Dürrnberg is a village on the ridge of the same name between the Hallein and Berchtesgaden basins directly on the German border,
district and cadastral municipality of the municipality of Hallein in Tennengau (district of Hallein), Austria. Until its forced incorporation in 1938, Dürrnberg was an
independent municipality. The municipal part of Hallein, proper name Dürrnberg near Hallein, officially bears the name Bad Dürrnberg.
The place name Dürrnberg refers to the plateau in the west of Hallein, an extension of the Roßfeld, which slopes steeply down to the Salzach Valley and extends westwards to the border with Germany.
to the border with Germany. Alongside Hallstatt, the Dürrnberg is one of the most important sites where Celtic artefacts have been found in Central Europe.
Culture and sights
Dürrnberg parish and pilgrimage church (15th August), an important example of early Baroque sacred architecture, built between 1594 and 1612 partly on natural rock and partly on a spoil tip.
and partly on a spoil heap from the Dürrnberg quarry.
Dürrnberg spa chapel of St. Joseph
Lieb-Frauen-Bründl (mid-16th century)
Hallein Salt Worlds
Celtic village Dürrnberg/Hallein
Predigtstuhl on the Dürrnberg, actual preaching place of the miners' crypto-Protestantism, attested since 1686. Protected as a natural monument (NDM 169).
Dürrnberg miners' band
Dürrnberg sword dance (Intangible Cultural Heritage in Austria since 2011)
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