Dorfgastein
Encyclopedia
Dorfgastein is a municipality in the St. Johann im Pongau district in the state of Salzburg
in western central Austria
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Salzburg (state)
Salzburg is a state or Land of Austria with an area of 7,156 km2, located adjacent to the German border. It is also known as Salzburgerland, to distinguish it from its capital city, also named Salzburg...
in western central Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
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History
The following is a timeline:- 1212: First mention of the use of the Gastein gorge as riding and mule area.
- 1342: First documented mention as ze Dorff in the oldest Gastein mining regulations.
- 1350: The church was founded in Rupert Dorff.
- 1520: The Burg Klammstein administrative center was created, seat of the archbishop's keeper of Gastein, tolls and securing space at the entrance.
- 1735: The first school opened in Dorfgastein (in 1921 electric lighting in the classes).
- 1893 In Dorfgastein a telegraph office was established.
- 1927 Opening of the new school building.
- 1959 Opening of the first Dorfgastein ski lift.