Flachgau - Flachgau

The Flachgau is a region in the state Salzburg. As an administrative unit, it is identical in area to the political one Salzburg area The statutory city of Salzburg also belongs to the geographical region.

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Flachgau in the state of Salzburg

Regions

The city of Salzburg lies in the middle of the Salzburg basin, it is traversed by the Salzach and its tributaries Saalach and Königsseeache. That is to the north of that Salzburg Alpine Foreland. I'm in it Salzburg lake area (identical to the more touristy name Salzburg Lake District) are the Wallersee and the Trumer Lakes (Obertrumersee, Grabensee, Mattsee). In contrast, the Fuschlsee and Wolfgangsee with the surrounding communities belong to the east of the Flachgau Salzkammergut, a region that also affects the federal states Upper Austria and Styria extends.

The Flachgau borders in the south on the Tennengau, to the east and north to that Upper Innviertel in Upper Austria and in the west Bavaria, in particular to the Rupertigau (also: Rupertiwinkel), an area that also belonged to Salzburg until the beginning of the 19th century.

places

Located in Flachgau - next to the state capital Salzburg - the following municipalities:

Other goals

background

To the Flachgau belongs to the political district of Salzburg-Umgebung including the area of ​​the state capital Salzburgwho are politically as Statutory city is independent. Today's borders to Germany have existed since the state reorganization of Europe after the Napoleonic Wars and were established in 1816. For the former flat land (in contrast to the mountain regions of Salzburg) has subsequently been based on the mountain districts Pinzgau, Pongau and Lungau the name Flachgau naturalized.

language

The Salzburg dialect in Flachgau is not very pronounced and its sound is similar to that of Upper Austria.

getting there

  • By train:
In the north of the Flachgau you can either continue from Salzburg with the Salzburg Local Railway or from Germany on the railway line Mühldorf–Freilassing with exit in To run, the Bavarian neighboring town of Oberndorf near Salzburg.
The S 2 to Straßwalchen runs through the northeast of the Flachgau (Sazburg Lake District) on the western railway line.
The east of Flachgau (Salzkammergut) cannot be reached by train.
  • In the street:
  • The Western motorwayA1 connects Salzburg with Linz and Vienna, on Walserberg it goes over to the German A8
  • The goes from the Salzburg node Tauern AutobahnA10 across the Alps to Carinthia.

Along the Salzach leads as a long-distance cycle path Tauern bike path.

The Austrian one runs through the north of the FlachgauWay of St. James.

mobility

In the Flachgau there are the following train and bus lines, the final destinations of which are mostly outside the Flachgau. All of the above-mentioned, touristic bus routes start on Salzburg Central Station.

  • S-Bahn lines of the SVV(Salzburg Transport Association)
Timetable information and downloads are possible on
* SIA timetable search
* ÖBB timetable search
  • Post buses in the SIA:
* Line 120: Salzburg – Bergheim-Lengfelden - Elixhausen – Seekirchen am Wallersee – Obertrum am See – Seeham – Mattsee
* Line 130: Salzburg – Eugendorf – Henndorf am Wallersee – Neumarkt am Wallersee – Straßwalchen
* Line 140: Salzburg – Eugendorf – Thalgau – Mondsee
* Line 150: Salzburg – Court near Salzburg – St. Gilgen – Strobl – Bad Ischl
* Line 160: Salzburg – Elsbethen – Puch near Hallein – Oberalm – Hallein
* Line 170: Salzburg – Anif – Grödig – Hallein – Golling on the Salzach
* Line 180: Salzburg – Salzburg Airport – Grossgmain – Bavarian Gmain – Bad Reichenhall
* Line 260: Salzburg – Salzburg Airport – Bad Reichenhall – Lofer – Zell am See
Further bus lines and timetable download on postbus.at (in the search term field for the state "Salzburg" enter).
* Line 840: Salzburg – Anif – Grödig-St. Leonhard - Marktschellenberg – Berchtesgaden
Schedule download on rvo-bus.de (in the search term field "Salzburg" enter).

Tourist Attractions

  • Wallersee
  • Fuschlsee
  • Salzburg open-air museum, in Großgmain.

activities

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literature

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