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
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 ...

, three of them are

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

s, and six of them are

market town A market town is a Human settlement, 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 marketplace, market; this distinguished it from a village or ...

Towns

# Neumarkt am Wallersee (5,420) # Oberndorf bei Salzburg (5,431) # Seekirchen am Wallersee (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 Dioc ...

(2,850) #

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 ...

(4,208) # Straßwalchen (6,752) #

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. References External links Cities ...

(6,712)

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. '' ...

(1,578) #

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 neighbo ...

(4,418) #

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 ...

(1,392) # Ebenau (1,348) #

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 ...

(2,681) # Elsbethen (5,117) # Faistenau (2,850) # Fuschl am See (1,334) # Göming (607) # Großgmain (2,416) # Hallwang (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 ...

(3,405) #

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 ...

(3,037) # Köstendorf (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 ...

(2,176) #

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 ...

(1,131) # Sankt Georgen bei Salzburg (2,728) # Sankt Gilgen (3,683) # Schleedorf (882) #

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 ...

(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 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 is an old tradition of competitive whipcracking.

References

External links

Official Touristic Website of Salzburg-Umgebung
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