Zell am See district

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Bezirk Hallein (Tennengau) Salzburg Bezirk Salzburg-Umgebung (Flachgau) Bezirk St. Johann im Pongau Bezirk Tamsweg (Lungau) Bezirk Zell am See (Pinzgau)Location of the Zell am See district in the state of Salzburg (clickable map)
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Basic data
state Salzburg
NUTS III region AT-322
Administrative headquarters Zell am See
surface 2642 km²
Residents 87,628 (January 1, 2020)
Population density 33 inhabitants / km²
License Plate ZE
District Commission
District Captain Bernhard Gratz
website BH Zell am See
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Bramberg am Wildkogel Bruck an der Großglocknerstraße Dienten am Hochkönig Fusch an der Großglocknerstraße Hollersbach im Pinzgau Kaprun Krimml Lend Leogang Lofer Maishofen Maria Alm am Steinernen Meer Mittersill Neukirchen am Großvenediger Niedernsill Piesendorf Rauris Saalbach-Hinterglemm Saalfelden am Steinernen Meer Sankt Martin bei Lofer Stuhlfelden Taxenbach Unken Uttendorf Viehhofen Wald im Pinzgau Weißbach bei Lofer Zell am See Salzburg (Bundesland)Location of the municipality of Zell am See district in the Zell am See district (clickable map)
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District authority Zell am See in Zell am See

The Zell am See district is one of six political districts in the state of Salzburg . It is congruent with the Pinzgau , one of the five districts of the Austrian state.

The name Pinzgau comes from the rushes that used to occur along the still unregulated Salzach . In the east the district borders on the Pongau , in the west on the state of Tyrol , in the north on Bavaria , Germany and in the south from west to east on South Tyrol ( Italy ), East Tyrol and Carinthia .

The Zell am See district is the third largest district in Austria in terms of area.

history

In 923 the counties of Upper , Middle and Lower Pinzgau are mentioned in documents. First part of the state of Bavaria, the Pinzgau was under the rule of the Salzburg prince archbishops from 1328 to 1803 . After the Pinzgau was under Bavarian administration for a short time from 1810, it came to Upper Austria with Salzburg in 1816 . With the creation of a separate crown land of Salzburg in 1848, a state constitution was issued, which also brought about new regulations for the state administration and the introduction of municipal regulations. The district administration was housed in Saalfelden from 1850 to 1854 and then returned to Zell am See .

Geography and traffic

The landscape of the Pinzgau encompasses the catchment areas of the Upper Salzach (from the Gerlospass to the confluence of the Gasteiner Ache ) and the upper Saalach (from Saalbach-Hinterglemm to the German border at the Steinpass ). After leaving the Glemmtal, the Saalach flows through a basin that extends north-south and is open to the upper Salzach valley, in which the city of Zell am See lies in the south and the city of Saalfelden in the north. At Maishofen , which is located between these two cities, the watershed between the Saalach (here 757 m above sea level) and the Zeller See (750 m above sea level), which is only three and a half kilometers away and drains south to the Salzach, is less than ten meters above the Saalach.

Since the Pinzgau borders Germany north of Lofer and borders Italy on the main Alpine ridge (ridge of the Hohen Tauern ) in the Venediger group and the Granatspitz group , all inner Austrian traffic routes to and from North Tyrol and Vorarlberg lead through this district. Since 1873/75 it was opened up by the Salzburg-Tyrolean Railway . Transalpine traffic between Germany and Italy has only touched the area since the Großglockner High Alpine Road was built in 1935, due to the difficulty in negotiating the Hohe Tauern. Another important north-south connection to East Tyrol was created in 1967 with the opening of the Felbertauern tunnel . From the Hohe Tauern, the Glockner group also belongs to the Pinzgau. The district also has a share in the Mitteralpen around the Glemmtal, the Steinerne Meer , the Dientener mountains and the Loferer Steinberge . The Leogang Mountains encompass almost completely.

The Pinzgauer Höhenweg is a long-distance hiking trail leading over mountains , which leads from Obertauern (Sankt Johann im Pongau district) via Zell am See to the west into the Kitzbühel Alps and continues in Tyrol.

Landscape structure

All communities of the old judicial district Mittersill from Krimml in the west to Niedernsill belong to the Oberpinzgau . To the east joins the Unterpinzgau , to which all places of the old judicial district Taxenbach , Piesendorf * , Kaprun * , as well as Bruck and Fusch belong. The cities of Zell am See and Saalfelden with the surrounding Pinzgau communities north of the Upper and Lower Pinzgau form the Mitterpinzgau .

*The boundaries are not always seen clearly. Often Piesendorf and Kaprun are also counted as part of the Oberpinzgau.

Recently, a division into four sub-regions has also been rumored:

  • Oberpinzgau, Unterpinzgau, "Pinzgauer Zentralraum" and "Unteres Saalachtal"

The latter name is incorrect from a geographical point of view, as only the middle reaches of the Saalach are located in this area.

