Zederhaus is a municipality of the Tamsweg District in the Austrian state of Salzburg.
Geography
The Zederhaus Valley is located in the northwestern part of the Salzburg ''Lungau'' region, on the southern slopes of the Lower Tauern mountain rang ...
.
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Zell am See District (Pinzgau) (28 municipalities):
Bramberg am Wildkogel
Bramberg am Wildkogel is a municipality in the district of Zell am See (Pinzgau region), in the state of Salzburg, Austria. The town lies at the south foot of the high Wildkogel mountain. The town's average elevation is .
History
In ancient time ...
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Bruck an der Großglocknerstraße
Bruck an der Großglocknerstraße (Southern Bavarian: ''Bruck a da Glocknerstrouss'') is a municipality in Zell am See District, in the state of Salzburg in Austria.
Geography
Bruck in the historic ''Pinzgau'' region is situated in the valley of ...
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Dienten am Hochkönig,
Fusch an der Großglocknerstraße
Fusch an der Großglocknerstraße is a municipality, at the foot of Grossglockner mountain, in the district of Zell am See (district), Zell am See (Pinzgau region), in the state of Salzburg (state), Salzburg in Austria.
See town website pages at ...
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Hollersbach im Pinzgau
Hollersbach im Pinzgau ( bar, Hoierschbouch an Pinzgau) is a municipality in the district of Zell am See (Pinzgau region), in the state of Salzburg in Austria. The population (as of May 2001) is 1159.
Overview
Yearly, in the end of September, it ...
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Kaprun,
Krimml,
Lend,
Leogang
Leogang is a municipality in the district of Zell am See (Pinzgau region), in the state of Salzburg in Austria. It is a famous winter sports and summer mountain hiking resort.
Population
Sights
:Mining and Gothic Museum
:tourist mine Schwarzle ...
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Lofer
Lofer is a market town in the district of Zell am See in the Austrian state of Salzburg.
Geography
Lofer is located in the historic Pinzgau region, in the valley of the Saalach river between the Chiemgau Alps and Reiter Alpe in the north and eas ...
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Maishofen,
Maria Alm
Maria may refer to:
People
* Mary, mother of Jesus
* Maria (given name), a popular given name in many languages
Place names Extraterrestrial
*170 Maria, a Main belt S-type asteroid discovered in 1877
*Lunar maria (plural of ''mare''), large, da ...
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Mittersill,
Neukirchen am Großvenediger
Neukirchen am Großvenediger is a market town in the district of Zell am See (Pinzgau region), in the state of Salzburg in Austria
Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Cen ...
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Niedernsill,
Piesendorf
Piesendorf is a municipality in the district of Zell am See (district), Zell am See (Pinzgau region), in the state of Salzburg (state), Salzburg in Austria. It lies in the Kitzbühel Alps between Kitzbühel and Zell am See. Due to its location betw ...
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Rauris,
Saalbach-Hinterglemm,
Saalfelden,
Sankt Martin bei Lofer
Sankt Martin bei Lofer is a municipality in the district of Zell am See (Pinzgau region), in the state of Salzburg in Austria
Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central ...
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Stuhlfelden
Stuhlfelden is a municipality in the district of Zell am See ( Pinzgau region), in the state of Salzburg in Austria
Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, l ...
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Taxenbach
Taxenbach is a market town in the district of Zell am See (Pinzgau region), in the state of Salzburg in Austria
Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying ...
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Unken
Unken is a municipality in the district of Zell am See (Pinzgau region), in the state of Salzburg in Austria
Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying i ...
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Uttendorf
Uttendorf is a municipality in the district of Zell am See (Pinzgau region), in the state of Salzburg in Austria.
Population
Climate
The Köppen Climate Classification
The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used clima ...
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Viehhofen
Viehhofen is a municipality in the district of Zell am See (Pinzgau region), in the state of Salzburg in Austria
Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying ...
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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 ...
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Weißbach bei Lofer
Weißbach bei Lofer is a municipality in the district of Zell am See (Pinzgau region), in the state of Salzburg in Austria
Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Eur ...
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Zell am See.
Economy
The
Gross domestic product (GDP) of the state was 29 billion € in 2018, accounting for 7.5% of the Austria's economic output. GDP per capita adjusted for purchasing power was 46,500 € or 154% of the EU27 average in the same year. Salzburg is the state with the highest GDP per capita in Austria before Vienna.
Architecture
The
Salzburg Cathedral was the first Baroque building in the German-speaking artistic world. Two other important buildings initiated by the Salzburg archbishops were
Hohenwerfen Castle
Hohenwerfen Castle (german: Festung Hohenwerfen, lit=Hohenwerfen Fortress) is a medieval rock castle, situated on a precipice overlooking the Austrian market town of Werfen in the Salzach valley, approximately south of Salzburg. The fortress is s ...
and
Hohensalzburg Fortress. The first
Archbishop of Salzburg was
Arno of Salzburg (785–821), in whose honor the world-famous hiking circuit — the Arnoweg — is named.
The predominant stylistic elements of Salzburg architecture have their origins in the
Baroque
The Baroque (, ; ) is a style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished in Europe from the early 17th century until the 1750s. In the territories of the Spanish and Portuguese empires including t ...
and the
Rococo periods.
