Werfen

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Werfen
Coat of arms	Location
Administration
Country	Austria
State	Salzburg
District	St. Johann im Pongau
Mayor	Franz Meißl (SPÖ)
Basic statistics
Area	154 km² (59.5 sq mi)
Elevation	548 m  (1798 ft)
Population	3,085  (15/05/2001)
- Density	20 /km² (52 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	JO
Postal code	5450
Area code	06468
Website	www.gemeindewerfen.at Coordinates: 47°28′30″N 13°11′20″E / 47.475, 13.18889

Werfen is a town about 50 km south of Salzburg in Austria. It is located in the Pongau region, with a population of about 3,500. The most known attractions are the Eisriesenwelt (the biggest ice-cave in the world) and Burg Hohenwerfen (the medieval castle where the movie Where Eagles Dare was recorded).

A small portion of a picnic scene from The Sound of Music was filmed on a hillside of the village of Werfen. Julie Andrews and crew filmed the opening shots of the "Do-Re-Mi" sequence with the Burg Hohenwerfen in the background.^[1] Werfen was also the location for some filming of Where Eagles Dare.

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[edit] External links

• http://www.werfen.at

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