The Bezirk Zell am See 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 ...

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, and congruent with the Pinzgau region (). The area of the district is , with a population of 84,124 (May 15, 2001), and population density 32 persons per km². The administrative center of the district is Zell am See. It is a two-hour transfer to resort from Salzburg Airport. The region’s biggest town is Saalfelden with a population of 20,000.

Administrative divisions

The district is divided into 28

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 four 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

# Saalfelden am Steinernen Meer (15,093) # Zell am See (9,638) # Mittersill (5,930)

Market towns

# Lofer (1,943) # Neukirchen am Großvenediger (2,616) # Rauris (3,107) # Taxenbach (2,918)

Municipalities

# Bramberg am Wildkogel (3,895) # Bruck an der Großglocknerstraße (4,430) # Dienten am Hochkönig (800) # Fusch an der Großglocknerstraße (754) # Hollersbach im Pinzgau (1,159) # Kaprun (2,903) # Krimml (886) #

Lend Lend may refer to: * ''Lunar Exploration Neutron Detector'', see Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter *Lend, Austria, a town in the east district of Zell am See in the state of Salzburg *Lend (Graz), a district of Graz *Lend, Iran Lend ( fa, لند) i ...

(1,604) # Leogang (3,035) # Maishofen (3,026) #

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, ...

(2,143) # Niedernsill (2,413) # Piesendorf (3,481) # Saalbach-Hinterglemm (3,020) #

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 ...

(1,151) #

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 ...

(1,539) # Unken (1,956) #

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 ...

(2,813) # Viehhofen (635) # Wald im Pinzgau (1,176) #

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 ...

(406) (population numbers May 15, 2001)

Tourist attractions

* Castle Saalhof *

Grossglockner Hochalpenstrasse The Grossglockner High Alpine Road (in German ''Großglockner Hochalpenstraße'') is the highest surfaced mountain pass road in Austria. It connects Bruck in the state of Salzburg with Heiligenblut in Carinthia via Fuscher Törl at 2,428 m (7, ...

Krimmler Falls The Krimml Waterfalls (german: Krimmler Wasserfälle), with a total height of 380 metres (1,247 feet), are the highest waterfall in Austria. The falls are on the Krimmler Ache river and are located near the village of Krimml in the High Tauern Nat ...

Pinzgauer Lokalbahn The Pinzgauer Lokalbahn (formerly Pinzgaubahn or Krimmler Bahn) is a narrow-gauge railway in Salzburg in Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lyin ...

References

External links

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