Bischofshofen

Bischofshofen

Coat of arms
Bischofshofen

Location within Austria

Coordinates: 47°25′2″N 13°13′10″E / 47.41722°N 13.21944°E / 47.41722; 13.21944Coordinates: 47°25′2″N 13°13′10″E / 47.41722°N 13.21944°E / 47.41722; 13.21944
Country Austria
State Salzburg
District St. Johann im Pongau
Government
 • Mayor Jakob Rohrmoser (ÖVP)
Area
 • Total 49.62 km2 (19.16 sq mi)
Elevation 544 m (1,785 ft)
Population (1 January 2014)[1]
 • Total 10,310
 • Density 210/km2 (540/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 5500
Area code 06462
Vehicle registration JO
Website www.bischofshofen.sbg.at

Bischofshofen (population 10,352 [2012]) is a city located in the Salzach valley in the Alps, in the District of Pongau in the Austrian state of Salzburg.

The city is an important railway hub and lies at the Tauernautobahn, a highway route through the Alps.

Villages in Bischofshofen and population

Education

In Bischofshofen there are:

History

In Neolithic times local Celtic tribes mined copper and salt in the nearby hills. Later, the Celts were conquered by or assimilated into the expanding Roman Empire. A Bavarian monastery was founded through the graces of the Archbishop of Salzburg and a noble family from Oberalm. Slavonic tribes later destroyed this monastery. In the 12th century, the Archbishop of Salzburg gifted St. Maxmillian's church with the gold- and gem-encrusted relic St. Rubert's crucifix.[2] Bischofshoven rose to become an administrative center and residence for the bishops of Chiemsee. It declined through the turbulent 16th century with its natural disasters, economic decline and religious warfare. Finally it re-emerged as a railway hub in the late 19th century.[3]

Sports

The final competition of the traditional Four Hills Tournament in ski jumping is held annually at the Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze in Bischofshofen around 6 January. The large hill ski jumping events at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1999 took place in Bischofshofen.

Politics

City Council

The political parties represented in the Bischofshofen City Council are:[4]

City Mayor

The city mayor is Jakob Rohrmoser (ÖVP).[5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Statistik Austria - Bevölkerung zu Jahres- und Quartalsanfang, 2014-01-01.
  2. ↑ Czerniewicz-Umer, et al. Eyewitness Travel: Austria. 2010. http://books.google.com/books?id=q9wLHcNXzDgC&pg=PA228&lpg=PA228&dq=history+of+bischofshofen&source=bl&ots=v4tfGMfzd1&sig=ceRi9NEajO8bRg87vVkBQfEwUO4&hl=en&sa=X&ei=_J_AUflF5efTAbu9gZgM&ved=0CGAQ6AEwCTgy#v=onepage&q=history%20of%20bischofshofen&f=false
  3. ↑ Visit Salzburg. http://www.visit-salzburg.net/surroundings/bischofshofen.htm
  4. ↑ http://www.bischofshofen.sbg.at/sites/gemeindevertretung.php
  5. ↑ http://www.bischofshofen.sbg.at/sites/buergermeister.php

External links

External links

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