Bischofshofen (population 10,000) is a city in Western Austria, located in the Salzach valley in the Alps. The Salzach is a river in Austria. ... The Alps is the collective name for one of the great mountain range systems of Europe, stretching from Austria in the east, Slovenia, Italy, Switzerland, Liechtenstein and Germany, through to France in the west. ...
The city is an important railway hub and lies at the Tauernautobahn, a highway route through the Alps.