Salzburg (, ; , also known as ''Salzburgerland''; ) is an
Austrian
Austrian may refer to:
* Austrians, someone from Austria or of Austrian descent
** Someone who is considered an Austrian citizen
* Austrian German dialect
* Something associated with the country Austria, for example:
** Austria-Hungary
** Austria ...
federal state
A federation (also called a federal state) is an entity characterized by a union of partially self-governing provinces, states, or other regions under a federal government (federalism). In a federation, the self-governing status of the c ...
. In German it is called a , a German-to-English dictionary translates that to ''federal state'' and the European Commission calls it a ''province''. In German, its official name is , to distinguish it from its eponymous capital
Salzburg
Salzburg is the List of cities and towns in Austria, fourth-largest city in Austria. In 2020 its population was 156,852. The city lies on the Salzach, Salzach River, near the border with Germany and at the foot of the Austrian Alps, Alps moun ...
. For centuries, it was an independent
Prince-Bishopric
A prince-bishop is a bishop who is also the civil ruler of some secular principality and sovereignty, as opposed to ''Prince of the Church'' itself, a title associated with cardinals. Since 1951, the sole extant prince-bishop has been the Bi ...
of the
Holy Roman Empire
The Holy Roman Empire, also known as the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation after 1512, was a polity in Central and Western Europe, usually headed by the Holy Roman Emperor. It developed in the Early Middle Ages, and lasted for a millennium ...
. It borders Germany and Italy.
Geography
Location
Salzburg State covers an area of . It stretches along its main river — the
Salzach
The Salzach (Austrian: �saltsax ) is a river in Austria and Germany. It is in length and is a right tributary of the Inn (river), Inn, which eventually joins the Danube. Its drainage basin of comprises large parts of the Northern Limeston ...
– which rises in the
Central Eastern Alps
The Central Eastern Alps (), also referred to as Austrian Central Alps () or just Central Alps, comprise the main chain of the Eastern Alps in Austria and the adjacent regions of Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Italy and Slovenia. South of them is ...
in the south to the
Alpine foothills
The Alpine foothills, or Prealps (; ; ; ), may refer generally to any foothills at the base of the Alps in Europe. They are the transition zone between the High Alps and the Swiss Plateau and the Bavarian Alpine Foreland in the north, as well as ...
in the north. It is located in the north-west of Austria, close to the border with the German state of
Bavaria
Bavaria, officially the Free State of Bavaria, is a States of Germany, state in the southeast of Germany. With an area of , it is the list of German states by area, largest German state by land area, comprising approximately 1/5 of the total l ...
; to the northeast lies the federal state
Upper Austria
Upper Austria ( ; ; ) is one of the nine States of Austria, states of Austria. Its capital is Linz. Upper Austria borders Germany and the Czech Republic, as well as the other Austrian states of Lower Austria, Styria, and Salzburg (state), Salzbur ...
; to the east the federal state
Styria
Styria ( ; ; ; ) is an Austrian Federal states of Austria, state in the southeast of the country. With an area of approximately , Styria is Austria's second largest state, after Lower Austria. It is bordered to the south by Slovenia, and cloc ...
; to the south the federal states
Carinthia
Carinthia ( ; ; ) is the southernmost and least densely populated States of Austria, Austrian state, in the Eastern Alps, and is noted for its mountains and lakes. The Lake Wolayer is a mountain lake on the Carinthian side of the Carnic Main ...
and
Tyrol
Tyrol ( ; historically the Tyrole; ; ) is a historical region in the Alps of Northern Italy and western Austria. The area was historically the core of the County of Tyrol, part of the Holy Roman Empire, Austrian Empire and Austria-Hungary, f ...
. With 561,714 inhabitants, it is one of the country's smaller federal states in terms of population.
Running through the south are the main ranges of the
Alpine divide (incl. the
Hohe Tauern
The High Tauern ( pl.; , ) are a mountain range on the main chain of the Central Eastern Alps, comprising the highest peaks east of the Brenner Pass. The crest forms the southern border of the Austrian states of Salzburg, Carinthia and East Tyr ...
mountains) with numerous
three-thousander
Three-thousanders are mountains with a height of between , but less than above sea level. Similar terms are commonly used for mountains of other height brackets e. g. four-thousanders or eight-thousanders. In Britain, the term refers to mount ...
s. The
Dachstein
Hoher Dachstein () is a strongly karstic mountain in central Austria and the second-highest mountain in the Northern Limestone Alps. It is situated at the border of Upper Austria and Styria, and is the highest point in each of those states. Par ...
massif and the
Berchtesgaden Alps
The Berchtesgaden Alps (, ) are a mountain range of the Northern Limestone Alps, named after the market town of Berchtesgaden located in the centre. It is crossed by the Austria–Germany border: the central part belongs to the Berchtesgadener Lan ...
ranges of the
Northern Limestone Alps
The Northern Limestone Alps (), also called the Northern Calcareous Alps, are the ranges of the Eastern Alps north of the Central Eastern Alps located in Austria and the adjacent Bavarian lands of southeastern Germany. The distinction from the ...
border Salzburg State to the east and north.
Regions
The federal state is traditionally subdivided in five major regions (''
Gaue
''Gau'' (German: ; ; or ) is a Germanic term for a region within a country, often a former or current province. It was used in the Middle Ages, when it can be seen as roughly corresponding to an English shire. The administrative use of the ...
''), congruent with its political districts (''
Bezirk
The German language, German term (; Grammatical number#Overview, pl. ; derived from , "circle") translated as "district" can refer to the following types of administrative divisions:
* , a subdivision of a city in the sense of a borough (e ...
e'', see
administrative divisions
Administrative divisions (also administrative units, administrative regions, subnational entities, or constituent states, as well as many similar generic terms) are geographical areas into which a particular independent sovereign state is divi ...
).

* In the northern part:
**
Flachgau
The Bezirk Salzburg-Umgebung (German, "surrounding area of Salzburg") is an administrative district (''Bezirk'') in the federal state of Salzburg, Austria, and congruent with the Flachgau region (), except for the Statutarstadt of Salzburg, whic ...
(Salzburg city and environs), the flat () Salzburg
Basin around the confluence of Salzach and
Saalach
The Saalach is a river in Austria and Germany, and a left tributary of the Salzach.
Course
The river begins, as the stream, in the Austrian state of Tyrol in the Kitzbühel Alps at the lake below the high Gamshag. From there it flows ini ...
, stretching from the slopes of the
Salzkammergut Mountains
The Salzkammergut Mountains () are a mountain range of the Northern Limestone Alps, located in the Austrian states of Salzburg and Upper Austria. They are named after the Salzkammergut historic region, part of the Hallstatt-Dachstein / Salzkammerg ...
in the east to the
Untersberg
The Untersberg is the northernmost massif of the Berchtesgaden Alps, a prominent spur straddling the border between Berchtesgaden, Germany and Salzburg, Austria. The highest peak of the Table (landform), table-top mountain is the Berchtesgadener ...
massif and the
Chiemgau Alps
The Chiemgau Alps () are a mountain range in the Northern Limestone Alps and belong to the Eastern Alps. They are crossed by the Austria–Germany border: their major part is situated in Bavaria, Germany, and only a small section is within the ...
in the west.
