page_title: Bad Hofgastein
section_title: Geography
hierarchical_section_title: Bad Hofgastein / Geography
caption_attribution_description: Bad Hofgastein houses in late summer
context_page_description: Bad Hofgastein is a market town in the district of St. Johann im Pongau, in the Austrian state of Salzburg. The spa town is located in the Gastein Valley, a large ski resort belonging to the Ski Amadé network.
context_section_description: The Gastein valley is part of the High Tauern range of the Central Eastern Alps, it stretches from the broad Salzach valley at Lend southwards up to the Alpine divide and the border with Carinthia. Bad Hofgastein is located about halfway between Dorfgastein in the north and Bad Gastein in the south. It has access to the Tauern Railway line, running through the valley up to the Tauern Railway Tunnel.
  The municipal area comprises the cadastral communities of Bad Hofgastein proper, Harbach, Heißingfelding, Vorderschneeberg, and Wieden.
caption: Bad Hofgastein on rainy summer day
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