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Strobl, province of Salzburg, municipality in the district of Salzburg-Umgebung, alt. 542 m, pop. 3,141, area 93.88 km2, summer tourism (278,847 overnight stays), bathing resort at the eastern end of Lake Wolfgangsee, in the Salzkammergut district; ship landing stage. Postalm (largest alpine pasture in Austria) and Laimeralm alpine pastures; "Kleefeld" game park. - Schloss Strobl mud bath, vacation home of the Energie AG Upper Austrian power services, youth guesthouse, summer tobogganing course, pumping station; building trade, chalk quarry, wood-working industry. - Late-Baroque parish church (1758/59), high altar (1760) with carved statues by S. Eberl, altar piece by P. A. Lorenzoni; residences from the late Historicist period; Einhof type farmhouses (mainly 18th - 19th centuries).

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