Administrative division

The Zell am See district covers an area of ​​2,642.26 km² in the entire south-west of the state and is divided into the following 28 communities , which include three towns and four market communities. The population figures are from January 1st, 2020

Municipalities in the Zell am See district.png

local community location Ew km² Ew / km² Judicial district region Type
Bramberg am Wildkogel
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Bramberg am Wildkogel in the ZE.png district 3,935 117.27 34 Zell am See Oberpinzgau local community
Bruck an der Großglocknerstrasse
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Bruck an der Großglocknerstrasse in the ZE.png district 4,802 45.68 105 Zell am See Unterpinzgau local community
Served on the Hochkönig
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Served on the Hochkönig in the ZE.png district 736 49.79 15th Zell am See Unterpinzgau local community
Fusch on Grossglocknerstrasse
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Fusch on Großglocknerstrasse in the ZE.png district 714 158.05 4.5 Zell am See Unterpinzgau local community
Hollersbach in Pinzgau
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Hollersbach im Pinzgau in the ZE.png district 1,244 76.95 16 Zell am See Oberpinzgau local community
Kaprun
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Kaprun in the ZE.png district 3.130 100.23 31 Zell am See Oberpinzgau local community
Krimml
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Krimml in the ZE.png district 830 169.46 4.9 Zell am See Oberpinzgau local community
Loin
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Lend in the ZE.png district 1,282 29.35 44 Zell am See Unterpinzgau local community
Leogang
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Leogang in the ZE.png district 3,358 90.36 37 Zell am See Mitterpinzgau local community
Lofer
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Lofer in the ZE.png district 2,059 55.67 37 Zell am See Mitterpinzgau market
community
Maishofen
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Maishofen in the ZE.png district 3,643 29.53 123 Zell am See Mitterpinzgau local community
Maria Alm at the Stone Sea
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Maria Alm am Steinernen Meer in the ZE.png district 2,207 125.49 18th Zell am See Mitterpinzgau local community
Mittersill
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Mittersill in the ZE.png district 5,490 132.02 42 Zell am See Oberpinzgau urban
community
Neukirchen am Großvenediger
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Neukirchen am Großvenediger in the ZE.png district 2,593 165.98 16 Zell am See Oberpinzgau market
community
Niedernsill
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Niedernsill in the ZE.png district 2,736 57.44 48 Zell am See Oberpinzgau local community
Piesendorf
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Piesendorf in the ZE.png district 3.816 50.93 75 Zell am See Oberpinzgau local community
Rauris
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Rauris in the ZE.png district 3,036 253.33 12 Zell am See Unterpinzgau market
community
Saalbach-Hinterglemm
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Saalbach-Hinterglemm in the ZE.png district 2,859 125.53 23 Zell am See Mitterpinzgau local community
Saalfelden at the Stone Sea
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Saalfelden am Steinernen Meer in the ZE.png district 16,705 118.46 141 Zell am See Mitterpinzgau urban
community
Saint Martin near Lofer
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Sankt Martin bei Lofer in the ZE.png district 1,176 63.58 18th Zell am See Mitterpinzgau local community
Stuhlfelden
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Stuhlfelden in the ZE.png district 1,588 29.62 54 Zell am See Oberpinzgau local community
Taxenbach
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Taxenbach in the ZE.png district 2,704 88.31 31 Zell am See Unterpinzgau market
community
Toads
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Unken in the ZE.png district 1.917 108.88 18th Zell am See Mitterpinzgau local community
Uttendorf
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Uttendorf in the ZE.png district 3,037 167.75 18th Zell am See Oberpinzgau local community
Viehhofen
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Viehhofen in the ZE.png district 607 38.62 16 Zell am See Mitterpinzgau local community
Forest in Pinzgau
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Wald im Pinzgau in the ZE.png district 1,139 69.28 16 Zell am See Oberpinzgau local community
Weißbach near Lofer
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Weißbach bei Lofer in the ZE.png district 406 69.57 5.8 Zell am See Mitterpinzgau local community
Zell am See
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Zell am See in the ZE.png district 9,879 55.12 179 Zell am See Mitterpinzgau urban
community

The communities are further subdivided into cadastral communities .

Population development


Culture

The Pinzgau, as part of the Inner Mountains , has a very independent folk culture. In the dialect language, Pinzgau , a sub-form of Middle Bavarian , the Salzburg elements, which are related to Pongau , mix with western Tyrolean elements, in Upper Pinzgau with southern Bavarian (South / East Tyrolean) influence.

The healing knowledge of the Pinzgau women , accumulated knowledge about the remedies and their practical application in the Pinzgau (a list of 106 remedies, their indications and effects is recorded), was in 2010 as Intangible World Heritage , as it was declared by UNESCO, in the Austria List (National Cultural Property ) recorded. The Hundstoaranggeln on the Hohen Hundstein was also included, a fight ritual ( Ranggeln ) and one of the oldest sports that is carried out in the Alpine region.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. regions in the Pinzgau regpi.at,
  2. Statistics Austria - Population at the beginning of 2002–2020 by municipalities (area status 01/01/2020)
  3. ^ Cadastral communities in Pinzgau
  4. ^ Healing knowledge of the Pinzgau women ( Memento from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ). nationalagentur.unesco.at
  5. Hundstoaranggeln ( Memento from January 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive ). nationalagentur.unesco.at

Web links

Commons : District of Zell am See  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 47 ° 17 ′ 0 ″  N , 12 ° 42 ′ 0 ″  E