Salzburg
Salzburg is a federal state in Austria. With 7,154 km², 526,000 inhabitants (as of 2005), the city of Salzburg with its own statute includes the districts of Hallein, Salzburg area, Sankt Johann im Pongau, Tamsweg and Zell am See. The capital is Salzburg.
In the north, Salzburg borders on Germany and stretches from the northern edge of the Alps to the south across the Limestone Alps and around the valley landscapes of the Salzach to the summit of the Hohe Tauern and west of the Niedere Tauern into the upper Murtal. In a northwesterly direction, Salzburg protrudes into the foothills of the Alps. In the east it has a share in the Salzkammergut. The main residential area is the foothills of the Alps with the core area of ??Salzburg/Hallein. Over 60% of the population lives here.
history
The Salzburg area belonged to the Roman province of Noricum, created in AD 45. Salzburg has been the archbishopric since 798, and a closed dominion was formed in the 10th century. Since the 13th century, Salzburg has been the state sovereignty in the entire area from the lower Salzach and Alz to the Tauernkamm and from the Gerlos Pass to the Murtal. It was Salt and copper ore mining operated. The middle of the 16th century was the heyday of gold and silver mining in Gastein and Rauris. A prince-archbishopric until 1803, after the confiscation Salzburg became an electorate as a Habsburg secundogeniture (Compensation for Grand Duke Ferdinand III for the loss of Tuscany), Austrian since 1816. (1806-1810 under French administration; 1810-1816 Bavarian);
From 1850 Austrian
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