Bramberg am Wildkogel is a municipality in the district of Zell am See (Pinzgau

Pinzgau

The Bezirk Zell am See is an administrative district in the federal state of Salzburg, Austria, and congruent with the Pinzgau region....

 region), in the state of Salzburg

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...

, 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...

. The town lies at the south foot of the 2225 metres (7,299.9 ft) high Wildkogel

Wildkogel

The Wildkogel is a high grass-mountain in the Kitzbühel Alps in Oberpinzgau in Salzburg. It lies north of the Salzach river valley and the nearby towns of Neukirchen and Bramberg....

 mountain. The town's average elevation is 819 metres (2,687 ft).

History

In ancient times, the area around Bramberg was a copper-ore mining center. Belonging to the municipality Leitengut, Bramberg was mentioned in 925 as the oldest parish in the upper Salzachtal river valley and in 1160 was named as "Prentenperige" for the first time. The mining was taken up again in 1829 and finally abandoned in 1863. Attempts at mining again in the 20th century later failed.

Also the famous emerald

Emerald

Emerald is a variety of the mineral beryl colored green by trace amounts of chromium and sometimes vanadium. Beryl has a hardness of 7.5–8 on the 10 point Mohs scale of mineral hardness...

 mines in Habachtal, alongside Norway and Italy, are the only emerald mine locations in Europe.

Coat of arms

The crest shows: "In blue two towering battlements of silver, and at the sign above the left edge of offensive. From the right side of the higher pinnacle comes a golden horse. "It is a representation of the old war-horse Fjuri of the Knight Bart from Küniglberg. The horse was, in 1376, ridden after a wild night with Knight Bart in the Wildkogel area, and by a miracle, after several days and then plated back to one of the richest gold mines in the Hohe Tauern. The Knight Bart, however, was never seen again.

Localities

These are the localities in the municipality:

• Bicheln
• Bramberg
• Dorf
• Habach

• Leiten
• Mühlbach
  Mühlbach im Pinzgau
  Mühlbach im Pinzgau is a village and a cadastral parish within the municipality of Bramberg am Wildkogel. The village lies within Zell am See District in the western part of the Austrian state of Salzburg.- Geography :...
  
  
• Mühlberg

• Schönbach
• Schweinegg
• Sonnegg

• Steinach
• Wenns
• Weyer

Politics

The City Council is composed of the following parties:

• 10 ÖVP
  OVP
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•   9 SPÖ
  SPO
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•   2 BBL (Bramberger Burgerliste)

The directly elected Bürgermeister is Walter Freiberger (SPÖ).

Transport

The federal road, the Bundesstraße 165, runs east-west through the municipality. Public transport is provided by bus services of the Salzburger Verkehrsverbund as well as rail services on the Pinzgauer Lokalbahn

Pinzgauer Lokalbahn

The Pinzgauer Lokalbahn is a narrow-gauge railway in Salzburg in Austria. The 53 kilometer railway follows the Salzach valley from Zell am See and Krimml through the Pinzgau mountains. The section between Mittersill and Krimml was damaged by flooding in 2005 and reopened in September...

, which has a junction at Zell am See

Zell am See

Zell am See is the capital city of the Zell am See district in the Austrian state of Salzburg. The city has about 10,000 inhabitants.Zell am See is a tourist destination and a transportation hub for the region...

 to the Austrian main line

Main line (railway)

The Mainline or Main line of a railway is a track that is used for through trains or is the principal artery of the system from which branch lines, yards, sidings and spurs are connected....

 network. There are also post buses to Krimml and Zell am See.

Sport

• Wildkogel ski area on the Wildkogel
  Wildkogel
  The Wildkogel is a high grass-mountain in the Kitzbühel Alps in Oberpinzgau in Salzburg. It lies north of the Salzach river valley and the nearby towns of Neukirchen and Bramberg....
  
  
• Cable car to the Wildkogel (Smaragdbahn, opened December 2010)
• Floodlit toboggan run (at 14 km one of the longest floodlit runs in the world)
• Floodlit cross-country skiing and skating runs
• Swimming pool and large children's play park
• Flying school for paragliding and hang gliding

External links

• Municipal website