!!!Rauris

Rauris, province of Salzburg, market town in the district of Zell am 
See, alt. 948 m, pop. 2,957, area 253.03 km%%sup 2/%, 
bi-seasonal tourism (423,637 overnight stays in 1992) situated on the 
Rauriser Ache river, at the foot of the Sonnblick Mountains, Rauris is 
the largest community in Salzburg in terms of area. - Provincial 
Forest Authority, Zittelhaus refuge (since 1866 an observatory) 
located on Hoher Sonnblick Mountain (alt. 3,106 m), Goldberghaus 
mountain refuge, 2 small run-of-river power plants, chip-burning 
district heating plant; Literaturtage literature festival. - Gold 
mining, first documented in 1292 (Kolm-Saigurn, a former settlement in 
the valley); Rauris was the administrative centre of mining activities 
from 1460 to 1560 and during the 18%%sup th/%  century, mines 
closed down around 1900. - Parish church with Gothic nave (1411) and 
choir (1510-1516), altered in Baroque style 1774-1780, frescoes (1942, 
in the choir 1781), altarpieces and pulpit (18%%sup th/%  century); 
chapel of St. Michael (1497) with altarpiece (1751) and monuments 
(16%%sup th/% /17%%sup th/%  centuries); the old school building now 
houses the museum of local heritage (with exhibits on gold mining and 
the fauna of the Hohe Tauern Range); serpentine lantern (1499) in the 
cemetery; mining company buildings in the centre of the town, Baroque 
parish church in Bucheben, miners' homes and remains of workshops; 
Tauernhaus farmstead and refuge (documented mention 1491). Customs: 
Perchtenlauf procession, performances of a popular version of the 
Jedermann play. Barbarafall waterfall in the vicinity.


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