Dorfgastein

Dorfgastein is a municipality in St. Johann im Pongau District, in the Austrian state of Salzburg.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Dorfgastein
Settlement.settlement_type: Municipality
Settlement.image_skyline: Dorfgastein - Ortsansicht.JPG
Settlement.image_caption: View of Dorfgastein
Settlement.image_shield: AUT Dorfgastein COA.svg
Settlement.shield_size: 80x110px
Settlement.pushpin_map: Austria
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize: 270
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location within Austria
Settlement.map_caption: Location within St. Johann im Pongau district
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Austria

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Dorfgastein is a municipality in St. Johann im Pongau District, in the Austrian state of Salzburg.

==Geography== It is located on the northern entrance of the Gastein Valley within the Hohe Tauern mountain range, south of the broader Salzach Valley. It is accessible by the Tauern Railway leading up to Bad Hofgastein and Bad Gastein, crossing the Alpine crest via the Tauerntunnel. The municipality consists of the cadastral communities of Dorfgastein and Klammstein.