!!!Lofer

Lofer, province of Salzburg, market town in the district of Zell am 
See, alt. 626 m, pop. 1,855, area 55.64 km%%sup 2/%, 
bi-seasonal tourist resort (308,997 overnight stays) where the 
Loferbach stream flows into the River Saalach, at the northern foot of 
the Loferer Steinberge mountains. - Ammunition depot of the Federal 
Armed Forces, combined power and district heating plant burning 
wood-chips, Loferer Almbahn (mountain railway) to Loderbichl (alt. 
999 m) and Loferer Alm (alpine pasture area); mountain railway 
most important business factor; apart from hotel and tourist trade 
mainly wood processing. - Gothic parish church with north tower built 
between 1315-1338, 1678 enlarged in Baroque style, with Gothic frescos 
(15%%sup th/%  century), Madonna with child (1500), Baroque side 
altars, high altar (1901); plague column (1564, oldest in Salzburg); 
densely built-up centre: former archiepiscopal brewery (portal 1667), 
town hall (centre 16%%sup th/%  century), Heimathaus (local heritage 
museum); remains of fortifications at the border with Tirol at Strub 
pass (guard-house and remains of concrete dam, 1621, 1809 blasted, 
1983-1984 unearthed and partly rebuilt); old narrow foot path for log 
driving leading from Teufelsschlucht gorge along the river Saalach 
towards Unken.

!Literature
S. Hinterseer, Heimatchronik Lofer-St. Martin, 1982.


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