*** Welcome to piglix ***

Adnet

Adnet
Adnet von Waidach.JPG
Adnet is located in Austria
Adnet
Adnet
Location within Austria
Coordinates: 47°41′48″N 13°07′49″E / 47.69667°N 13.13028°E / 47.69667; 13.13028Coordinates: 47°41′48″N 13°07′49″E / 47.69667°N 13.13028°E / 47.69667; 13.13028
Country Austria
State Salzburg
District Hallein
Government
 • Mayor Wolfgang Auer (ÖVP)
Area
 • Total 30.0 km2 (11.6 sq mi)
Elevation 484 m (1,588 ft)
Population (1 January 2016)
 • Total 3,515
 • Density 120/km2 (300/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 5421
Area code 06245
Vehicle registration HA
Website www.adnet.salzburg.at

Adnet is a town in the district of Hallein, in the Austrian state of Salzburg. It is famous for its marble and there is a marble museum in the middle of the town.

Adnet is situated near Hallein in the metropolitan area of Salzburg. Urban districts are: Adnet, Riedl, Spumberg, Waidach, Wimberg. The highest point is just beneath the Jägernase (a mountain slope of the local mountain Schlenken) about 1,501 metres (4,925 ft) above sea level.

The coat of arms of the municipality: on a golden shield between three red-marmoreal round stones is a black lion, in the right hand it is holding a black stonemason's hammer on its red shaft.

The name originates from the Celtic (Atanate, Atanat, Attnat). It means swamp (situated by the water).

Adnet is twinned with:



...
Wikipedia

...