Information about the province of Salzburg

Historically Salzburg is one of Austria’s youngest provinces and is located at a “crossroads” between east and west, north and south.

All interior transport routes towards the two western provinces lead through Salzburg. This gives more importance to the Land than its physical land area within Austria (7,154.2 square kilometres, only 8.5 per cent of the country) and population figures (2003: approx. 522,500; 6.4 per cent) would normally indicate.

Despite its small dimensions, Salzburg offers a multiplicity of character and a great variety of landscapes.