**
Tennengau
The Bezirk Hallein is an administrative district (''Bezirk'') in the federal state of Salzburg, Austria, and congruent with the Tennengau region.
Area of the district is 668.35 km2, with a population of 61,660 (Jan. 1, 2023), and populatio ...
(district capital
Hallein
Hallein () is a historic town in the Austrian state of Salzburg (state), Salzburg. It is the capital of Hallein (district), Hallein district.
Geography
The town is located in the ''Tennengau'' region south of the City of Salzburg, stretching alo ...
), named after the
Tennen Mountains
The Tennen Mountains () is a small, but rugged, mountain range in the Northern Limestone Alps, which lies in front of the Eastern Alps for its entire length. It is a very heavily karstified high plateau, about 60 km² in area, with many ca ...
, including the broad Salzach Valley south of Salzburg and the surrounding ranges of the Limestone Alps.
* The southern, mountainous (colloquially ''Innergebirg'') part is divided into:
**
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 ...
(
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 ...
) in the southwest,
**
Pongau
The Bezirk St. Johann im Pongau is an administrative district (''Bezirk'') in the federal state of Salzburg (state), Salzburg, Austria, and congruent with the Pongau region.
Area of the district is 1,755.37 km2, with a population of 77,872 ...
(
St. Johann im Pongau) on Salzach and
Enns, and
**
Lungau
Bezirk Tamsweg is an administrative district (''Bezirk'') in the federal state of Salzburg, Austria. It is congruent with the Lungau region (). The administrative centre of the district is Tamsweg.
Geography
The area of the Lungau plateau is 1 ...
(
Tamsweg
Tamsweg () is a market town in the Austrian state of Salzburg near the border with Styria. It is the administrative centre of the eponymous Tamsweg District (''Bezirk'') and the largest town of the Salzburg Lungau region.
Geography
Tamsweg is loca ...
) in the southeast, separated by the
Niedere Tauern
The Lower TauernThe New Encyclopædia Britannica, Vol. 1, 2003, p. 86. or Niedere Tauern are a mountain range of the Central Eastern Alps, in the Austrian states of Salzburg and Styria.
For the etymology of the name, see Tauern.
Geography
T ...
range.
Major cities and towns
Salzburg municipalities with
town privileges
Town privileges or borough rights were important features of European towns during most of the second millennium. The city law customary in Central Europe probably dates back to Italian models, which in turn were oriented towards the traditio ...
:
*
Salzburg
Salzburg is the List of cities and towns in Austria, fourth-largest city in Austria. In 2020 its population was 156,852. The city lies on the Salzach, Salzach River, near the border with Germany and at the foot of the Austrian Alps, Alps moun ...
(pop. 148,521)
*
Hallein
Hallein () is a historic town in the Austrian state of Salzburg (state), Salzburg. It is the capital of Hallein (district), Hallein district.
Geography
The town is located in the ''Tennengau'' region south of the City of Salzburg, stretching alo ...
(20,022)
*
Saalfelden
Saalfelden am Steinernen Meer is a town in the district of Zell am See in the Austrian state of Salzburg. With approximately 16,000 inhabitants, Saalfelden is the district's largest town and the third of the federal state after Salzburg and Hallein ...
(16,046)
*
St. Johann im Pongau (10,740)
*
Bischofshofen
Bischofshofen () is a List of cities and towns in Austria, town in the district of St. Johann im Pongau District, St. Johann im Pongau in the Austrian federal state of Salzburg (state), Salzburg. It is an important traffic junction located both on ...
(10,352)
*
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 ...
(9,683)
*
Seekirchen (9,945)
*
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 pop ...
(5,846)
*
Oberndorf bei Salzburg
Oberndorf bei Salzburg ( Central Bavarian: ''Owerndorf ba SÃ¥izburg'') 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. ...
(5,600)
*
Mittersill
Mittersill (; ) is a city in the federal state of Salzburg, Austria, in the Pinzgau region of the Alps. It is located on the Salzach River. It has a population of 5,408 as of 2011.
Geography
Mittersill lies approximately 25 km to the west o ...
(5,443)
*
Radstadt
Radstadt (Central Bavarian: ''Rodstoud'' or ''Rodstod'') is a historic town in the district of St. Johann im Pongau in the Austrian state of Salzburg.
Geography
The town is part of the Salzburg Pongau region. It is located in the valley of the ...
(4,864)
Wals-Siezenheim
Wals-Siezenheim () is a municipality in the district of Salzburg-Umgebung District, Salzburg-Umgebung (''Flachgau'') in the Austrian state of Salzburg (state), Salzburg.
The double municipality had been founded in 1948 of the places Wals and Siez ...
, a common municipality with about 12,000 inhabitants, is known as 'Austria's largest village'.
History
Salt mining
Salt mining extracts natural salt deposits from underground. The mined salt is usually in the form of halite (commonly known as rock salt), and extracted from evaporite Formation (geology), formations.
History
Before the advent of the moder ...
has played an important role in the region's development; ''Salzburg'' means "salt city".
Salzburg as an independent state
Independence from
Bavaria
Bavaria, officially the Free State of Bavaria, is a States of Germany, state in the southeast of Germany. With an area of , it is the list of German states by area, largest German state by land area, comprising approximately 1/5 of the total l ...
was secured in the late 14th century. The
Archbishopric of Salzburg
The Prince-Archbishopric of Salzburg (; ) was an ecclesiastical principality and state of the Holy Roman Empire. It comprised the secular territory ruled by the archbishops of Salzburg, as distinguished from the much larger Catholic diocese f ...
was an independent prince-bishopric and
State
State most commonly refers to:
* State (polity), a centralized political organization that regulates law and society within a territory
**Sovereign state, a sovereign polity in international law, commonly referred to as a country
**Nation state, a ...
of the
Holy Roman Empire
The Holy Roman Empire, also known as the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation after 1512, was a polity in Central and Western Europe, usually headed by the Holy Roman Emperor. It developed in the Early Middle Ages, and lasted for a millennium ...
until
German Mediatisation
German mediatisation (; ) was the major redistribution and reshaping of territorial holdings that took place between 1802 and 1814 in Germany by means of the subsumption and Secularization (church property), secularisation of a large number of ...
in 1803.
Electorate of Salzburg
The territory was secularized and, as the
Electorate of Salzburg
The Electorate of Salzburg ( or ), occasionally known as the Grand Duchy of Salzburg, was an electoral principality of the Holy Roman Empire from 1803–05, the short-lived successor state of the Prince-Archbishopric of Salzburg.
History
In ...
, given as compensation to
Ferdinand III, former Grand Duke of
Tuscany
Tuscany ( ; ) is a Regions of Italy, region in central Italy with an area of about and a population of 3,660,834 inhabitants as of 2025. The capital city is Florence.
Tuscany is known for its landscapes, history, artistic legacy, and its in ...
, the brother of Emperor
Francis II Francis II may refer to:
* Francis II, Duke of Brittany (1433–1488)
* Francesco II Gonzaga, Marquess of Mantua (1466–1519), ruler of the Italian city of Mantua
* Francis II of France (1544–1560), king of France
* Francis II, Duke of Lorraine ...
.
