St. Wolfgang im Salzkammergut

Coordinates: 47°44′18″N 13°26′53″E / 47.73833°N 13.44806°E / 47.73833; 13.44806
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For the German municipality of Bavaria, see Sankt Wolfgang.
St. Wolfgang im Salzkammergut
Southwest view of St. Wolfgang im Salzkammergut
Southwest view of St. Wolfgang im Salzkammergut
Postal code
5360
Area code06138
Vehicle registrationGM
Websitemunicipal website

St. Wolfgang im Salzkammergut is a market town in central Austria, in the Salzkammergut region of Upper Austria, named after Saint Wolfgang of Regensburg.

Geography

The town is located in central

State of Salzburg) at the foot of the Schafberg
mountain.

Culture

St. Wolfgang's tourist attractions include the

White Horse Inn) and a pilgrimage church with a late Gothic altarpiece by Michael Pacher. The railway and the church are among the many St. Wolfgang locations featured in Christmas with Flicka, a 1987 American-Austrian television film starring the operatic mezzo-soprano Frederica von Stade, which was shot entirely in the town and its environs. (As well as being shown on America's PBS, the film was released on VHS, Laserdisc and DVD.)[3]

A destination spa, St. Wolfgang is also a popular winter skiing resort.

History

Saint Wolfgang erected the first church at the shore of the Wolfgangsee after he withdrew to the nearby

medieval
times, while the Weißes Rössl hotel was not built until 1878.

During World War II, a subcamp of the Dachau concentration camp was located here.[4]

  • Schafbergbahn
    Schafbergbahn
  • Parish church St. Wolfgang
    Parish church St. Wolfgang
  • Buildings in the town centre
    Buildings in the town centre

Transportation

St. Wolfgang can be reached via a branch of the B 158 Wolfgangsee Straße federal highway (Bundesstraße), running from the city of Salzburg to Bad Ischl.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Dauersiedlungsraum der Gemeinden Politischen Bezirke und Bundesländer - Gebietsstand 1.1.2018". Statistics Austria. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
  2. ^ "Einwohnerzahl 1.1.2018 nach Gemeinden mit Status, Gebietsstand 1.1.2018". Statistics Austria. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  3. ^ Christmas with Flicka, Kultur DVD, D2986 (1987).
  4. ^ "Linde, Land Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany - Pages: List of subcamps of Dachau - glosk" Archived 2009-02-09 at the Wayback Machine, www.glosk.com, 2010.

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