The Bezirk Salzburg-Umgebung (

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, "surrounding area of Salzburg") is an administrative district (''

Bezirk The German term ''Bezirk'' (plural ''Bezirke'', derived from la, circulus, "circle") translated as "district" can refer to the following types of administrative divisions: * ''Stadtbezirk'', a subdivision of a city in the sense of a borough (e. ...

'') 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 of

, 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
PDF) and population density 140 persons per km². Administrative center of the district is

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 go ...

, 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 ori ...

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 ...

(5,420) # Oberndorf bei Salzburg (5,431) # Seekirchen am Wallersee (9,344)

Market towns

Eugendorf Eugendorf is a market town of 6,439 inhabitants in the district of Salzburg-Umgebung in the state of Salzburg in Austria. History The town was first documented in the year 736. Geography Eugendorf is located about 10 kilometres to the northeast ...

(6,118) #

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 to ...

(6,638) # Mattsee (2,850) # Obertrum (4,208) # Straßwalchen (6,752) # Thalgau (6,712)

Municipalities

Anif Anif is a municipality of Salzburg-Umgebung District in the Austrian state of Salzburg. Geography It is located at the southern city limits of Salzburg. In the south, it borders on Hallein District. Anif is one of the smallest municipalities in t ...

(4,048) #

Anthering Anthering is a municipality in the district of Salzburg-Umgebung in the state of Salzburg in Austria. Geography Anthering lies north of the Salzburg basin. The Salzach forms the western boundary, which is also the border with Bavaria. On the east ...

(3,108) # Bergheim (4,839) # Berndorf bei Salzburg (1,578) # Bürmoos (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 ...

(1,348) # Elixhausen (2,681) #

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 ...

(5,117) # Faistenau (2,850) #

Fuschl am See Fuschl am See is an Austrian municipality in the district of Salzburg-Umgebung, in the state of Salzburg. It is located at the east end of the Fuschlsee, between the city of Salzburg and Bad Ischl. As of 2018, the community has approximately 1,5 ...

(1,334) # Göming (607) #

Großgmain Großgmain is a municipality in the district of Salzburg-Umgebung in the state of Salzburg in Austria. Geography Großgmain lies in the Salzburg '' Flachgau'' region in the northern foothills of the Untersberg massif, directly on the border with ...

(2,416) # Hallwang (3,499) #

Henndorf am Wallersee Henndorf am Wallersee, commonly named Henndorf, is a municipality of 5,025 inhabitants in the district of Salzburg-Umgebung in the state of Salzburg in Austria. History The town was first mentioned in 6th century. Geography Henndorf is located ...

(4,647) # Hintersee (460) # Hof bei Salzburg (3,405) # Koppl (3,037) # Köstendorf (2,453) #

Lamprechtshausen Lamprechtshausen is a municipality in the district of Salzburg-Umgebung in the state of Salzburg in Austria. Geography Lamprechtshausen lies in the north of the district of Salzburg-Umgebung in the Flachgau about 22 km north of the city of ...

(3,140) # Nußdorf am Haunsberg (2,176) # Plainfeld (1,131) # Sankt Georgen bei Salzburg (2,728) # Sankt Gilgen (3,683) # Schleedorf (882) # Seeham (1,677) #

Strobl Strobl (or Strobl am Wolfgangsee) is a municipality of the Salzburg-Umgebung District (''Flachgau''), in the northeastern portion of the Austrian state of Salzburg, right on the border with Upper Austria. It comprises the Katastralgemeinden of Aig ...

(3,453) #

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 ...

(11,024) : (population numbers May 15, 2001)

Notable Citizens

Leopold Kohr Leopold Kohr (1909–1994) was an economist, jurist and political scientist known both for his opposition to the "cult of bigness" in social organization and as one of those who inspired the ''Small Is Beautiful'' movement. For almost twenty years, ...

was born in Oberndorf near Salzburg. * Andreas Maislinger was born in St. Georgen near Salzburg. *

Carl Zuckmayer Carl Zuckmayer (27 December 1896 – 18 January 1977) was a German writer and playwright. His older brother was the pedagogue, composer, conductor, and pianist Eduard Zuckmayer. Life and career Born in Nackenheim in Rhenish Hesse, he was ...

lived in Henndorf near Salzburg from 1933 to 1938.

Traditions

* The

Aperschnalzen Aperschnalzen (Bavarian language, 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 lan ...

is an old tradition of competitive

whipcracking Whipcracking is the act of producing a cracking sound through the use of a whip. Used during livestock driving and horse riding, it has also become an art. A rhythmic whipcracking belongs to the traditional culture among various Germanic peoples ...

References

External links

Official Touristic Website of Salzburg-Umgebung
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