Bramberg am Wildkogel is a municipality in the district of

Zell am See Zell am See is the administrative capital of the Zell am See District in the Austrian state of Salzburg (state), Salzburg. Located in the Kitzbühel Alps, the town is an important tourist destination due to its Ski resort, ski resorts and shorel ...

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Pinzgau The Bezirk Zell am See is an administrative district (''Bezirk'') in the federal state of Salzburg, Austria, and congruent with the Pinzgau region (). The area of the district is , with a population of 84,124 (May 15, 2001), and population dens ...

region), in the state of

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. The town lies at the south foot of the high

Wildkogel The Wildkogel is a high grass mountain in the Kitzbühel Alps in Oberpinzgau in Salzburg. It lies north of the Salzach river valley and the nearby towns of Neukirchen and Bramberg. At high, the ''Wildkogelhaus'' (built in 1898) can host up ...

mountain. The town's average elevation is .

History

In ancient times, the area around Bramberg was a copper-ore mining center. Belonging to the municipality Leitengut, Bramberg was mentioned in 925 as the oldest parish in the upper Salzachtal river valley and in 1160 was named as "Prentenperige" for the first time. The mining was taken up again in 1829 and finally abandoned in 1863. Attempts at mining again in the 20th century later failed. Also the famous

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mines in Habachtal, alongside Norway and Italy, are the only emerald mine locations in Europe.

Coat of arms

The crest shows: "In blue two towering battlements of silver, and at the sign above the left edge of offensive. From the right side of the higher pinnacle comes a golden horse. "It is a representation of the old war-horse Fjuri of the Knight Bart from Küniglberg. The horse was, in 1376, ridden after a wild night with Knight Bart in the Wildkogel area, and by a miracle, after several days and then plated back to one of the richest gold mines in the Hohe Tauern. The Knight Bart, however, was never seen again.

Localities

These are the localities in the municipality: * Bicheln * Bramberg * Dorf * Habach * Leiten * Mühlbach * Mühlberg * Schönbach * Schweinegg * Sonnegg * Steinach * Wenns * Weyer Bramberg P128

Politics

The City Council is composed of the following parties: ::* 10

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::* 9

SPÖ The Social Democratic Party of Austria ( , SPÖ) is a social democratic political party in Austria. Founded in 1889 as the Social Democratic Workers' Party of Austria (, SDAPÖ) and later known as the Socialist Party of Austria () from 1945 unt ...

::* 2 BBL (Bramberger Burgerliste) The directly elected

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is Walter Freiberger (SPÖ).

Transport

The federal road, the Bundesstraße 165, runs east–west through the municipality. Public transport is provided by bus services of the

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as well as rail services on the

Pinzgauer Lokalbahn The Pinzgauer Lokalbahn (formerly Pinzgaubahn or Krimmler Bahn) is a narrow-gauge railway in Salzburg in Austria. The railway follows the Salzach valley from Zell am See to Krimml through the Pinzgau mountains. The section between Mittersill and ...

, which has a junction at

to the Austrian main line network. There are also post buses to

Krimml Krimml is a municipality in Zell am See District, in the federal state of Salzburg, Austria, in the Pinzgau region. Geography Krimml is situated on the Salzach river, at the southwestern rim of the upper (western) ''Pinzgau'' region near the bord ...

and Zell am See.

Culture and places of interest

Museums

* Local history museum

Sport

* Wildkogel ski area on the

* Cable car to the Wildkogel (''Smaragdbahn'', opened December 2010) * Floodlit toboggan run (at 14 km one of the longest floodlit runs in the world) * Floodlit cross-country skiing and skating runs * Swimming pool and large children's play park * Flying school for paragliding and hang gliding

References

External links

Municipal website
{{authority control Kitzbühel Alps Venediger Group Cities and towns in Zell am See District