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Salzburg (German: Salzburg or Salzburgerland) is one of the smaller states of Austria. It has an area of about 7,100 km² and there are 500,000 people. Most of the area is covered by the Alps and only the northern part is flat. There you can find the largest city and capital of the state, Salzburg. The most important forms of income are tourism and agriculture. The arts are an important part of the Salzburger tradition: home to Mozart, the annual Salzburg Festival, and the mystery play Jedermann (Everyman). Salzburg state also shares much of its rural regional culture with neighboring Bavaria and Tyrol. This makes it a wonderful place to experience both the high culture of the Mozart era and the true alpine Austrian culture at its purest.
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Schafberg Railway
Ride a metre-gauge, steam-operated cog railway that began service in 1893.
Munich Airport is a larger alernative that is farther away from the state.
Read in the guideSalzburg is serviced by the OEBB (Austrian Federal Rail Service). There are Intercity services to all major cities around plus a good network of regional trains (S-Bahn).
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capital of the state of Salzburg and largest city in the area
Bad Gastein is a small city in the eastern part of the Alps, in the Salzburg region in Austria. It is located in the middle of the Hohe Tauern National Park in the Salzburg region, and gets visitors all year around.
Bischofshofen is in the state of Salzburg.
Flachau is a village in Salzburg, Austria in the Ski amadé ski area, one of the largest ski areas in Austria.
Hallein is in Salzburg, Austria with 19,000 inhabitants. It is the main town of the Tennengau region .
Kaprun is a town in the Zell am See district of Salzburg, Austria. Kaprun is best known internationally for its remarkable mountain railways.
Krimml is in the Pinzgau-Valley in the state of Salzburg, Austria. Krimmel is at the border of the Nationalpark Hohe Tauern and offers many possibilities for hiking and mountain biking.
St. Johann im Pongau is the main city of the Pongau Region.
famous for being the place the "Silent Night, Holy Night" carol was first performed
Tamsweg (German pronunciation: [ˈtamsˌveːk] ) is a market town in the Austrian state of Salzburg near the border with Styria. It is the administrative centre of Tamsweg District (Bezirk) and the largest town of the Salzburg Lungau region.
Zell am See is an alpine city in the Zell Valley in Salzburg, Austria, and the capital of its own administrative district. Its name refers to the 68 m deep lake (See in German) with which it shares the valley.
The Nationalpark Hohe Tauern is the biggest national park in Austria and one of the biggest in Europe. Well-known sights of the national park are the Krimml Waterfalls, the Umbal Falls, the Innergschlöss Glacier Trail (Matrei in Osttirol) and the Franz-Josefs-Höhe on the Großglockner.
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