Hinterwaldberg

Hinterwaldberg
Hinterwaldberg

Location within Austria

Coordinates: 47°14′52″N 12°09′17″E / 47.24778°N 12.15472°E / 47.24778; 12.15472Coordinates: 47°14′52″N 12°09′17″E / 47.24778°N 12.15472°E / 47.24778; 12.15472
Country Austria
State Salzburg
District Zell am See
Area
 • Total 42.3487 km2 (16.3509 sq mi)
Elevation 1,250 m (4,100 ft)
Population (1 January 2014)[1]
 • Total 128
 • Density 3.0/km2 (7.8/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 5742
Area code 06565
Vehicle registration ZE

Hinterwaldberg is a dispersed settlement in the Oberpinzgau, the upper Salzach valley and the district of Zell am See/Pinzgau, and is a village and Katastralgemeinde in the municipality of Wald im Pinzgau, on the southern edge of the Kitzbühel Alps in Austria.

Geography

The settlement, with about 130 inhabitants and 300 houses, lies on the southern slopes of the Salzach valley, the Hinterwaldberg, northwest and above the village of Wald, on the Old Gerlos Road (Alte Gerlosstraße), the L 133, which runs up to the Gerlos Pass (Pinzgauer Höhe), at heights of between 1,200–1,300 metres (3,940–4,270 ft).

The individual homesteads of Maut, Oberrankental, Reitlbauer, Seiten and Unterrankental, several farmsteads and the Ronachwirt inn. The Almdorf Königsleiten (1,896 metres or 6,220 feet) and its refuge hut, the Edelweißhaus (1,685 metres or 5,528 feet) at Gerlos, that belong to the Zillertal Arena ski area, were independent parishes several years ago, but now belong to the Katastralgemeinde.

In addition, Hinterwaldberg includes the following valleys, mountains and alms, that stretch north into the Kitzbühel Alps:

The Katastralgemeinde's territory includes the two high valleys of Salzachursprung and Nadernachbach, and the area between the Ochsenkopf in the west, the Schwebenkopf and Kröndlhorn in the north and the Gernkogel to the east, up to the state border with Tyrol. It measures 4,234.87 hectares (10,465 acres) in area and about 9.4 kilometres (5.8 mi) across at its widest point.

Neighbouring settlements:

Kelchsau (Hopfgarten im Brixental parish, Tyrol)
Königsleiten Lahn
Gerlos (Tyrol) Vorderkrimml

History

Hinterwaldberg lies on the old mule track (Saumpfad) from Mittersill as a trading hub on the route over the Gerlos Pass (Pinzgauer Höhe) to Zell am Ziller. It was upgraded into a cart track in 1631.[2] In 1962 the new Gerlos Alpine Road (Gerlos Alpenstraße) via Krimml (today part of the B 165 Mittersill – Hainzenberg) was opened, that had been planned by graduate engineer Franz Wallack, the builder of the Großglockner High Alpine Road (Großglockner Hochalpenstraße). Consequently the Old Gerlos Road (Alte Gerlosstraße, today the L 133) lost its importance.[2]

Tourism and places of interest

The Arno Trail (Arnoweg) runs through the village, having crossed the Salzach near Orgler after coming from Schloßberg. It then continues as a climbing path to the Pinzgauer Spaziergang above Lahn.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Statistik Austria - Bevölkerung zu Jahres- und Quartalsanfang, 2014-01-01.
  2. 1 2 "Geschichte". Gemeinde Wald; www.wald.salzburg.at > Geschehen in Wald > Chronik > 1). Retrieved 2010.
  3. ↑ Clemens M. Hutter (1999), "Abschnitt 2 – Pinzgauer Grasberge" (in German), Arnoweg (2nd ed. ed.), Oberhaching: Bergverlag Rother GmbH, pp. 93, ISBN 978-3-7633-4293-8
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