!!!Thalgau

Thalgau, province of Salzburg, market town in the municipality of 
Salzburg-Land, alt. 545 m, pop. 4559, area 
48.20 km%%sup 2/%, summer tourist resort (60,319 overnight 
stays), situated in a valley in the eastern part of the Flachgau 
region, east of the city of Salzburg. - District court, Thalgauberg 
barracks, Hundsmarktmuehle Museum, sports and leisure centre; 
metal-processing industry, production of abrasives, CDs, construction 
and timber industry. - First documented mention in the early 
8%%sup th/%  century; late Baroque deanery church with Gothic-Baroque 
western spire (earlier buildings dated from 8%%sup th/%  -10%%sup th/% 
 centuries, rebuilt from 1747-1749) and Rococo-style furnishings, 
monumental crucifix (around 1700); deanery with parish house chapel 
(1754/1755, monumental Crucifixion group); Wartenfels castle ruins.

!Literature
K. Haas, Thalgauer Heimatbuch, 1976.


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