Gemeinde Großgmain

Großgmain is a municipality in the state of Salzburg in the district of Salzburg-Umgebung in Austria.

Culture and sights

Plainburg, one of the oldest castle ruins in Austria
Pilgrimage church Zu Unsere Lieben Frau auf der Gmain with a so-called Beautiful Madonna dating from 1395, and the Gothic panel paintings of the Master of Großgmain from 1499
Fountain of the Virgin Mary Großgmain
Josef Meinrad Park
Marienheilgarten: designed by Heinrich Bunzel

Salzburger Freilichtmuseum: with numerous historical farms from the whole Salzburgerland, arranged on a wide area in farmsteads with regional reference, the museum field railroad Großgmain

Nature

Untersberg: Except for the settlement area, the entire municipal area belongs to the landscape and plant conservation area Untersberg (LSG 51, PSG 1), the nature park Untersberg (NPK 1) along the Zwinkbach (to the Kohlgraben to Marzoll) embedded in it, as well as the European and landscape conservation area Untersberg foreland (FFH AT3227000/ESG 17, LSG 63),[6] along the Saalach River, which belong to a protective network via the Bavarian Biosphere Reserve Berchtesgadener Land (adjacent development zone), which continues into Pongau and Pinzgau and to the northwest, and in the city of Salzburg with the landscape conservation area Leopoldskroner Moos (LSG 47).

Regular events

Großgmain in winter
Großgmain with pilgrimage church in winter

Mother's Day wish concert of the Trachtenmusikkapelle Großgmain: annually on Friday before Mother's Day
Barbecue of the Trachtenmusikkapelle Großgmain: annually on the second Saturday in July
Harvest festival: annually
Borderless Großgmain
Children & club ski race: organized by the ski club
Krampuslauf: annually around December 5 (Krampus Day)