Vorderwaldberg

Vorderwaldberg ( scattered houses ) village
Basic data
Pole. District , state	Zell am See  (ZE), Salzburg
Pole. local community	Wald im Pinzgau   ( KG  Wald)
Coordinates	47 ° 15 '8 "  N , 12 ° 12' 54"  E Coordinates: 47 ° 15 '8 "  N , 12 ° 12' 54"  E
height	1150  m above sea level A.
Residents of the village	70 (January 1, 2020)
Post Code	5742
prefix	+ 43/06565
Statistical identification
Locality code	14331
Counting district / district	Wald im Pinzgau (50626 000)
Source: STAT : index of places ; BEV : GEONAM ; SAGIS

Vorderwaldberg is a scattered settlement in Oberpinzgau , the rear Salzachtal the district Zell am See / Pinzgau and location of the community forest in Pinzgau , on the southern edge of the Kitzbühel Alps .

geography

The settlements with around 90 inhabitants and 30 houses are located up the valley from Wald im Salzach Valley, on the southern slope of the Salzach Valley, the Vorderwaldberg , between 950  m and 1300  m above sea level. A. at Alten Gerlosstraße  B 165 .

For village area includes the wastelands Bachbauer and Watschbauer , and several other farmsteads , it extends about 2.3 km from east to west direction.

"Forest". Franzisco-Josephinische Landesaufnahme , sheet 30–47 Bruneck , around 1900
"Waldbg." Center left

Neighborhoods:

Lahn		Rosental (Neukirchen municipality)
	Forest

history

Vorderwaldberg is located on the old mule track from Mittersill as a trading hub over the Gerlospass (Pinzgauer Höhe) to Zell am Ziller . In 1631 it was expanded into a transport route. In 1962 the new Gerlos Alpine Road leading through Krimml was opened, the Dipl.-Ing. Franz Wallack , the builder of the Grossglockner High Alpine Road, had planned. The Alte Gerlosstraße lost its importance.

Tourism and sightseeing

The Sixt Chapel on the Sonnberg , below the Vorderwaldberg, on the Alte Gerlosstrasse ( 968 m above sea level ). The eyebright chapel, which is well worth seeing, is located below the Sixtus Chapel.

The Arnoweg runs through this village, coming from Hinterwaldberg and Lahn , as an ascent to the Pinzgau walk .

Individual evidence

• 50626 - Wald im Pinzgau. Community data, Statistics Austria .

1. ↑ ^{a b} story. In: www.wald.salzburg.at> Geschehen in Wald> Chronik> 1). Wald community, accessed in 2010 .  
2. ↑ Clemens M. Hutter: Arnoweg . 2nd Edition. Bergverlag Rother GmbH, Oberhaching 1999, ISBN 3-7633-4293-1 , Section 2 - Pinzgauer Grasberge , p. 93 .