Schwarzach im Pongau

Schwarzach im Pongau
Schwarzach im Pongau
Postal code		5620
Area code	06415
Vehicle registration	JO
Website	www.gde-schwarzach.salzburg.at

Schwarzach im Pongau is a

Geography

It is located in the valley of the

In 1875, Schwarzach received access to the Salzburg-Tyrol Railway line (Giselabahn), running from the city of Salzburg through the Salzach valley to Wörgl in Tyrol, which decisively promoted the local economy. With the opening of the Tauern Railway across the Central Eastern Alps to Spittal an der Drau in Carinthia, the station became an important railway junction. Schwarzach was split off the Sankt Veit municipality in 1906 and received market rights two years later.

Notable people

• Adolf Krischanitz (born 1946), architect
• Patrick Reiter (born 1972), retired judoka
• Stefan Obermaier (born 1981), musician
• Andrea Fischbacher (born 1985), alpine skier, olympic champion
• Michaela Kirchgasser (born 1985), alpine skier
• Marco Salvatore (born 1986), football player
• Iris Strubegger (born 1984), fashion model
• Stefan Kraft (born 1993), ski jumper
• The author Thomas Bernhard (1931–1989), suffering from tuberculosis had to spend much time in the area as a patient at the sanatorium in nearby Sankt Veit. He made Schwarzach the setting of his first novel Frost published in 1963.
• Giuliana Olmos, Mexican tennis player

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