The Bezirk Salzburg-Umgebung (

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, "surrounding area of Salzburg") is an administrative district ('' Bezirk'') in the federal 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 ...

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 ...

, and congruent with the Flachgau region (), except for the

Statutarstadt In Austrian politics, a statutory city (German: ''Stadt mit eigenem Statut'' or ''Statutarstadt'') is a city that is vested, in addition to its purview as a municipality, with the powers and duties of a district administrative authority. The cit ...

, which forms a district of its own. Area of the district is 1,004.36 km², with a population of 140,914 (January 1, 2009),Bevölkerungsstand 1.1.2009
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Administrative divisions

The district is divided into 37

municipalities A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the ...

, three of them are

town A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world. Origin and use The word "town" shares an o ...

s, and six of them are

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 ...

Towns

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 ...

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Oberndorf bei Salzburg Oberndorf bei Salzburg ( Central Bavarian: ''Owerndorf ba Såizburg'') is a small city in the Austrian state of Salzburg, about 17 km (11 mi) north of the City of Salzburg. It is situated on the river Salzach in the Flachgau district. ...

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Seekirchen am Wallersee 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 tod ...

(9,344)

Market towns

# Eugendorf (6,118) # Grödig (6,638) #

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 ...

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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 ...

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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 th ...

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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, "surrou ...

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Municipalities

# Anif (4,048) # Anthering (3,108) # Bergheim (4,839) #

Berndorf bei Salzburg Berndorf is a municipality in the district of Salzburg-Umgebung in the state of Salzburg in Austria. Geography The municipality lies in the northeast of the district of Salzburg-Umgebung. The Grabensee lies entirely within the municipality. '' Ka ...

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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 ...

(4,418) # Dorfbeuern (1,392) #

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 ...

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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, Anther ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

(2,850) # Fuschl am See (1,334) # Göming (607) # Großgmain (2,416) #

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 East ...

(3,499) # Henndorf am Wallersee (4,647) # Hintersee (460) #

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 a ...

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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 ...

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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 Wa ...

(2,453) # Lamprechtshausen (3,140) #

Nußdorf am Haunsberg Nußdorf am Haunsberg is a municipality in the district of Salzburg-Umgebung in the state of Salzburg in Austria. Geography The municipality lies in the northern part of the Flachgau on the northwest side of the Haunsberg in the Oichten valley, ab ...

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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 Salz ...

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Sankt Georgen bei Salzburg Sankt Georgen (Central Bavarian: ''Sonkt Georng bei Soizburg'') is a municipality in the district of Salzburg-Umgebung in the state of Salzburg in Austria. Personalities On July 19, 1997 the artist Gunter Demnig installed two Stolpersteine for Jo ...

(2,728) # Sankt Gilgen (3,683) #

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 on the road from Köstendorf to Mattsee Mattsee is a market town at the eponymous lake in the ...

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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 (''Bez ...

(1,677) # Strobl (3,453) # Wals-Siezenheim (11,024) : (population numbers May 15, 2001)

Notable Citizens

* Leopold Kohr was born in Oberndorf near Salzburg. *

Andreas Maislinger Andreas Maislinger (born 26 February 1955 in St. Georgen near Salzburg, Austria) is an Austrian historian and political scientist and founder and chairman of the Austrian Service Abroad, including the Gedenkdienst, the Austrian Social Service and ...

was born in St. Georgen near Salzburg. * Carl Zuckmayer lived in Henndorf near Salzburg from 1933 to 1938.

Traditions

* The

Aperschnalzen Aperschnalzen (Austro-Bavarian ''Apaschnoizn'') is an old tradition of competitive whipcracking revived in the first half of the 20th century in Bavaria and Salzburg. The word "aper" means "area free of snow" in the Bavarian language. The Apersch ...

is an old tradition of competitive whipcracking.

References

External links

Official Touristic Website of Salzburg-Umgebung
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