!!!Tennengau

Tennengau Region, province of Salzburg, encompasses part of the 
mountainous areas of the province and forms the political district of 
Hallein (area 668.29 km%%sup 2/%, pop. 50,396); the Tennengau 
Region consists of the stretch of the Salzach Valley between the 
narrow gap formed by the Lueg Pass and the Morzg quarter of the city 
of Salzburg, the Lammer Valley with the Abtenau Basin and the 
Osterhorn Mountains, which are part of the  Salzburg Limestone Alps. 
It borders on Germany in the west, on the Salzkammergut Region in the 
east, and is bounded in the south by the Tennengebirge and 
Hagengebirge Mountains. The Lueg Pass separates the Tennengau Region 
from the  Pongau Region; in the north, it borders on the  Flachgau 
Region. The Tennengau used to be a major transit area between the 
Central Alps and the Alpine Foreland and has been settled since 
pre-historic times. Downstream of the town of Golling, the Salzach 
Valley broadens and is lined by many densely cultivated terraces, on 
which typical scattered settlements are found (Tennengauer Einhof 
farmsteads). The region is rich in natural resources: salt mining 
(Hallein-Duerrnberg) was abandoned in the course of the 20%%sup th/%  
century, however, marble and gypsum are still extracted at Adnet and 
Kuchl, respectively. Recent years saw a dynamic development in the 
local economy, mainly due to growing tourism and increasing industry 
in the area around the town of Hallein. The Tennengau Region has very 
high precipitation; main settlements are Hallein, Kuchl, Abtenau, 
Golling.


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