!!!Pinzgau

Pinzgau Region, Salzburg (since 1228), area of land west of Salzburg, 
between the Hohe Tauern mountain range to the south, Kitzbuehel Alps 
and Steinernes Meer Mountains to the north, conterminous with the 
political district of Zell am See (area 2,641 km%%sup 2/%, pop. 
77,277). Comprises the broader Upper Pinzgau Region along the upper 
course of the River Salzach (Krimml, Neukirchen, Mittersill, 
Uttendorf), the Middle Pinzgau Region (Saalachtal Valley with 
Saalfelden and Leogang and Lake Zeller See with Zell am See) and the 
Lower Pinzgau Region (around Bruck and Taxenbach); near Lend it 
borders on the  Pongau Region. Mountain passes: Gerlos Pass into the 
Tirolian Ziller valley, Thurn Pass to Kitzbuehel, Griessen Pass and 
Strub Pass to St. Johann in Tirol, Stein Pass to Germany, Felber 
Tauern Pass (Felbertauern Tunnel, 5,281 m) to East Tirol and  
Grossglockner-Hochalpenstrasse into the Carinthian Moelltal valley. 
The bottom of the valley is mainly comprised of pastures and woodland, 
most settlements are found at higher altitudes. The predominant 
farmhouse type is the Paarhof. Pinzgau is well known for its horse and 
cattle breeding. Important tourist areas are the Europe sports region 
Zell am See/Kaprun, Saalbach-Hinterglemm and Saalfelden, the 
Grossglockner-Hochalpenstrasse, the Venediger region and the Glockner 
area (holiday resort with  Hohe Tauern National Park) and the Krimml 
Waterfalls. The Pinzgau Region contains over 20 large and small lakes; 
hydraulic power is well exploited (storage power stations in Kaprun 
Valley and Stubachtal Valley). Aluminium works in Lend.

!Literature
A. Haslinger, Dialektgeographie des Pinzgau, doctoral 
thesis, Innsbruck 1961; H. Scholz, E. Pfeiffenberger-Scherer, Der alte 
Pinzgau, 1993.


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