Hallein (district)

Hallein ( district ) locality cadastral community Hallein
Basic data
Pole. District , state	Hallein  (HA), Salzburg
Judicial district	Hallein
Pole. local community	Hallein
Coordinates	47 ° 40 '55 "  N , 13 ° 5' 39"  E Coordinates: 47 ° 40 '55 "  N , 13 ° 5' 39"  E
height	447  m above sea level A.
Residents of the village	7104 (January 1, 2020)
Area  d. KG	k. A.  Help
Post Code	5400 Hallein
prefix	+ 43/6245 (Hallein)
Statistical identification
Locality code	13628
Cadastral parish number	56209
Counting district / district	Hallein center (50205 000)
Hallein Town Hall
Source: STAT : index of places ; BEV : GEONAM ; SAGIS

Hallein is a village , a cadastral municipality and a district of Hallein with 7,104 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in the Hallein district in the Salzburg region in Austria .

geography

location

The Hallein district is located in the Hallein Basin east of the Dürrnberg and west of the Salzburg-Tyrolean Railway .

Neighboring districts

	Au	Neualm
Bad Durrnberg		Semolina
	Gamp	Keep

Old town

The old town of Hallein is located in this district and consists of a large number of medieval buildings. The entire old town is under monument protection. From the 1980s onwards, a facade campaign on the occasion of the 750th anniversary, the bypassing the old town via the Pernerinsel , the construction of a pedestrian zone, uniform paving and other measures resulted in a significant improvement in the cityscape and quality of life.

Keep

The area east of the Salzach and west of the Salzburg-Tiroler-Bahn, in which the Hallein-Burgfried cemetery, the Hallein-Burgfried elementary school and the Salzachtal Straße are located, is officially part of the Hallein district. The city of Hallein reports this area to Statistics Austria under the Hallein district and not under the independent Burgfried district .

Culture and sights

See also:  List of listed objects in Hallein A – H

See also:  List of listed objects in Hallein I – O

See also:  List of listed objects in Hallein P – Z

Flood

High water mark on Augustinergasse 5

Completely flooded bicycle underpass of the city bridge (2013)

Hallein, and especially the old town of Hallein, was repeatedly inundated by floods . A memorial stone ( flood monument on Salzachtalstrasse ) was erected for the Salzach flood in 1508 , which bears a marking of the water level at that time and describes a large-scale flooding of the city with much damage. In the centuries that followed, there were repeated reports of floods caused by high water levels in the Salzach, most recently in 2002 and 2013.

In addition to the Salzach, the Kotbach flowing down from the Dürrnberg and the Almbach coming from the Wiestal can also pose a flood hazard. For example, on August 10, 1976, continuous rainfalls turned the Kotbach into a raging brook, which doused the old town with masses of water. During the floods in Central Europe in 2002 , the Almbach overflowed its banks meters high.

After the devastating flood of 2002, numerous flood protection measures were initiated:

• Conversion of the weir system at the Sohlstufe-Hallein hydropower plant (weir field lowering including bed load control measures)
• Combination of river engineering measures ( groynes , widening) and linear protective structures (dams and walls)
• Eight pumping stations on the Salzach and Almbach for orderly hinterland drainage

In a study commissioned by the Salzburg Chamber of Commerce , a comparison was made between the 2002 flood without flood protection and the 2013 flood with largely completed flood protection:

year	Damage in €	Disaster aid in €
2002	4,419,078	1,973,034
2013	287,653	89,335

The authors therefore come to the conclusion that, in comparison to investments, considerably greater economic damage can be prevented through prevention .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
2. ↑ Walk through Hallein's old town. Accessed January 1, 2020 . 
3. ↑ Salzburgwiki. Accessed January 1, 2020 . 
4. ^ Hallein, Stadt im Wandel der Zeit, published by Stadtgemeinde Hallein, 2015, page 50ff
5. ↑ A look at the community 50205 - Hallein. Retrieved June 25, 2019 . 
6. ^ Hallein district. Retrieved June 25, 2019 . 
7. ↑ Burgfried district. Retrieved June 25, 2019 . 
8. ↑ Flood 1508 in Hallein. In: salzburgwiki.at. Retrieved May 4, 2020 . 
9. ^ History of the Hallein fire brigade. In: Voluntary Fire Brigade City of Hallein. Retrieved May 4, 2020 . 
10. ↑ Flood protection Salzach-Hallein value creation analysis. In: wko.at. Retrieved May 4, 2020 .