!!!Altenmarkt im Pongau

Altenmarkt im Pongau, province of Salzburg, market town in the 
district of St. Johann, alt. 843 m, pop. 3,046, area 
48.63 km%%sup 2/%, winter sports centre in upper Ennstal Valley. 
- Provincial youth hostel, day clinic, skiing museum; biseasonal 
tourism (570,000 overnight stays, predominantly winter tourism), 
timber processing, ski factory, knitwear factory. - Altenmarkt is 
known as the oldest settlement in the Ennstal Valley, originally Roman 
("Ani"), called "Rastat" until the 13th century; deanery church (end 
of 14th century) with Madonna (limestone, 1393) and Pietà 
(1394); old Alpine Paarhoefe and Haufenhoefe (types of farmhouse). One 
of the few charnel-houses in the province of Salzburg ("Annakapelle", 
1395) is located in Altenmarkt - The ski area around Lake Zauchensee 
with gondola cableway ("Schwarzwandbahn") up Gamskogel mountain 
(2,186 m) are in the vicinity.

!Further reading
J. Brettenthaler (ed.), Altenmarkt. Chronik zur 
900-Jahrfeier der Pfarre Altenmarkt im Pongau, 1974.


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