The end of independence
Following the Austrian defeat at
Austerlitz in 1805, Salzburg was annexed by Austria as compensation for the loss of
Tyrol
Tyrol ( ; historically the Tyrole; ; ) is a historical region in the Alps of Northern Italy and western Austria. The area was historically the core of the County of Tyrol, part of the Holy Roman Empire, Austrian Empire and Austria-Hungary, f ...
to the
Kingdom of Bavaria
The Kingdom of Bavaria ( ; ; spelled ''Baiern'' until 1825) was a German state that succeeded the former Electorate of Bavaria in 1806 and continued to exist until 1918. With the unification of Germany into the German Empire in 1871, the kingd ...
, and Ferdinand was transferred to the
Grand Duchy of Würzburg
The Grand Duchy of Würzburg () was a German grand duchy centered on Würzburg existing in the early 19th century.
History
As a consequence of the 1801 Treaty of Lunéville, the Bishopric of Würzburg was secularized in 1803 and granted to the ...
.
Bavarian Salzburg
After Austria's defeat in 1809, the federal state was handed over to
Bavaria
Bavaria, officially the Free State of Bavaria, is a States of Germany, state in the southeast of Germany. With an area of , it is the list of German states by area, largest German state by land area, comprising approximately 1/5 of the total l ...
in 1810.
The country divided between Bavaria and Austria
In 1816, following the defeat of
Napoleon
Napoleon Bonaparte (born Napoleone di Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French general and statesman who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led Military career ...
and the provision of adequate compensation to Bavaria at the
Congress of Vienna
The Congress of Vienna of 1814–1815 was a series of international diplomatic meetings to discuss and agree upon a possible new layout of the European political and constitutional order after the downfall of the French Emperor Napoleon, Napol ...
, it was returned to Austria with the exception of the north-western
Rupertiwinkel
The Rupertiwinkel is a small historic region on the southeastern border of Bavaria, Germany. Part of the Archbishopric of Salzburg until the early 19th century, it is named after the first Salzburg bishop Saint Rupert (c.660–710), apostle to the ...
which remained Bavarian. The Salzburger Land was administered as the department of Salzach from
Linz
Linz (Pronunciation: , ; ) is the capital of Upper Austria and List of cities and towns in Austria, third-largest city in Austria. Located on the river Danube, the city is in the far north of Austria, south of the border with the Czech Repub ...
, the capital of
Upper Austria
Upper Austria ( ; ; ) is one of the nine States of Austria, states of Austria. Its capital is Linz. Upper Austria borders Germany and the Czech Republic, as well as the other Austrian states of Lower Austria, Styria, and Salzburg (state), Salzbur ...
. In 1849 the
Duchy of Salzburg
The Duchy of Salzburg () was a Cisleithanian crown land of the Austrian Empire and Austria-Hungary from 1849 to 1918. Its capital was Salzburg, while other towns in the duchy included Zell am See and Gastein. Before becoming a crown land, Sal ...
was established as a
crown land
Crown land, also known as royal domain, is a territorial area belonging to the monarch, who personifies the Crown. It is the equivalent of an entailed estate and passes with the monarchy, being inseparable from it. Today, in Commonwealth realm ...
of the
Austrian Empire
The Austrian Empire, officially known as the Empire of Austria, was a Multinational state, multinational European Great Powers, great power from 1804 to 1867, created by proclamation out of the Habsburg monarchy, realms of the Habsburgs. Duri ...
and, after 1866,
Austria-Hungary
Austria-Hungary, also referred to as the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Dual Monarchy or the Habsburg Monarchy, was a multi-national constitutional monarchy in Central Europe#Before World War I, Central Europe between 1867 and 1918. A military ...
.
World War I
Salzburg participated in
World War I
World War I or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War I, Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers. Fighting to ...
, as part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. 49,000 Salzburgers were called to arms, of whom 6,000 were killed.
Post-World War I Austrian republics
In 1918 after
World War I
World War I or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War I, Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers. Fighting to ...
, the
Duchy of Salzburg
The Duchy of Salzburg () was a Cisleithanian crown land of the Austrian Empire and Austria-Hungary from 1849 to 1918. Its capital was Salzburg, while other towns in the duchy included Zell am See and Gastein. Before becoming a crown land, Sal ...
was dissolved and replaced with the
State of Salzburg
Salzburg (, ; , also known as ''Salzburgerland''; ) is an Austrian federal state. In German it is called a , a German-to-English dictionary translates that to ''federal state'' and the European Commission calls it a ''province''. In German, its o ...
, as a component part initially of
German Austria
The Republic of German-Austria (, alternatively spelt ), commonly known as German-Austria (), was an unrecognised state that was created following World War I as an initial rump state for areas with a predominantly German-speaking and ethni ...
and subsequently of the
First Republic of Austria
The First Austrian Republic (), officially the Republic of Austria, was created after the signing of the Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye on 10 September 1919—the settlement after the end of World War I which ended the Habsburg rump state of ...
, the separate state which was mandated by the
Allied powers.
Salzburg in Germany
As a result of ''
Germany's annexation of Austria'' in 1938, Austria, including Salzburg State, was incorporated into
Nazi Germany
Nazi Germany, officially known as the German Reich and later the Greater German Reich, was the German Reich, German state between 1933 and 1945, when Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party controlled the country, transforming it into a Totalit ...
.
American control
After the defeat of
Nazi Germany
Nazi Germany, officially known as the German Reich and later the Greater German Reich, was the German Reich, German state between 1933 and 1945, when Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party controlled the country, transforming it into a Totalit ...
in 1945, the
Allies
An alliance is a relationship among people, groups, or states that have joined together for mutual benefit or to achieve some common purpose, whether or not an explicit agreement has been worked out among them. Members of an alliance are calle ...
occupied the territory of Austria, being recognized as an independent territory under their rule. Salzburg State was occupied by the United States.
Salzburg as an Austrian federal state
In 1955, Austria was again declared an independent state and Salzburg was once again one of the reconstituted federal states of the Second Republic of Austria.
Demographics
The historical population is given in the following chart:
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bar:1890 from:0 till:174 text:173,510
bar:1900 from:0 till:193 text:192,763
bar:1910 from:0 till:215 text:214,737
bar:1923 from:0 till:223 text:222,831
bar:1934 from:0 till:246 text:245,801
bar:1939 from:0 till:257 text:257,226
bar:1951 from:0 till:327 text:327,232
bar:1961 from:0 till:347 text:347,292
bar:1971 from:0 till:405 text:405,115
bar:1981 from:0 till:442 text:442,301
bar:1991 from:0 till:482 text:482,365
bar:2001 from:0 till:515 text:515,327
bar:2011 from:0 till:532 text:531,721
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Politics
Salzburg adopted its current provincial constitution in 1999. The provincial government (''Landesregierung'') is headed by a governor (
Landeshauptmann
The Landeshauptmann (if male) or Landeshauptfrau (if female) (, "state captain", plural ''Landeshauptleute,'' ) is the chairman of a state government and the supreme official of an Austrian state and the Italian autonomous provinces of South Ty ...
), who is elected by a majority in the provincial parliament
Landtag
A ''Landtag'' (State Diet) is generally the legislative assembly or parliament of a federated state or other subnational self-governing entity in German-speaking nations. It is usually a unicameral assembly exercising legislative competence ...
. Provincial elections are held every five years.
After
World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...
