page_title: Malta, Austria
section_title: Geography
hierarchical_section_title: Malta, Austria / Geography
caption_attribution_description: English: Parish church Malta in the community Malta Deutsch: Pfarrkirche Malta in der Gemeinde Malta
context_page_description: Malta is a municipality in the district of Spittal an der Drau, in the Austrian state of Carinthia.
context_section_description: The municipal area, with 262 square kilometres (101 sq mi) the second largest in Carinthia, covers most of the Maltatal valley, stretching from the Ankogel Group of the Hohe Tauern range in the northwest down to the town of Gmünd on the Lieser river, a tributary of the Drava. In the southwest it borders on the Reißeck municipality, while the Alpine crest including the Ankogel and Hochalmspitze peaks forms the northern border with the Austrian state of Salzburg. It includes the cadastral communities (Katastralgemeinden) of Dornbach, Malta proper, and Maltaberg. 
  Formerly an agricultural area, the local economy today largely depends on tourism with about 120,000 overnight stays per year. Attractions include a former provost's cottage (turned into an open-air museum) and the Fallbach Klettersteig, a via ferrata along the Fallbach Waterfal. In 1987 the Nationalpark Hohe Tauern was extended as far as the Ankogel Group and today, some 85.7 square kilometres of the municipal area are part of the national park territory.
caption: Parish church
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