Salzburg-Umgebung District

The Bezirk Salzburg-Umgebung (German, "surrounding area of Salzburg") is an administrative district (Bezirk) in the federal state of Salzburg, Austria, and congruent with the Flachgau region, except for the Statutarstadt of Salzburg, which forms a district of its own.

Salzburg-Umgebung District Bezirk Salzburg-Umgebung
District
Country	Austria
State	Salzburg
Number of municipalities	37
Area
• Total	1,004.36 km^2 (387.79 sq mi)
Population  (2009)
• Total	140,914
• Density	140/km^2 (360/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)

District map divided per municipalities (click to enlarge)

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1869	37,004	—
1880	38,261	+3.4%
1890	40,722	+6.4%
1900	41,928	+3.0%
1910	45,313	+8.1%
1923	47,522	+4.9%
1934	49,736	+4.7%
1939	50,009	+0.5%
1951	64,236	+28.4%
1961	70,913	+10.4%
1971	85,032	+19.9%
1981	98,733	+16.1%
1991	118,137	+19.7%
2001	135,104	+14.4%
Source: Statistik Austria & Statistik Austria - P. 197

Area of the district is 1,004.36 km², with a population of 140,914 (January 1, 2009),[1] and population density 140 persons per km². Administrative center of the district is Salzburg.

Administrative divisions

The district is divided into 37 municipalities, three of them are towns, and six of them are market towns.

Towns

1. Neumarkt am Wallersee (5,420)
2. Oberndorf bei Salzburg (5,431)
3. Seekirchen am Wallersee (9,344)

Market towns

1. Eugendorf (6,118)
2. Grödig (6,638)
3. Mattsee (2,850)
4. Obertrum (4,208)
5. Straßwalchen (6,752)
6. Thalgau (6,712)

Municipalities

1. Anif (4,048)
2. Anthering (3,108)
3. Bergheim (4,839)
4. Berndorf bei Salzburg (1,578)
5. Bürmoos (4,418)
6. Dorfbeuern (1,392)
7. Ebenau (1,348)
8. Elixhausen (2,681)
9. Elsbethen (5,117)
10. Faistenau (2,850)
11. Fuschl am See (1,334)
12. Göming (607)
13. Großgmain (2,416)
14. Hallwang (3,499)
15. Henndorf am Wallersee (4,647)
16. Hintersee (460)
17. Hof bei Salzburg (3,405)
18. Koppl (3,037)
19. Köstendorf (2,453)
20. Lamprechtshausen (3,140)
21. Nußdorf am Haunsberg (2,176)
22. Plainfeld (1,131)
23. Sankt Georgen bei Salzburg (2,728)
24. Sankt Gilgen (3,683)
25. Schleedorf (882)
26. Seeham (1,677)
27. Strobl (3,453)
28. Wals-Siezenheim (11,024)

(population numbers May 15, 2001)

Notable Citizens

• Leopold Kohr was born in Oberndorf near Salzburg.
• Andreas Maislinger was born in St. Georgen near Salzburg.
• Carl Zuckmayer lived in Henndorf near Salzburg from 1933 to 1938.

Traditions

• The Aperschnalzen is an old tradition of competitive whipcracking.

References

1. Bevölkerungsstand 1.1.2009(PDF)

External links

Media related to Salzburg-Umgebung District at Wikimedia Commons

• Official Touristic Website of Salzburg-Umgebung