, most provincial governments were led by the conservative
Austrian People's Party
The Austrian People's Party ( , ÖVP ) is a Christian-democratic and liberal-conservative political party in Austria.
Since January 2025, the party has been led by Christian Stocker (as an acting leader). It is currently the second-largest p ...
(ÖVP). ÖVP politician
Josef Klaus
Josef Klaus (15 August 1910 – 25 July 2001) was an Austrian politician of the conservative People's Party (ÖVP). He served as State Governor (''Landeshauptmann'') of Salzburg from 1949 to 1961, as Minister of Finance from 1961 to 1963 and a ...
(1910-2001), later
chancellor of Austria
The chancellor of Austria, officially the federal chancellor of the Republic of Austria (), is the head of government of the Austria, Republic of Austria.
List of chancellors of Austria, Twenty-nine people have served as chancellor. The curre ...
, served as governor of Salzburg from 1949 till 1961. In 2004
Gabi Burgstaller
Gabi Burgstaller (born 23 May 1963) is an Austrian politician, and the former governor ('' Landeshauptfrau'') of the federal state of Salzburg.
Life
She was born in Penetzdorf/ Niederthalheim near Schwanenstadt in Upper Austria. After matricul ...
became the first
Social Democratic
Social democracy is a Social philosophy, social, Economic ideology, economic, and political philosophy within socialism that supports Democracy, political and economic democracy and a gradualist, reformist, and democratic approach toward achi ...
(and first female) governor of Salzburg.

The last results, in
April 2023 (Compared to
2018
Events January
* January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency.
* January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...
) were:
The current governor of Salzburg,
Wilfried Haslauer
Wilfried Haslauer (born 3 May 1956) is an Austrian politician (ÖVP) and lawyer. He has been governor of Salzburg State since 19 June 2013.
His father Wilfried Haslauer senior was governor of Salzburg State from 1977 to 1989.
Wilfried Haslauer i ...
(ÖVP), entered into coalition discussions with the FPÖ, after his proposition of a ÖVP-FPÖ-SPÖ coalition was rejected by the Social Democrats.
Haslauer said "I regret that we could not implement the Alliance for Salzburg". After successful coalition negotiations, the ÖVP and the FPÖ entered into a governing coalition with Haslauer as the Governor and
Marlene Svazek as the First Deputy Governo
Salzburg State has joined
Lower Austria
Lower Austria ( , , abbreviated LA or NÖ) is one of the nine states of Austria, located in the northeastern corner of the country. Major cities are Amstetten, Lower Austria, Amstetten, Krems an der Donau, Wiener Neustadt and Sankt Pölten, which ...
and
Upper Austria
Upper Austria ( ; ; ) is one of the nine States of Austria, states of Austria. Its capital is Linz. Upper Austria borders Germany and the Czech Republic, as well as the other Austrian states of Lower Austria, Styria, and Salzburg (state), Salzbur ...
as the third
black-blue coalition provincial government. The ÖVP has four seats in the government, while the FPÖ has three. The current president (speaker) of the Salzburg federal state parliament is
Brigitta Pallauf
Brigitta Pallauf (born 26 November 1960) is an Austrian politician. She has been president of the Salzburg state parliament between 2013 and January 2018, and June 2018 to the present.
Life
Pallauf attended the Gunskirchen primary school betw ...
.
Government
Government ministers and their portfolios from the
2023 provincial election.
Governor Wilfried Haslauer (ÖVP
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* State Direction
* Finance and Asset Management
* Security
* Disaster Prevention
* Museums
* Research and Science
* European Affairs
1st Deputy Marlene Svazek (FPÖ
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* Nature and Environment Protection
* Business
* Early and Primary Education
* Hunting and Fishing
* Youth
* Families
* Integration
* Generations
2nd Deputy Stefan Schnöll (ÖVP
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* Economy and Tourism
* Communities
* Employment and Labour Market
* Infrastructure and Traffic
* Culture
Members of the provincial governmen
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* Josef Schwaiger (ÖVP): Agriculture, Personnel Management, Water, National Parks, Energy, Asylum Seekers
* Daniela Gutschi (ÖVP): Education, Health, Women and Diversity
* Christian Pewny (FPÖ): Social Services, Food, Consumer Protection, Regional Development, Apprenticeships
* Martin Zauner (FPÖ): Spatial Planning, Living, Sport, Basic Traffic
Administrative divisions
Districts
Salzburg State comprises six districts, known as ''Bezirke'' or vernacularly ''Gaue'':
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Hallein District
The Bezirk Hallein is an administrative district (''Bezirk'') in the federal state of Salzburg, Austria, and congruent with the Tennengau region.
Area of the district is 668.35 km2, with a population of 61,660 (Jan. 1, 2023), and populatio ...
(Tennengau region)
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St. Johann im Pongau District
The Bezirk St. Johann im Pongau is an administrative district ('' Bezirk'') in the federal state of Salzburg, Austria, and congruent with the Pongau region.
Area of the district is 1,755.37 km2, with a population of 77,872 (May 15, 2001), ...
(Pongau region)
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Salzburg-Umgebung District
The Bezirk Salzburg-Umgebung (German, "surrounding area of Salzburg") is an administrative district (''Bezirk'') in the federal state of Salzburg, Austria, and congruent with the Flachgau region (), except for the Statutarstadt of Salzburg, whic ...
(Salzburg environs) (Flachgau region)
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Tamsweg District
Bezirk Tamsweg is an administrative district ('' Bezirk'') in the federal state of Salzburg, Austria. It is congruent with the Lungau region (). The administrative centre of the district is Tamsweg.
Geography
The area of the Lungau plateau is ...
(Lungau region)
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Zell am See District
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 ...
(Pinzgau region)
Salzburg city is its own administrative district.
Municipalities
The federal state is divided into 119 municipalities, including
Salzburg City. 11 of them have city status (''Städte''), 25 are market towns (''Marktgemeinden'') and the other 83 are simple municipalities (''Gemeinden''). Below is a list of all the municipalities divided by district:
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Hallein District
The Bezirk Hallein is an administrative district (''Bezirk'') in the federal state of Salzburg, Austria, and congruent with the Tennengau region.
Area of the district is 668.35 km2, with a population of 61,660 (Jan. 1, 2023), and populatio ...
(Tennengau) (13 municipalities):
Abtenau
Abtenau (Central Bavarian: ''Obtenau'') is a market town in the Hallein District of Salzburg in Austria. The municipality is located in Lammertal, Tennengau, about south of Salzburg and encompasses the entire middle valley of the Lammer.
Geo ...
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Adnet
Adnet is a town in the district of Hallein, in the Austrian state of Salzburg. It is famous for its marble and there is a marble museum in the middle of the town.
Geography
Adnet is situated near Hallein in the metropolitan area of Salzburg.
Urba ...
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Annaberg-Lungötz
Annaberg-Lungötz is a municipality in the district of Hallein, in the Austrian state of Salzburg.
Geography
The municipality lies in the Lammer River valley at the foot of the Gosaukamm.
History
It belonged for centuries to the Pongau. Only in ...
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Bad Vigaun
Bad Vigaun is a municipality and spa town in the district of Hallein, in the Austrian state of Salzburg.
Geography
Bad Vigaun, formerly known simply as ''Vigaun'', is located in the historic ''Tennengau'' region, about south of the state capital ...
