!!!Tamsweg

Tamsweg, province of Salzburg, market town in the district of Tamsweg, 
alt. 1024&nbsp;m, pop. 5,585, area 117.42&nbsp;km<SUP>2.htm>/<SUP>, 
bi-seasonal tourist resort (77.381 overnight stays) and main 
settlement of the Lungau region at the confluence of the River Mur and 
the Taurach and Leissnitzbach streams. Tamsweg is particularly cold in 
winter (&quot;cold pole of Austria&quot;). - District Commission, 
district court, district headquarters of the rural police, employment 
services, health, internal revenue and surveying offices, regional 
offices for torrent and avalanche control, forestry enterprise of the 
Oesterreichische Bundesforste AG (Austrian Federal Forests), Strucker 
barracks, provincial health and social insurance office with dental 
clinic, hospital, chamber of labour, economic chamber, district 
chamber of agriculture, family and educational counselling centre, 
&quot;Hatheyerhaus&quot; social counselling centre, Lungau adult 
education centre, Lebenshilfe counselling agency, relief organisation, 
Caritas refugee relief centre, Bundesgymnasium and Bundesrealgymnasium 
secondary schools, commercial academy, vocational school, agricultural 
vocational school, adult education centre (Kuenburg palace), sports 
centre; &quot;Lungauer Nachrichten&quot; newspaper; 2,224 persons 
employed (1991), services sector predominant (personal, social and 
public services, commerce); also wood processing and construction 
industry. - Roman name &quot;Statio Tamasicis&quot;, first documented 
mention around 1160. Deanery church (first mentioned in 1231, 
reconstructed 1738-1741) with 5 Rococo-style altars and works by G. 
Lederwasch; St.&nbsp;Barbara hospital (until 1961, today Lungau local 
heritage museum) and hospital church (18%%sup th/%  century, late 
Gothic sculptures); deanery (1762). South of Tamsweg, on a slope of 
the Leonhardsberg hill, late Gothic pilgrimage church of 
St.&nbsp;Leonhard (1430-1433) with fortified walls, precious 
stained-glass windows (1433-1450, including the 
&quot;Goldfenster&quot; and &quot;Hansteinfenster&quot;) and late 
Gothic frescoes (1433); panels of the late Gothic winged altar, panel 
paintings and Madonna with statues from around 1460; early Baroque 
high altar supported by columns (1661), altarpieces by G. and 
J.&nbsp;C. Lederwasch; late Gothic sexton&acute;s house. Saukapelle 
chapel (around 1430) on Leonhardsberg hill with Gothic piet&agrave; 
fresco; town hall (1570); historical town houses (mainly 18%%sup th/%  
century); Kuenburg palace (1742-1749). Einhof and Paarhof farmsteads 
(17%%sup th/%  -18%%sup th/%  centuries) in the surrounding area; 
Frauenhoehle cave and Lake Prebersee nearby. - Local customs: 
Preberschiessen (last weekend in August) and Samson Procession (on 
several occasions between June and August).

!Literature
F. Martin (ed.), Die Denkmale des politischen Bez. 
Tamsweg, 1929; V. Hatheyer, Chronik des Marktes Tamsweg, 1956; 
Fremdenverkehrsverein Tamsweg (ed.), Tamsweg, 1970.


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