Hall bei Admont
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Hall bei Admont is a municipality in Liezen
district, Styria, Austria
, at the foot of the Haller Mauern
on the Enns River
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Hall has about 1900 inhabitants and an area of 50,72 km².
It has the oldest salt mine in Styria, as mentioned in a 931 document, which operated until 1543.
Liezen (district)
Bezirk Liezen is a district of the state of Styria in Austria.It is by far the largest district in Austria, about three times the size of other large districts, and is divided into three "subdistricts":...
district, Styria, 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...
, at the foot of the Haller Mauern
Haller Mauern
The Haller Mauern is a small mountain chain, part of the larger Northern Limestone Alps.The western buttress of the main ridge is formed by the 2,244 m high Großer Pyhrgas. This mountain is also the highest peak in the Haller Mauern...
on the Enns River
Enns River
The Enns is a southern tributary of the Danube River, joining northward at Enns, Austria. The Enns River spans , in a flat-J-shape. It flows from its source near the towns of Gasthofalm and Flachau, generally eastward through Radstadt, Schladming, and Liezen, then turns north near Hieflau, to flow...
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Hall has about 1900 inhabitants and an area of 50,72 km².
It has the oldest salt mine in Styria, as mentioned in a 931 document, which operated until 1543.