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Golling an der Salzach
Golling an der Salzach is a market town in the Hallein district of Salzburg, Austria.
Geography
It is located on the southern rim of the ''Tennengau'' region south of the city of Salzburg. Here at the confluence of the Salzach and its Lammer trib ...
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Hallein
Hallein () is a historic town in the Austrian state of Salzburg (state), Salzburg. It is the capital of Hallein (district), Hallein district.
Geography
The town is located in the ''Tennengau'' region south of the City of Salzburg, stretching alo ...
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Krispl
Krispl is a municipality in the Hallein district in the Austrian state of Salzburg
Salzburg is the List of cities and towns in Austria, fourth-largest city in Austria. In 2020 its population was 156,852. The city lies on the Salzach, Salzach ...
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Kuchl
Kuchl is a market town in the Hallein district of Salzburg, Austria.
Geography
Kuchl is situated in the broad valley of the Salzach river, part of the Salzburg Tennengau region. West of the river rises the Göll massif of the Berchtesgaden Alps ...
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Oberalm
Oberalm is a market town in the Hallein district in the Austrian state of Salzburg. It is the burial town of volksmusik singer Karl Moik, the longtime presenter of ORF ''Musikantenstadl''.
See also
* Salzburgerland
* Salzburg
Salzburg is ...
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Puch bei Hallein
Puch bei Hallein (Central Bavarian: ''Buach'') is a municipality in the Hallein District (''Tennengau'') of the Austrian state of Salzburg.
Transportation
It can be reached by suburban ''S-Bahn'' railway from the state capital Salzburg and also h ...
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Rußbach am Paß Gschütt
Rußbach am Paß Gschütt is a municipality in the Hallein district in the Austrian state of Salzburg
Salzburg is the List of cities and towns in Austria, fourth-largest city in Austria. In 2020 its population was 156,852. The city lies on ...
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St. Koloman,
Scheffau am Tennengebirge
Scheffau am Tennengebirge is a municipality in the Hallein district of Salzburg, Austria
Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine Federal s ...
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Salzburg-Umgebung District
The Bezirk Salzburg-Umgebung (German, "surrounding area of Salzburg") is an administrative district (''Bezirk'') in the federal state of Salzburg, Austria, and congruent with the Flachgau region (), except for the Statutarstadt of Salzburg, whic ...
(Flachgau) (37 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 ...
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Anthering,
Bergheim,
Berndorf bei Salzburg,
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 neighbour ...
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Dorfbeuern,
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 (, ; ) is a resort area in Austria, stretching from the city of Salzburg ...
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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, Antheri ...
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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 infrastruct ...
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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 ...
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Faistenau,
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 ...
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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 ...
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Göming,
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 t ...
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Hallwang
Hallwang is a municipality in the district of Salzburg-Umgebung in the state of Salzburg in Austria
Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nin ...
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Henndorf am Wallersee,
Hintersee,
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
A mezzo-soprano (, ), or mezzo ( ), is a type of classical music, classical female singing human voice, voice whose ...
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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 ...
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Köstendorf,
Lamprechtshausen
Lamprechtshausen (Central Bavarian: ‘’Låmbéhausen’’) is a municipality in the district of Salzburg-Umgebung in the state of Salzburg (state), Salzburg in Austria.
Geography
Lamprechtshausen lies in the north of the district of Salzburg-U ...
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Mattsee
Mattsee is a market town at the eponymous lake in the district of Salzburg-Umgebung in the Austrian state of Salzburg.
History
In ca. 765, Duke Tassilo III of Bavaria established the Mattsee Benedictine Abbey, which became a part of the Diocese ...
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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 pop ...
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Nußdorf am Haunsberg,
Oberndorf bei Salzburg
Oberndorf bei Salzburg ( Central Bavarian: ''Owerndorf ba SÃ¥izburg'') 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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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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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
Salzburg is the List of cities and towns in Austria, fo ...
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St. Georgen bei Salzburg
St. Georgen bei Salzburg (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 Stolperste ...
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St. Gilgen
St. Gilgen (Central Bavarian: ''St. Gieng'') is a village by Lake Wolfgang in the Austrian state of Salzburg, in the Salzkammergut region.
History
Named after Saint Giles, St. Gilgen was first mentioned in documents in 1376. In 1863, shipping o ...
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Schleedorf,
Seeham
Seeham is a municipality in the district of Salzburg-Umgebung in the state of Salzburg in Austria.
Geography
Seeham is located in the Salzburg Lake District, on the western shore of Lake Obertrum. The municipality is surrounded by gently rolling ...
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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 to ...
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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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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 Ai ...
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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.
Economy
A Sony CD-manufacturing plant operate ...
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Wals-Siezenheim
Wals-Siezenheim () is a municipality in the district of Salzburg-Umgebung District, Salzburg-Umgebung (''Flachgau'') in the Austrian state of Salzburg (state), Salzburg.
The double municipality had been founded in 1948 of the places Wals and Siez ...
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St. Johann im Pongau District
The Bezirk St. Johann im Pongau is an administrative district ('' Bezirk'') in the federal state of Salzburg, Austria, and congruent with the Pongau region.
Area of the district is 1,755.37 km2, with a population of 77,872 (May 15, 2001), ...
(Pongau) (25 municipalities):
Altenmarkt im Pongau
Altenmarkt im Pongau is a small town in the Austrian state of Salzburg.
Geography
Altenmarkt is situated 65 km southeast of Salzburg.
Economy
The town is principally known for its winter tourism. It is also the location of the factory manufactur ...
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Bad Gastein
Bad Gastein ( is a spa town in the St. Johann im Pongau District. Picturesquely situated in a high valley of the Hohe Tauern mountain range, it is known for the Gastein waterfall and a variety of grand hotel buildings.
Geography
Bad Gastein i ...
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Bad Hofgastein
Bad Hofgastein () is a market town in the district of St. Johann im Pongau, in the Austrian state of Salzburg. The spa town is located in the Gastein Valley, a large ski resort belonging to the Ski Amadé network.
Geography
The Gastein valley i ...
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Bischofshofen
Bischofshofen () is a List of cities and towns in Austria, town in the district of St. Johann im Pongau District, St. Johann im Pongau in the Austrian federal state of Salzburg (state), Salzburg. It is an important traffic junction located both on ...
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Dorfgastein
Dorfgastein is a municipality in St. Johann im Pongau District, in the Austrian state of Salzburg.
Geography
It is located on the northern entrance of the Gastein Valley within the Hohe Tauern mountain range, south of the broader Salzach Valley. ...
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Eben im Pongau
Eben im Pongau is a municipality in the St. Johann im Pongau district in the Austrian state of Salzburg.
Geography
The municipality lies on the northwest edge of the Radstadt basin in the Ennspongau. To the south is the valley of the upper Enns ...
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Filzmoos
Filzmoos is a town within the district of St. Johann im Pongau in the state of Salzburg, Austria. Its main income comes through tourism: skiing in winter and hiking in summer. The town is approximately 1 km above sea level.
Location
Filz ...
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Flachau
Flachau is a village in the district of St. Johann im Pongau in the Austrian state of Salzburg, with a population of 2,802 (2016 data). Its numerous skiing facilities are part of the Ski Amadé network of ski areas, one of the largest in Europe.
