A view of Hallein and Untersberg from the hamlet of St. Margarethen
Hallein is a city in the Austrian state of Salzburg (state). It is situated along the Salzach river in the shadow of Untersberg, near the border to Germany. It is the district capital of Tennengau. Its area is 24.9 km2, and the population is 18,500. Salzburg (area 7154 sq. ... The Salzach is a river in Austria. ...
Long known for salt mines in the mountain of Dürnberg, settlements in the area have been traced 4000 years back. It was a Celtic community from 600 BCE until the Romans took over in 15 BCE. The name Hallein was instituted in the 13th century. The word Celtic can refer to: the European Celtic people, ancient or modern the Celtic languages, spoken by these people and their modern descendents the Celtic (Lusitania), Celts from the Alentejo. ...
Hallein was the site of a work camp annex to the Dachau concentration camp in World War II. SS Chief Heinrich Himmler inspects the Dachau concentration camp (1936) The Dachau concentration camp was a Nazi German concentration camp near the city of Dachau, north of Munich, in southern Germany. ... Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ...
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