Salzburg city's historic centre was named by
UNESCO as a
World Heritage Site.
Language
Austrian German is the local written language, and it can be heard especially in the cities.
Austro-Bavarian
Bavarian (german: Bairisch , Bavarian: ''Boarisch'') or alternately Austro-Bavarian, is a West Germanic language, part of the Upper German family, together with Alemannic and East Franconian.
Bavarian is spoken by approximately 12 million peop ...
is also spoken, especially in the rural areas and the common
language of Salzburgerland.
Visitors' attractions
*
Eisriesenwelt
The Eisriesenwelt (German for "World of the Ice Giants") is a natural limestone and ice cave located in Werfen, Austria, about 40 km south of Salzburg. The cave is inside the Hochkogel mountain in the Tennengebirge section of the Alps. It ...
, the largest ice cave in the world
*
Großglockner Hochalpenstraße: a panoramic road, called ''Grossglockner High Alpine Road''
*
Salzkammergut: a lake district situated in Salzburg state,
Upper Austria and
Styria
Styria (german: Steiermark ; Serbo-Croatian and sl, ; hu, Stájerország) is a state (''Bundesland'') in the southeast of Austria. With an area of , Styria is the second largest state of Austria, after Lower Austria. Styria is bordered to ...
*
Liechtensteinklamm
Liechtensteinklamm (Liechtenstein Gorge) is a gorge with walls up to 300m high, located in the Austrian Alps 50 km south of Salzburg. It is around 4 km long and is named after Johann II of Liechtenstein
Johann II (Johann Maria Franz Pl ...
: Salzburg is home to one of the longest and deepest gorges of the
Alps, the ''Liechtensteinklamm''. It is located near
Sankt Johann im Pongau or ''St.Johann/Pg.'', a small town in the middle of the state.
*
Nonnberg Abbey, a Benedictine monastery that was immortalized in the movie ''
The Sound of Music''.
Sports
![2011-08-28 RBSalzburg2 (6093611274)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5b/2011-08-28_RBSalzburg2_%286093611274%29.jpg)
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Salzburgring, a permanent racing circuit, north east of the city of
Salzburg
*
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 ...
*
Kitzsteinhorn
The Kitzsteinhorn is a mountain in the High Tauern range of the Central Eastern Alps in Austria. It is part of the Glockner Group and reaches a height of AA. The Kitzsteinhorn Glaciers are a popular ski area.
Geography
The mountain is located n ...
, skiing the year round on a glacier
* Icespeedway in
St. Johann im Pongau
St. Johann im Pongau (''Saiga Håns'' or ''Sainig Håns'' in the local Pongau dialect, abbreviated St.Johann/Pg.) is a small city in the state of Salzburg in Austria. It is the administrative centre of the St. Johann im Pongau District.
Geograp ...
*
Aperschnalzen, an old tradition of competitive
whipcracking
Ski resorts
Altenmarkt im Pongau,
Flachau
Flachau is a village in the district of St. Johann im Pongau in the Austrian state of Salzburg, with a population of 2,802 (2016 data). Its numerous skiing facilities are part of the Ski Amadé network of ski areas, one of the largest in Europe.
...
,
Wagrain
Wagrain (Austro-Bavarian: ''Wågroã'') is a market town in the St. Johann im Pongau District in the Austrian state of Salzburg. It is located in a high valley stretching from the Salzach at Sankt Johann in the west to the Enns river in the east ...
,
St. Johann,
Zell am See (
Saalbach-Hinterglemm),
Obertauern
Obertauern is a tourist destination which is located in the Radstädter Tauern in the Salzburger Land of Austria. The winter sports resort is separated in two communities: Tweng and Untertauern.
Geography
Obertauern lies in the southeast o ...
,
Bad Gastein,
Rauris,
Lofer
Lofer is a market town in the district of Zell am See in the Austrian state of Salzburg.
Geography
Lofer is located in the historic Pinzgau region, in the valley of the Saalach river between the Chiemgau Alps and Reiter Alpe in the north and eas ...
,
Hochkönig
The Hochkönig is a mountain group containing the highest mountain (Mount Hochkönig) in the Berchtesgaden Alps, Salzburgerland, Austria. The Berchtesgaden Alps form part of the Northern Limestone Alps.
Location
It lies to the west of the town o ...
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Krispl
Krispl is a municipality in the Hallein district in the Austrian 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.
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Assorted statistics
*Tourist Regions: 21
*Resort Towns: 115
*Guest Beds: 192,000
*Lakes: 185
*Biggest lake:
Wolfgangsee
*Longest river:
Salzach
*Highest mountain:
Großvenediger
Großvenediger () is the main peak of the Venediger Group within the Hohe Tauern mountain range, on the border of the Austrian state of Tyrol (East Tyrol) with Salzburg. It is generally considered to be Austria's fourth highest mountain (although ...
— elevation
*Hiking paths:
*Hill farms: 1,800 — 550 of them serving refreshments
*National parks: 1
*Marked cycle paths:
*Mountainbike trails (including cross-border routes):
*Golf courses: 13
*Ski slopes:
*Cross-country ski trails:
*Night slopes: 14
*Winter hiking paths:
Notes
References
External links
Salzburg State Tourist BoardSalzburg State GovernmentPictures from SalzburgTours in and around SalzburgTours
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