Scheffau am Tennengebirge is a municipality in the
Hallein district of
Salzburg,
Austria.
Geography
The municipality of Scheffau am Tennengebirge lies in the southern
Tennengau of the Salzburger Land. The River
Lammer flows through its territory. Its subordinate parishes are: Unterscheffau, Oberscheffau, Voregg, Wallingwinkl, Weitenau. Its
Katastralgemeinden are Scheffau, Voregg und Weitenau.
The villages lies at the foot of the
Tennengebirge
The Tennen Mountains (german: Tennengebirge) 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 i ...
mountain range that rises to a height of and, to the south, forms the boundary with Pongau. To the north the municipality includes part of the Ostern Group which is up to high. The centre of the municipality is in the Lammer valley in Unterscheffau and Oberscheffau.
References
Tennen Mountains
Cities and towns in Hallein District
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