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'''St. Wolfgang im Salzkammergut''' is a [[market town]] in central [[Austria]], in the [[Salzkammergut]] region of [[Upper Austria]], named after [[Wolfgang of Regensburg|Saint Wolfgang of Regensburg]].
==Geography==
The town is located in central [[Austria]]. It is on the northern shore of the [[Wolfgangsee]] lake (close to the towns of [[Strobl]] and [[St. Gilgen]], both in the [[Salzburg (state)|State of Salzburg]]) at the foot of the [[Schafberg (Salzkammergut)|Schafberg]] mountain.
== Culture ==
St. Wolfgang's tourist attractions include the ''[[Schafbergbahn]]'' (a [[rack railway]] that runs up the Schafberg), the Hotel Weißes Rössl (the setting of the operetta [[White Horse Inn]]) and a [[pilgrimage]] church with a [[Gothic art|late Gothic]] [[altarpiece]] by [[Michael Pacher]]. The railway and the church are among the many St. Wolfgang locations featured in [[Christmas with Flicka]], a 1987 American-Austrian television film starring the operatic mezzo-soprano [[Frederica von Stade]], which was shot entirely in the town and its environs. (As well as being shown on America's [[PBS]], the film was released on VHS, Laserdisc and DVD.)<ref>''Christmas with Flicka'', Kultur DVD, D2986 (1987).</ref>
A [[destination spa]], St. Wolfgang is also a popular winter skiing resort.
==History==
Saint Wolfgang erected the first church at the shore of the Wolfgangsee after he withdrew to the nearby [[Mondsee Abbey]] in 976. According to legend he threw an [[axe]] down the mountain to find the site and even persuaded the [[Devil]] to contribute to the building by promising him the soul of the first living being ever to enter the church. However Satan was disappointed as the first creature over the doorstep was a [[wolf]]. After Wolfgang's [[canonization]] in 1052, the church became a major pilgrimage site, as it was first mentioned in an 1183 deed by [[Pope Lucius III]]. In 1481 it was furnished with the famous Pacher [[polyptych]]. There had been several places for lodging around the church since [[medieval]] times, while the ''Weißes Rössl'' hotel was not built until 1878.
During [[World War II]], a subcamp of the [[Dachau concentration camp]] was located here.<ref>
[http://www.glosk.com/GM/Linde/17283/pages/List_of_subcamps_of_Dachau/84737_en.htm "Linde, Land Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany - Pages: List of subcamps of Dachau - glosk"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090209000835/http://www.glosk.com/GM/Linde/17283/pages/List_of_subcamps_of_Dachau/84737_en.htm |date=2009-02-09 }}, www.glosk.com, 2010.</ref>
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Schafbergbahn Z13.jpg|Schafbergbahn
St. Wolfgang im Salzkammergut - Kirche.JPG|Parish church St. Wolfgang
Sankt Wolfgang - središte.JPG|Buildings in the town centre
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==Transportation==
St. Wolfgang can be reached via a branch of the ''B 158 Wolfgangsee Straße'' federal highway ([[Bundesstraße]]), running from the city of [[Salzburg]] to [[Bad Ischl]].
==See also==
* [[Schafberg Railway|Schafbergbahn]]
* [[The White Horse Inn]]
* [[Schafberg (Salzkammergut)|Schafberg]]
* [[Wolfgangsee]]
* [[Christmas with Flicka]]
==References==
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{{Geographic location
|Centre = St. Wolfgang im Salzkammergut
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|Northeast = [[Steinbach am Attersee]]
|East =[[Bad Ischl]]
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|South =[[Strobl]]
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|West =[[St. Gilgen]]
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