!!!St. Wolfgang im Salzkammergut

St. Wolfgang im Salzkammergut, Upper Austria, market town in the 
district of Gmunden, alt. 548 m, pop. 2,708, area 
56.55 km%%sup 2/%, summer tourist resort (439,292 overnight stays 
in 1992) with a lakeshore bathing area and a climatic health resort on 
Lake Wolfgangsee; ship landing stage. - Auhof educational centre, 
federal institute for adult education, provincial recreation centre, 
Christian recreational centre, federal teacher training college, 
summer seminar of the University of Vienna, Schwarzensee and Weinbach 
power plants, Schafberg mountain rack railway. The hotel "Im 
Weissen Roessl", which owes its fame to the operetta of the same 
name by R. Benatzky (1930) and the film of the operetta, is located 
here; Benatzky and the actor E. Jannings are buried in the local 
cemetery. In the 13%%sup th/% , 14%%sup th/%  and 15%%sup th/%  
centuries St. Wolfgang im Salzkammergut was a centre of Christian 
pilgrimage to the memorials of St. Wolfgang. Formerly belonging to 
Bavaria, it came into Austrian possession in 1506. - Parish church 
(first documented mention in 1180, completed in 1414 and renewed in 
the mid- 15%%sup th/%  century), beautiful late Gothic winged altar 
(1471-1481) by M. Pacher, main work of Pacher and the most important 
Gothic winged altar in Central Europe, series of paintings on the 
wings, group of carved figures depicting the crowning of the Virgin 
Mary; Baroque double altar by T. Schwanthaler (1675), 
Schwanthaler´s most important work; other Baroque altars (around 
1700) and statues by M. Guggenbichler; pilgrimage fountain (1515) by 
L. Raennacher and P. Muelich; cemetery chapel (1685-1688); former 
presbytery (with late Gothic core), now a mansion, 1695-1697, 
remodelled by L. Endthofer.

!Literature
F. Barth, Sankt Wolfgang im Salzkammergut: Ein Heimatbuch, 
1975.


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