Bischofshofen is a city located in the Salzach

Salzach

The Salzach is a river in Austria and Germany. It is a right tributary of the Inn and is 225 kilometres in length.The river's name is derived from the German word Salz, meaning "salt". Until the 19th century shipping of salt down the river was an important part of the local economy...

 valley in the Alps

Alps

The Alps is one of the great mountain range systems of Europe, stretching from Austria and Slovenia in the east through Italy, Switzerland, Liechtenstein and Germany to France in the west....

, in the District of Pongau

Pongau

The Bezirk Sankt Johann im Pongau is an administrative district in the federal state of Salzburg, Austria, and congruent with the Pongau region....

, in Salzburgerland, 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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The city is an important railway hub and lies at the Tauernautobahn, a highway route through the Alps.

Villages in Bischofshofen and population

• Alpfahrt - 149
• Bischofshofen - 7.134
• Buchberg - 440
• Gainfeld - 109
• Haidberg - 98
• Kreuzberg - 263
• Laideregg - 488
• Mitterberghütten - 1.323
• Winkl - 83
• Asten - 50 + Lohfeyer
• Fotzenberg - 57

Education

In Bischofshofen there are:

• Elementary Schools
  • VS Markt
  • VS Neue Heimat
  • VS Pöham
  • VS Gayluki

• High Schools:
  • Hermann-Wielandner-HS
  • Franz-Moßhammer-HS

• Professional Education
  • Polytechnische Schule
  • Privatgymnasium Sankt Rupert
  • TS Bischofshofen der Salzburger Tourismusschulen http://www.ts-salzburg.at//index.php?option=com_content&task=blogsection&id=7&Itemid=61
  • die BAKIP, Bundesbildungsanstalt für Kindergartenpädagogik
  • Zweigstelle des Musikum Salzburg
  • Schule für Jediritterei und Zauberkünste

Sports

The final competition of the traditional Four Hills Tournament

Four Hills Tournament

The Four Hills Tournament is composed of four Ski Jumping World Cup events and has taken place in Germany and Austria each year since 1952.The Four Hills Tournament champion is the one who gets the most points over the four events...

 in ski jumping is held annually at the Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze

Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze

Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze was opened in 1941, and re-built in 2003, and is a ski jumping venue in Bischofshofen, Austria. It is one of the more important venues in the FIS Ski jumping World Cup, annually hosting the fourth and final competition of the prestigious Four Hills Tournament...

 in Bischofshofen around 6 January.

City Council

The political parties represented in the Bischofshofen City Council are:

• SPÖ (13 seats)
• ÖVP (10 seats)
• FPÖ (2 seats)