Lahn (Wald im Pinzgau)

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Lahn is a scattered settlement in the Upper Pinzgau, the rear Salzach valley in the district of Zell am See / Pinzgau, and town in the municipality Wald im Pinzgau, on the southern edge of the Kitzbühel Alps.

Geography

The settlements with about 280 inhabitants and 80 houses are up the valley of forest and leading forest mountain on the south side of the Salzach Valley, between 900 m at the valley floor and on the L 113 ( Krimml Highway ), 1100 m at the Old Gerlosstraße B 165 ( Ghf. Grübl ) and 1200 m above sea level. A. in the desert Lahn farmer, with a few more homesteads. In addition, the village has the stop Lahn settlement of Pinzgau Local Railway, the Post Bus 670 Zell am See - Krimml holds in the Finch settlement.

For village area includes the eastern slope of Trattenbachtals - the western slope belongs to the village of Rosental ( town of Neukirchen ) - to the north, with the pastures Besensteinalm, Wurfgrundalm, throwing high-altitude plateau Happingalm, Happing mountain pasture against the Gernkogel and Trattenbachalm, Trattenbach High Mountain against Kröndlhorn. The village area extends right up to the border to Tyrol at the Filzenscharte, with about 8.2 km north-south extent.

History

Hinterwaldberg situated at the old mule track from Mittersill as a commercial node via the Gerlos Pass ( Pinzgauer height ) to Zell am Ziller. It was expanded in 1631 to the wagon trail. In 1962, the leading on Gerlos Alpine Road Krimml new opened, the graduate engineer Franz Wallack, the builder of the Grossglockner High Alpine Road, had planned. This lost the Old Gerlosstraße important.

Tourism and Attractions

The Arnoweg runs through this village, after he crosses of Hinterwaldberg coming at Orgler the Salzach. He then runs as an increase to the Pinzgauer walk above the Lahn and Vorderwald mountain on.