Marktgemeinde Sankt Wolfgang
St. Wolfgang im Salzkammergut (also Sankt Wolfgang) is a market town in the district of Gmunden in Traunviertel (Upper Austria). It is located on Lake Wolfgang in the Salzkammergut region and in the judicial district of Bad Ischl.
Culture and sights
Catholic parish and pilgrimage church of St. Wolfgang im Salzkammergut
Cemetery of St. Wolfgang
The cemetery of St. Wolfgang is located about 700 meters from the church, on the L546 (St. Wolfganger Straße, Au 143). At the cemetery wall there is a chapel, which was built in 1685-88. Notable personalities are buried in the cemetery.
Carl Lafite (1872-1944), composer, organist, choirmaster, conductor, programmer, organizer, music educator, critic, and piano accompanist[5]
Josef Hödlmoser (1858-1948), mayor of St. Wolfgang
Emil Jannings (1884-1950), first Oscar winner
Ralph Benatzky (1884-1957), composer of The White Riding Horse
Rudolf Nierlich (1966-1991), ski racer, three-time world champion in alpine skiing
Tourism
St. Wolfgang became a well-known tourist destination in post-war Austria with its surrounding area, but lost its importance again since the 1990s. Despite its attractive location in the lake- and forest-rich Salzkammergut landscape, St. Wolfgang is no longer one of the major tourist communities in Austria. By founding the Wolfgangsee Tourismus Gesellschaft (WTG) in 1998, the three towns on the lake, St. Gilgen, Strobl and St. Wolfgang were merged into one marketing unit. However, this did not prevent the negative development of the Wolfgangsee region. 1990 were counted at the Wolfgangsee still 1.300.000 overnight accomodations, in the year 2015 one registered 885.214 overnight accomodations according to annual report of the WTG. Managing director of the WTG has been Hans Wieser since its founding.
St. Wolfgang is the end point of the European pilgrimage trail Via Nova, which begins in P?íbram (Czech Republic) and is integrated into the European network of long-distance hiking trails.