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21-583: Although the Saalfelden area has always been the most populous of the historic Pinzgau region, the seat of the district administration is situated in the neighbouring town of Zell am See . Saalfelden am Steinernen Meer lies at 744 m (2,441 ft) above sea level and its municipal area covers 118 km (46 sq mi). The largest proportion of the municipality is formed by the Saalfelden Basin ( Saalfeldner Becken ) situated between

42-564: A barely discernible valley floor divide . This trough is one of the largest inner-Alpine basins. The main river in the basin is the Saalach . It rises in the upper Glemm Valley , empties into the basin south of Saalfelden and passes through it from south to north. A right tributary of the Saalach flowing through the borough of Saalfelden from east to west is the Urslau creek. A left tributary,

63-675: A bathing lake and in winter for ice skating. Footpaths and trails are used in winter as cross country skiing routes. In the village of Uttenhofen there several ski jumps including those of the Felix Gottwald Ski Jumping Stadium and a centre for Nordic combination . Saalfelden earned fame in the langlauf and biathlon sports through its top athletes: Felix Gottwald , Simon Eder , Julian Eberhard and Tobias Eberhard. Since 2006 an international triathlon competition has taken place annually in Saalfelden in August,

84-650: A federal state , every canton is free to implement its own administrative structure. The intermediate administrative level above the Swiss municipalities is also referred to as Verwaltungsregion or Verwaltungskreis , Wahlkreis , Amtei or Amt , as well as French : districts in Suisse romande and Italian : distretto in Svizzera italiana. In Schwyz , the six historic Bezirke are self-governing bodies, some with regional Landsgemeinde assemblies, similar to

105-630: A population of 84,124 (May 15, 2001), and population density 32 persons per km . The administrative center of the district is Zell am See . It is a two-hour transfer to resort from Salzburg Airport . The region’s biggest town is Saalfelden with a population of 20,000. The district is divided into 28 municipalities , three of them are towns , and four of them are market towns . (population numbers May 15, 2001) [REDACTED] Media related to Zell am See District at Wikimedia Commons 47°21′N 12°42′E  /  47.35°N 12.7°E  / 47.35; 12.7 Bezirk From Misplaced Pages,

126-403: Is responsible for is often, although informally, called a district ( Bezirk ). A number of statutory cities , currently 15, are not served by any district administrative office. Their respective municipal bureaucracies handle the tasks normally performed by the district administrative office. The cities of Vienna and Graz are divided into municipal districts ( Stadtbezirke ), assisting

147-2322: The German reunification . During the Second World War , a special administrative division of Nazi Germany was officially classified as " Bezirk ": Bezirk Bialystok . See also [ edit ] Amtsbezirk , historic denotation of an administrative subdivision in Prussia ; until 2009 also in the Swiss Canton of Bern Regierungsbezirk , "government region", a subdivision of some German federal states v t e Designations for types of administrative division English terms Common English terms Area Insular area Local government area Special area Unincorporated area Unorganized area Borough County borough Metropolitan borough Canton Half-canton Capital Federal capital Imperial capital City Autonomous city Charter city Independent city Incorporated city Imperial city Free imperial city Royal free city Community Autonomous community Residential community County Administrative county Autonomous county Consolidated city-county County seat County town Metropolitan county Non-metropolitan county Regional county municipality Viscounty Country Overseas country Department Overseas department District Capital district City district Congressional district Electoral district Federal district Indian government district Land district Local government district Metropolitan district Non-metropolitan district Military district Municipal district Police district Regional district Rural district Sanitary district Service district Educational service district Local service district School district Intermediate school district Special district in

168-550: The Leoganger Ache , empties into the Saalach from the west. In addition there are several smaller tributary streams. In the centre of the basin is the Kühbühel ("cow-hill") which is a good 100 m (330 ft). The only lake in the expansive basin is the man-made Ritzensee, excavated for leisure purposes. Other artificial ponds have been laid out primarily for angling and tourism. The Saalfelden municipality comprises

189-741: The Northern Limestone Alps ranges of: To the south the basin is generally open, running into the Zell Basin ( Zeller Becken ) with Lake Zell and the Salzach river – hence the term Zell-Saalfelden Basin Zeller-Saalfeldener Becken is also used for the whole valley – and enables a view of the High Tauern , especially the prominent Kitzsteinhorn and Wiesbachhorn peaks. The two basins are separated by

