The Bezirk St. Johann im Pongau is an administrative district ( Bezirk ) in the federal state of Salzburg , Austria , and congruent with the Pongau region.
8-631: Area of the district is 1,755.37 km, with a population of 77,872 (May 15, 2001), and population density 44 persons per km. Administrative center of the district is St. Johann im Pongau . The district is divided into 25 municipalities , three of them are towns , and seven of them are market towns . (population numbers May 15, 2001) [REDACTED] Media related to St. Johann im Pongau District at Wikimedia Commons 47°21′00″N 13°13′59″E / 47.350°N 13.233°E / 47.350; 13.233 Sankt Johann im Pongau St. Johann im Pongau ( Saiga Håns or Sainig Håns in
16-670: The Prince-Archbishops of Salzburg . In the course of the German Peasants' War of 1525/26, large parts of the population became Protestant . Under the rule of Prince-Archbishop Count Leopold Anton von Firmian in 1731, numerous inhabitants (called Exulanten ) were forced to leave the country. Many of them found refuge in the Kingdom of Prussia , choosing to settle in Gumbinnen (now Gusev ). In 1939, following
24-619: The Austrian Anschluss to Nazi Germany , St. Johann was renamed Markt Pongau and from 1941 was the site of the World War II Stalag XVIII-C (317) German prisoner-of-war camp run by the Wehrmacht . Mainly French , Serbian and Red Army POWs , but also Polish, Belgian, Dutch, British, American, Hungarian and Italian POWs, were interred here. About 4,000 Soviet inmates were killed or succumbed to
32-582: The city. This gorge is about 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) long and can be explored via walkways, first built by Prince Johann II of Liechtenstein in 1875. The Salzach Valley, an ancient copper mining area, has been settled at least since the Bronze Age . The settlement was first mentioned as Sanctum Johannem in Villa in a 1074 deed, named after John the Baptist . For centuries, it was a possession held by
40-620: The conditions of their detention. A Russian Cemetery and a monument to this camp are located on the north end of the city. The camp was liberated by American troops on May 8, 1945. On 24 June 2000 St. Johann completed the Stadtserhebung process and received official city privileges from the Austrian government. TSV St. Johann im Pongau are an association football team, who play at the Sportplatz St. Johann stadium. Around
48-538: The football pitch is a motorcycle speedway track that has been used for important events, including the Austrian qualifying rounds of the Speedway World Championship (starting in 1990). [REDACTED] Media related to St. Johann im Pongau at Wikimedia Commons TSV St. Johann im Pongau TSV St. Johann is an Austrian football club located in St Johann im Pongau , a town in
56-843: The local Pongau dialect, abbreviated St.Johann/Pg.) is a city in the state of Salzburg , Austria . It is the administrative centre of the St. Johann im Pongau District . The city is located in the Salzach Valley of the Eastern Alps , between the Salzburg Slate Alps in the north, the Radstadt Tauern (part of the Niedere Tauern range) in the southeast, and the Ankogel Group ( Hohe Tauern ) in
64-484: The southwest. The city lies in the centre of the Salzburg Pongau region. The municipal area consists of cadastral communities of Ginau, Hallmoos, Maschl, Einöden, Plankenau, Reinbach, Rettenstein, St. Johann, and Urreiting. The setting of the city allows the area to be largely dependent on tourism, Alpine skiing in winter and hiking in the summer months. A gorge called Liechtensteinklamm lies south of
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