Schwarzach im Pongau

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Schwarzach im Pongau
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Schwarzach im Pongau
Location within Austria
Coordinates: 47°19′20″N13°9′0″E / 47.32222°N 13.15000°E / 47.32222; 13.15000 Coordinates: 47°19′20″N13°9′0″E / 47.32222°N 13.15000°E / 47.32222; 13.15000
Country Austria
State Salzburg
District St. Johann im Pongau
Government
 •  Mayor Hermann Steinlechner (SPÖ)
Area
[1]
 • Total3.2 km2 (1.2 sq mi)
Elevation
601 m (1,972 ft)
Population
 (2018-01-01) [2]
 • Total3,515
 • Density1,100/km2 (2,800/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
5620
Area code 06415
Vehicle registration JO
Website www.gde-schwarzach.salzburg.at

Schwarzach im Pongau is a market town in the St. Johann im Pongau District in the Austrian state of Salzburg.

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Geography

It is located in the valley of the Salzach river, between the Hohe Tauern mountain range (Goldberg and Ankogel groups) in the south and the Salzburg Slate Alps in the north. The municipal area is quite small, enclosed by the neighbouring municipalities of Sankt Veit and Goldegg.

History

Schwarzach in the Archbishopric of Salzburg was first mentioned in a 1074 deed. Schernberg Castle west of the town centre, a 12th-century fortress, was purchased by Archbishop Friedrich von Schwarzenberg in 1845 and turned into the site of a brewery (Brauerei Schwarzach). Soon after, the business was relocated to Schwarzach centre and the castle was converted into a charitable mental hospital run by the Daughters of Charity. During the Austrian Anschluss to Nazi Germany from 1938 to 1945, the Daughters fought against compulsory sterilization and the Action T4 "euthanasia" programme, but could not save their patients.

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.

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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.
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