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Forstau
Forstau is a municipality in the St. Johann im Pongau district in the Austrian state of Salzburg.
Geography
Forstau lies in the high valley between Radstadt and Schladming
Schladming () is a small former mining town in the northwest of the ...
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Goldegg
Goldegg, also called Goldegg im Pongau, is a municipality in St. Johann im Pongau District, in the state of Salzburg in Austria.
Geography
It is situated on a sunny plateau north of the Salzach River, the so-called « Sunny Terrace » at a distan ...
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Grossarl
Grossarl (Großarl) is a market town in the St. Johann im Pongau (district), St. Johann im Pongau district in the Salzburg (state), state of Salzburg in western central Austria. The valley Grossarltal got its name from Grossarl.
Geography Loca ...
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Hüttau
Hüttau () is a municipality in the St. Johann im Pongau district in the Austrian state of Salzburg.
Geography
Hüttau lies in the Fritz valley in the Pongau
The Bezirk St. Johann im Pongau is an administrative district (''Bezirk'') in the fe ...
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Hüttschlag
Hüttschlag is a municipality in the district of St. Johann im Pongau in the Austrian state of Salzburg.
Geography
Hüttschlag lies in the Grossarl valley, south of the Grossarl municipality, in the Salzburg ''Pongau'' region. The settlement is ...
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Kleinarl
Kleinarl is a municipality in the St. Johann im Pongau district in the Austrian state of Salzburg.
Geography
The municipal area is located in the Pongau region within the Central Eastern Alps, on the northern rim of the High Tauern national park ...
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Mühlbach am Hochkönig
Mühlbach am Hochkönig is a municipality in St. Johann im Pongau district, Salzburgerland, Austria.
Population
Its population was 1,622 inhabitants in 2005.
Location
Mühlbach am Hochkönig is found approximately 8 km to the west of ...
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Pfarrwerfen
Pfarrwerfen is a municipality in the St. Johann im Pongau District, St. Johann im Pongau district in the Austrian state of Salzburg (state), Salzburg.
Geography
Pfarrwerfen lies in the Pongau.
References
Gallery
File:Pöham, straatzicht met ...
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Radstadt
Radstadt (Central Bavarian: ''Rodstoud'' or ''Rodstod'') is a historic town in the district of St. Johann im Pongau in the Austrian state of Salzburg.
Geography
The town is part of the Salzburg Pongau region. It is located in the valley of the ...
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St. Johann im Pongau,
St. Martin am Tennengebirge,
St. Veit im Pongau,
Schwarzach im Pongau
Schwarzach im Pongau is a market town in the St. Johann im Pongau District in the Austrian state of Salzburg.
Geography
It is located in the valley of the Salzach river, between the Hohe Tauern mountain range (Goldberg and Ankogel groups) in th ...
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Untertauern
Untertauern is a municipality in the district of St. Johann im Pongau in the Austrian state of Salzburg.
Geography
Untertauern is situated in the Salzburg Pongau region in the valley of the Northern Taurach
The Northern Taurach (), also called ...
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Wagrain
Wagrain (Austro-Bavarian: ''Wågroã'') is a market town in the St. Johann im Pongau District in the Austrian state of Salzburg. It is located in a high valley stretching from the Salzach at Sankt Johann in the west to the Enns river in the east. ...
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Werfen
Werfen () is a market town in the district of St. Johann im Pongau, in the Austrian state of Salzburg. It is mainly known for medieval Hohenwerfen Castle and the Eisriesenwelt ice cave, the largest in the world.
Geography
Werfen is located in ...
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Werfenweng
Werfenweng is a municipality in the St. Johann im Pongau district in the state of Salzburg in Austria.
Population
Politics
The Mayor is Dr.Peter Brandauer from the ÖVP party.
See also
* Alpine pearls
* Salzburgerland
* Salzburg
S ...
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Tamsweg District
Bezirk Tamsweg is an administrative district ('' Bezirk'') in the federal state of Salzburg, Austria. It is congruent with the Lungau region (). The administrative centre of the district is Tamsweg.
Geography
The area of the Lungau plateau is ...
(Lungau) (15 municipalities):
Göriach
Göriach is a municipality in the district of Tamsweg in the state of Salzburg in Austria.
Geography
Göriach lies about 6 km northwest of Tamsweg and about 80 km southeast of Salzburg
Salzburg is the List of cities and towns in ...
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Lessach,
Mariapfarr
Mariapfarr is a municipality in the district of Tamsweg in the state of Salzburg in Austria. Famous as the location of the Christmas carol Silent Night
"Silent Night" () is a popular Christmas carol, composed in 1818 by Franz Xaver Gruber ...
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Mauterndorf
Mauterndorf (Southern Bavarian: ''Mautndorf'') is a market town of the Tamsweg District in the Austrian state of Salzburg (state), Salzburg. The municipality also comprises the Katastralgemeinden ''Faningberg, Neuseß'' and ''Steindorf''.
Geograph ...
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Muhr
Muhr is a municipality of the Tamsweg District in the Austrian state of Salzburg (state), Salzburg.
Geography
It is located in a southwestern valley of the Salzburg Lungau region at the source of the river Mur (river), Mur River, between the H ...
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Ramingstein
Ramingstein is a municipality in the district of Tamsweg in the state of Salzburg in Austria.
Geography
Ramingstein lies in the far southeast of the state of Salzburg at the meeting of the states of Salzburg, Styria, and Carinthia. It is the only ...
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St. Andrä im Lungau,
St. Margarethen im Lungau,
St. Michael im Lungau,
Tamsweg
Tamsweg () is a market town in the Austrian state of Salzburg near the border with Styria. It is the administrative centre of the eponymous Tamsweg District (''Bezirk'') and the largest town of the Salzburg Lungau region.
Geography
Tamsweg is loca ...
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Thomatal
Thomatal is a municipality in the district of Tamsweg (which is congruent to the so-called "Lungau" region) in the state of Salzburg in Austria
Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in ...
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Tweng
Tweng is a municipality in the district of Tamsweg in the state of Salzburg in Austria
Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine Federal sta ...
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Unternberg,
Weißpriach
Weißpriach is a municipality in the district of Tamsweg in the state of Salzburg in Austria. It is located in a valley of the Niedere Tauern mountain range.
History
Weißpriach is known for the Romanesque church of Saint Rupert with its Byzan ...
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Zederhaus
Zederhaus is a municipality of the Tamsweg District in the Austrian state of Salzburg (state), Salzburg.
Geography
The Zederhaus Valley is located in the northwestern part of the Salzburg ''Lungau'' region, on the southern slopes of the Lower Ta ...
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Zell am See District
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 ...
(Pinzgau) (28 municipalities):
Bramberg am Wildkogel
Bramberg am Wildkogel is a municipality in the district of Zell am See (Pinzgau region), in the state of Salzburg, Austria. The town lies at the south foot of the high Wildkogel mountain. The town's average elevation is .
History
In ancient time ...
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Bruck an der Großglocknerstraße
Bruck an der Großglocknerstraße (Southern Bavarian: ''Bruck a da Glocknerstrouss'') is a municipality in Zell am See District, in the state of Salzburg in Austria.
Geography
Bruck in the historic ''Pinzgau'' region is situated in the valley of ...
