!!!Werfen

Werfen, province of Salzburg, market town in the district of 
St. Johann, alt. 548 m, pop. 3,181, area 
153.99 km%%sup 2/%, summer tourist resort (76,785 overnight stays 
in 1992) in the Salzach valley in the Pongau region, at the foot of 
the Hagengebirge and Tennengebirge mountains. - District court, 
forestry supervision office, forest arboretum of the Federal Forestry 
Directorate, "Eisriesenwelt" ice caves, cable railway to the 
Dr. Friedrich Oedl mountain refuge (1,582 m), private power 
stations on rivers Bluehnbach and Imlaubach; ironworks, hat factory, 
sawmills, tannery. - One of the oldest market towns in the province of 
Salzburg, founded between 1190 and 1242, large-scale emigration of 
Protestants in 1731/32;  Hohenwerfen castle towers above the city; 
parish church (1652-1657), simple one-aisled church with Baroque 
altars; Mariahilf Capuchin church (1737) with harmonious Baroque 
interior; St. Barbara filial church (1952-1954); late Gothic 
tracery window in the Brennhof house (1561-1565), court with pergola; 
factory housing-estate and "Windbichl" estate in Tenneck 
(documented mention in the 13%%sup th/%  century, altered after 1614). 
Imlautal valley, Hoellntal valley,  Bluehnbachtal Valley with 
Bluehnbach hunting seat (1603-1607), Bluehnbach chapel (1610, 
neo-Gothic annex from 1909-1912 with late Gothic winged altar, statues 
and carvings; north of Werfen, panoramic road leading through the 
gorges along the Salzach valley up to Lueg pass.

!Literature
F. Hoermann (ed.), Chronik von Werfen, 1987.


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