!!!Puch bei Hallein

Puch bei Hallein, province of Salzburg, municipality in the district 
of Hallein, alt. 444 m, pop. 3,429 (pop. in 1981: 2,766), area 
21.01 km%%sup 2/%, summer tourist resort (35,759 overnight stays 
in 1992) situated in the Salzach Valley north of Hallein. - Urstein 
run-of-river power station (built in 1971, 25.7 MW); baby food 
factory, small and medium-sized enterprises. - First documented 
mention in 930; late Gothic parish church; Puchstein (first documented 
mention in the 15%%sup th/%  century) and Urstein (1701) Castles; old 
Tennengau farmhouses; St. Jacob's Church in St. Jakob am 
Thurn (1238) with early Gothic frescoes, Loreto Chapel (1754) and 
castle (first documented mention in 11%%sup th/%  century) with 
Romanesque core.


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