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Dienten am Hochkönig
Dienten am Hochkönig () is a municipality in the district of Zell am See (Pinzgau region), in the state of Salzburg in Austria. The population (as of May 2001) is 800.
Dienten is also part of the High King Mountain Ski Area.
Geography
The muni ...
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Fusch an der Großglocknerstraße
Fusch an der Großglocknerstraße is a municipality, at the foot of Grossglockner mountain, in the district of Zell am See (Pinzgau region), in the state of Salzburg in Austria.
See town website pages at External links below.
The Fusch valley l ...
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Hollersbach im Pinzgau
Hollersbach im Pinzgau () is a municipality in the district of Zell am See (Pinzgau region), in the state of Salzburg in Austria. The population (as of May 2001) is 1159.
Overview
Yearly, in the end of September, it holds a festival that celebra ...
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Kaprun
Kaprun () is a municipality in the Zell am See District in the province of Salzburg (state), Salzburg in Austria. Together with the neighboring city of Zell am See the town presents itself as the tourist destination and skiing area "Zell am See-K ...
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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 ...
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Lend,
Leogang
Leogang is a municipality in the district of Zell am See (district), Zell am See (Pinzgau region), in the state of Salzburg (state), Salzburg in Austria. It is a famous winter sports and summer mountain hiking resort.
Population
Sights
:Mining ...
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Lofer
Lofer is a market town in the district of Zell am See in the Austrian state of Salzburg.
Geography
Lofer is located in the historic Pinzgau region, in the valley of the Saalach river between the Chiemgau Alps and Reiter Alpe in the north and eas ...
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Maishofen
Maishofen is a municipality in the district of Zell am See (Pinzgau region), in the state of Salzburg in Austria
Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a feder ...
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Maria Alm
Maria Alm am Steinernen Meer is a municipality and a village in the district of Zell am See, in the state of Salzburg in Austria.
Geography
It is situated in the Salzburg ''Pinzgau'' region, in the valley of the Urslau creek, a tributary of the S ...
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Mittersill
Mittersill (; ) is a city in the federal state of Salzburg, Austria, in the Pinzgau region of the Alps. It is located on the Salzach River. It has a population of 5,408 as of 2011.
Geography
Mittersill lies approximately 25 km to the west o ...
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Neukirchen am Großvenediger,
Niedernsill,
Piesendorf,
Rauris
Rauris is a municipality in Salzburg (state) in the area of Pinzgau in Austria. There are about 3,150 inhabitants living in Rauris.
Geography
The market town Rauris is located in the Pinzgau in the state Salzburg at the river Rauriser Ache at t ...
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Saalbach-Hinterglemm
Saalbach-Hinterglemm is a municipality in the district of Zell am See (district), Zell am See (Pinzgau region), in the Austrian States of Austria, state of Salzburg (state), Salzburg. It is well known for its skiing and other winter sports. A four ...
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Saalfelden
Saalfelden am Steinernen Meer is a town in the district of Zell am See in the Austrian state of Salzburg. With approximately 16,000 inhabitants, Saalfelden is the district's largest town and the third of the federal state after Salzburg and Hallein ...
,
St. Martin bei Lofer,
Stuhlfelden,
Taxenbach
Taxenbach is a market town in the district of Zell am See (Pinzgau region), in the state of Salzburg in Austria
Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federa ...
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Unken
Unken is a municipality in the district of Zell am See (Pinzgau region), in the state of Salzburg in Austria
Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federat ...
,
Uttendorf,
Viehhofen,
Wald im Pinzgau
Wald im Pinzgau is a municipality in the district of Zell am See (Pinzgau region), in the state of Salzburg in Austria.
Municipal divisions
The villages in the municipality, apart from Wald, are (further up the valley) Hinterwaldberg, Königslei ...
,
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, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It ...
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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 ...
.
Economy
The federal state's gross domestic product (GDP) was 29 billion € in 2018, accounting for 7.5% of the Austria's economic output. GDP per capita adjusted for purchasing power was 46,500 € or 154% of the EU27 average in the same year. Salzburg is the federal state with the highest GDP per capita in Austria before Vienna.
Architecture
The
Salzburg Cathedral
Salzburg Cathedral () is the seventeenth-century Baroque architecture, Baroque cathedral of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Salzburg in the city of Salzburg, Austria, dedicated to Rupert of Salzburg, Saint Rupert and Vergilius of Salzburg, Saint ...
was the first Baroque building in the German-speaking artistic world. Two other important buildings initiated by the Salzburg archbishops were
Hohenwerfen Castle
Hohenwerfen Castle () is a medieval rock castle, situated at an altitude of , on a rock pillar overlooking the Austrian market town of Werfen in the Salzach valley, approximately south of Salzburg. The fortress is surrounded by the Berchtesgad ...
and
Hohensalzburg Fortress
Hohensalzburg Fortress () is a large medieval fortress in the city of Salzburg, Austria. It sits atop the Festungsberg mountain at an altitude of 506 m. It was erected at the behest of the prince-archbishops of Salzburg. The fortress is long a ...
. The first
Archbishop of Salzburg
The Archdiocese of Salzburg (; ) is a Latin Church, Latin rite archdiocese of the Catholic Church centered in Salzburg, Austria. It is also the principal diocese of the ecclesiastical province of Salzburg. The archdiocese is one of two Austrian ...
was
Arno of Salzburg
Arno, Arn or Aquila (c. 750–821) was bishop of Salzburg, and afterwards its first archbishop. He preserved his voluminous correspondence from the scholar Alcuin of York.
Early years
He entered the church at an early age, and after passing ...
(785–821), in whose honor the world-famous hiking circuit — the Arnoweg — is named.
The predominant stylistic elements of Salzburg's architecture have their origins in the
Baroque
The Baroque ( , , ) is a Western Style (visual arts), style of Baroque architecture, architecture, Baroque music, music, Baroque dance, dance, Baroque painting, painting, Baroque sculpture, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished from ...
and the
Rococo
Rococo, less commonly Roccoco ( , ; or ), also known as Late Baroque, is an exceptionally ornamental and dramatic style of architecture, art and decoration which combines asymmetry, scrolling curves, gilding, white and pastel colours, sculpte ...
periods.
Salzburg City's historic centre was named by
UNESCO
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO ) is a List of specialized agencies of the United Nations, specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) with the aim of promoting world peace and International secur ...
as a
World Heritage Site
World Heritage Sites are landmarks and areas with legal protection under an treaty, international treaty administered by UNESCO for having cultural, historical, or scientific significance. The sites are judged to contain "cultural and natural ...
.
Language
The official
working language
A working language (also procedural language) is a language that is given a unique legal status in a supranational company, society, state or other body or organization as its primary means of communication. It is primarily the language of the dai ...
is
Austrian German
Austrian German (), Austrian Standard German (ASG), Standard Austrian German (), Austrian High German (), or simply just Austrian (), is the variety of Standard German written and spoken in Austria and South Tyrol. It has the highest prestige ( ...
, and it can be heard especially in the cities and formal contexts. The
vernacular
Vernacular is the ordinary, informal, spoken language, spoken form of language, particularly when perceptual dialectology, perceived as having lower social status or less Prestige (sociolinguistics), prestige than standard language, which is mor ...
language, typically spoken in informal settings and rural areas in Salzburg, is
Bavarian.
