Radstadt

Radstadt (Central Bavarian: Rodstoud or Rodstod) is a historic town in the district of St. Johann im Pongau in the Austrian state of Salzburg.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Radstadt
Settlement.settlement_type: Municipality
Settlement.image_skyline: Radstadt pongau.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Radstadt
Settlement.image_shield: AUT Radstadt COA.jpg
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
Settlement.subdivision_type1: State
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Salzburg
Settlement.subdivision_type2: District
Settlement.subdivision_name2: St. Johann im Pongau
Settlement.parts_style: para
Settlement.leader_title: Mayor

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Radstadt (Central Bavarian: Rodstoud or Rodstod) is a historic town in the district of St. Johann im Pongau in the Austrian state of Salzburg.

==Geography== thumb|left|View into the Taurach valley The town is part of the Salzburg Pongau region. It is located in the valley of the Enns River, near the confluence with its Taurach tributary, at the foot of Roßbrand mountain, part of the Salzburg Slate Alps. In the south the road runs parallel to the Taurach stream up to Untertauern, the Obertauern ski resort and the Radstädter Tauern Pass at , which marks the border with the Salzburg Lungau region. In the east, the Ennstal road leads to Schladming in Upper Styria.

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