210-561: The Tri Motion Austria . [REDACTED] Media related to Saalfelden at Wikimedia Commons Zell am See District The Bezirk Zell am See is an administrative district ( Bezirk ) in the federal state of Salzburg , Austria , and congruent with the Pinzgau region ( German pronunciation: [ˈpʰɪnt͡sˌɡ̊aʊ̯] ). The area of the district is 2,640.85 square kilometres (1,019.64 sq mi), with

231-547: The cadastral communities of Bergham, Farmach, Gerling, Haid, Hohlwegen, Lenzing, Lichtenberg, and Saalfelden proper. Early archaeological findings in the Saalfelden Basin date back to the Neolithic Era. A continuous settlement is documented since the late Iron Age , when Celtic tribes moved into the region. From the 7th century AD onwards, Bavarians settled the area from the north. About 100 years later

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273-543: The city's local government, including an assembly resulting from local elections and an own 'mayor' ( Bürgermeister ). In the German states of Hesse and Rhineland-Palatinate any municipality is authorized to implement Ortsbezirke with own advisory councils and local administrators. The state law in North Rhine-Westphalia commits the municipal administration of an independent city to subdivide

294-608: The estates of Salvet on the Saalach river were first mentioned in a register by the Bishops of Salzburg . While they became part of the Carolingian Empire , the lands were incorporated into the Frankish Pinzgau county. The Saalfelden estates were acquired by Archbishop Hartwig of Salzburg about 1000; and by the early 13th century, the whole Pinzgau region was part of the prince-bishops ' lands. Saalfelden

315-550: The following types of administrative divisions : Stadtbezirk , a subdivision of a city in the sense of a borough (e.g. in Berlin , Hamburg or Vienna ), often again subdivided into several quarters and neighbourhoods . According to German Gemeindeordnung codes, the city council resolves upon the implementation by municipal by-law ( Satzung ). In some cities the Bezirke have limited powers delegated to them by

336-781: The 💕 [REDACTED] Look up Bezirk in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. [REDACTED] This article does not cite any sources . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . Find sources:   "Bezirk"  –  news   · newspapers   · books   · scholar   · JSTOR ( July 2019 ) ( Learn how and when to remove this message ) German term referting to several types of administrative divisions The German term Bezirk (plural Bezirke , derived from Latin : circulus , "circle") translated as " district " can refer to

357-492: The municipal Kreise of Graubünden . The six Bezirke of Appenzell Innerrhoden are identically equal to municipalities. Historically the primary administrative divisions of East Germany from 1952 were called Bezirke . They were implemented by an administrative reform to supersede the East German federated states of Brandenburg , Mecklenburg , Saxony , Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia . The capital East Berlin

378-500: The respective municipal governments. From the point of view of the judiciary of Austria , the country is subdivided into 115 judicial districts ( Gerichtsbezirke ), each corresponding to one of the country's 115 lowest-level trial courts. The Italian autonomous provinces of Trentino and South Tyrol , are divided into Bezirksgemeinschaften ( Italian : comunità comprensoriali ). The districts of Switzerland are called Bezirke in several cantons . In Switzerland as

399-401: The urban area into Stadtbezirke . In Austria , the word Bezirk is used with different meanings in three different contexts: Some of the tasks of the administrative branch of the national and regional governments are fulfilled by the 95 district captaincies ( Bezirkshauptmannschaften , also translated as district administrative office ). The area a district administrative office

420-526: Was first mentioned as a market town in the mid 14th century. It remained part of the Salzburg prince-archbishopric until its secularisation in 1803. With the Salzburg lands, Saalfelden finally fell to the Austrian Empire in 1816. It achieved town status in 2000. The Ritzensee and the adjacent Kollingwald forest are the recreation areas for Saalfelden's townsfolk. The lake is used in summer as

441-530: Was officially equated by resolution of the State Council of East Germany in 1961. Though legislative assemblies ( Bezirkstage ) and executive councils ( Räte ) existed, the Bezirke according to the top-down principle of democratic centralism enjoyed no autonomy nor any self-governing rights. They were abolished by law which the East German People's Chamber passed in 1990 on the eve of

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