Visitors' attractions
*
Eisriesenwelt
The Eisriesenwelt (German for "World of the Ice Giants") is a natural limestone and ice cave located in Werfen, Austria, about 40 km south of Salzburg. The cave is inside the Hochkogel mountain in the Tennengebirge section of the Alps. It ...
: the largest ice cave in the world
*
Großglockner Hochalpenstraße: a panoramic road, called ''Grossglockner High Alpine Road''
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Salzkammergut
The Salzkammergut (, ; ) is a resort area in Austria, stretching from the city of Salzburg eastwards along the Alpine Foreland and the Northern Limestone Alps to the peaks of the Dachstein Mountains. The main river of the region is the Traun (r ...
: a lake district situated in Salzburg State,
Upper Austria
Upper Austria ( ; ; ) is one of the nine States of Austria, states of Austria. Its capital is Linz. Upper Austria borders Germany and the Czech Republic, as well as the other Austrian states of Lower Austria, Styria, and Salzburg (state), Salzbur ...
and
Styria
Styria ( ; ; ; ) is an Austrian Federal states of Austria, state in the southeast of the country. With an area of approximately , Styria is Austria's second largest state, after Lower Austria. It is bordered to the south by Slovenia, and cloc ...
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Liechtensteinklamm: Salzburg is home to one of the longest and deepest gorges of the
Alps
The Alps () are some of the highest and most extensive mountain ranges in Europe, stretching approximately across eight Alpine countries (from west to east): Monaco, France, Switzerland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Germany, Austria and Slovenia.
...
, the ''Liechtensteinklamm''. It is located near
Sankt Johann im Pongau
St. Johann im Pongau (''Saiga HÃ¥ns'' or ''Sainig HÃ¥ns'' in the local Pongau dialect, abbreviated St.Johann/Pg.) is a city in the States of Austria, state of Salzburg (state), Salzburg, Austria. It is the administrative centre of the St. Johann ...
or ''St.Johann/Pg.'', a small town in the centre of the federal state.
*
Nonnberg Abbey
Nonnberg Abbey () is a Order of Saint Benedict, Benedictine monastery in Salzburg, Austria. Founded by Saint Rupert of Salzburg, it is the oldest continuously existing convent, nunnery in the German-speaking world. The monastery complex is today ...
: a Benedictine monastery that was immortalized in the movie ''
The Sound of Music
''The Sound of Music'' is a musical with music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, and a book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse. It is based on the 1949 memoir of Maria von Trapp, '' The Story of the Trapp Family Singers''. ...
''
Sports
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Salzburgring
The Salzburgring is a motorsport race track located in Plainfeld, east of Salzburg.
Key facts
Track Length          Â
Bends                 15
Straights            ...
, a permanent racing circuit, north east of the city of
Salzburg
Salzburg is the List of cities and towns in Austria, fourth-largest city in Austria. In 2020 its population was 156,852. The city lies on the Salzach, Salzach River, near the border with Germany and at the foot of the Austrian Alps, Alps moun ...
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Ski Amadé
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Kitzsteinhorn
The Kitzsteinhorn is a mountain in the High Tauern range of the Central Eastern Alps in Austria. It is part of the Glockner Group and reaches a height of AA. The Kitzsteinhorn Glaciers are a popular ski area.
Geography
The mountain is located ...
, skiing the year round on a glacier
* Icespeedway in
St. Johann im Pongau
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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 ...
, 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 ...
Ski resorts
Altenmarkt im Pongau
Altenmarkt im Pongau is a small town in the Austrian state of Salzburg.
Geography
Altenmarkt is situated 65 km southeast of Salzburg.
Economy
The town is principally known for its winter tourism. It is also the location of the factory manufactur ...
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Flachau
Flachau is a village in the district of St. Johann im Pongau in the Austrian state of Salzburg, with a population of 2,802 (2016 data). Its numerous skiing facilities are part of the Ski Amadé network of ski areas, one of the largest in Europe.
...
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Wagrain
Wagrain (Austro-Bavarian: ''Wågroã'') is a market town in the St. Johann im Pongau District in the Austrian state of Salzburg. It is located in a high valley stretching from the Salzach at Sankt Johann in the west to the Enns river in the east. ...
,
St. Johann,
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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Saalbach-Hinterglemm
Saalbach-Hinterglemm is a municipality in the district of Zell am See (district), Zell am See (Pinzgau region), in the Austrian States of Austria, state of Salzburg (state), Salzburg. It is well known for its skiing and other winter sports. A four ...
),
Obertauern
Obertauern is a tourist destination which is located in the Radstädter Tauern in the Salzburger Land of Austria. The winter sports resort is separated in two communities: Tweng and Untertauern.
Geography
Obertauern lies in the southeast of th ...
,
Bad Gastein
Bad Gastein ( is a spa town in the St. Johann im Pongau District. Picturesquely situated in a high valley of the Hohe Tauern mountain range, it is known for the Gastein waterfall and a variety of grand hotel buildings.
Geography
Bad Gastein i ...
,
Rauris
Rauris is a municipality in Salzburg (state) in the area of Pinzgau in Austria. There are about 3,150 inhabitants living in Rauris.
Geography
The market town Rauris is located in the Pinzgau in the state Salzburg at the river Rauriser Ache at t ...
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Lofer
Lofer is a market town in the district of Zell am See in the Austrian state of Salzburg.
Geography
Lofer is located in the historic Pinzgau region, in the valley of the Saalach river between the Chiemgau Alps and Reiter Alpe in the north and eas ...
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Hochkönig
The Hochkönig is a mountain group containing the highest mountain (Hochkönig) in the Berchtesgaden Alps, Salzburgerland, Austria. The Berchtesgaden Alps form part of the Northern Limestone Alps.
Location
It lies to the west of the town of Bis ...
,
Krispl
Krispl is a municipality in the Hallein district in the Austrian state of Salzburg
Salzburg is the List of cities and towns in Austria, fourth-largest city in Austria. In 2020 its population was 156,852. The city lies on the Salzach, Salzach ...
Assorted statistics
* Tourist Regions: 21
* Resort Towns: 115
* Guest Beds: 192,000
* Lakes: 185
* Biggest lake:
Wolfgangsee
Lake Wolfgang () is a lake in Austria that lies mostly within the state of Salzburg and is one of the best known lakes in the Salzkammergut resort region. The municipalities on its shore are Strobl, St. Gilgen with the villages of Abersee and Ri ...
* Longest river:
Salzach
The Salzach (Austrian: �saltsax ) is a river in Austria and Germany. It is in length and is a right tributary of the Inn (river), Inn, which eventually joins the Danube. Its drainage basin of comprises large parts of the Northern Limeston ...
* Highest mountain:
Großvenediger
Großvenediger () is the main peak of the Venediger Group within the Hohe Tauern mountain range, on the border of the Austrian state of Tyrol (East Tyrol) with Salzburg. It is generally considered to be Austria's fourth highest mountain (although ...
— elevation
* Hiking paths:
* Hill farms: 1,800 — 550 of them serving refreshments
* National parks: 1
* Marked cycle paths:
* Mountainbike trails (including cross-border routes):
* Golf courses: 13
* Ski slopes:
* Cross-country ski trails:
* Night slopes: 14
* Winter hiking paths:
Notes
References
External links
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Salzburg Tourism
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