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Bad Hofgastein

lv: Bad Hofgasteina lt: Bad Hofgasteinas
uk: Бад-Гофгаштайн ru: Бад-Хофгастайн bg: Бад Хофгащайн

153 Bad Hofgastein Bad Hofgastein is situated at an elevation of 858 m in the valley of the river Gasteiner Ache. The importance of the village increased from the 13th century when gold mining began here. During the 15th and 16th centuries Hofgastein was the richest town in the province of Salzburg after the city of Salzburg itself. The name (originally Hof in der Gastein) refers to the seat of the law-court of the Gastein valley here. The market town became a popular spa when radon-containing waters from the thermal springs in Bad Gastein were brought into the village by a pipeline constructed in 1823–1830. In 1936 Hofgastein received the predicate Bad.

680 Bad Hofgastein The Late Gothic  Liebfrauenkirche (church of Our Lady) [left, no. 153, and right, no. 680: centre] dates from 1496. Art-historical treasures are its Baroque altar of 1738 and the Gothic statue of Our Lady of around 1560.

1393 Bad Hofgastein


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