Neukirchen am Großvenediger#

Neukirchen am Grossvenediger, province of Salzburg, market town in the district of Zell am See, alt. 857m, pop. 2,479, area 165.87 km2, situated on the River Salzach in the Oberpinzgau region in the Hohe Tauern National Park, bi-seasonal tourism (372,866 overnight stays). - Administration of the Salzburg National Park Fund, training centre of the Austrian mountain rescue services, youth hostel, ropeway to the Wildkogel mountain (monocable ropeway to the Gensbichlscharte saddle, 2,091m, Wildkogel mountain to the northeast, 2,224m). Gothic parish church with a single nave and Gothic north tower, interior with Baroque alterations; high altar (1781) with figure of the Virgin Mary (around 1500), pulpit (1767), 14 paintings of the way of the Cross (around 1780). Hochneukirchen Castle (first documented mention around 1126, today houses archives and kindergarten). Nearby, the ruins of Hieburg and Sulzau Castles, Sulzbachfall waterfalls. Traditional farmhouses: Paarhoefe (residential building and livestock buildings are separated from each other).