Bischofshofen

Bischofshofen is a metropolis in the district of St. Johann im Pongau within the Austrian federal kingdom of Salzburg. It is an crucial traffic junction placed each on the Salzburg-Tyrol Railway line and at the Tauern Autobahn, a primary toll road course crossing the main chain of the Alps. In Neolithic times nearby Celtic tribes mined copper and salt within the nearby hills. Later, the Celts have been conquered through or

assimilated into the increasing Roman Empire, whilst the vicinity become included into the Noricum province. In the 3^rd to 4th century, a Roman road led from the Salzach valley to Radstadt on the Enns river. In the eighth century, Bavarian tribes settled the vicinity, promoted through the Agilolfing dukes and Bishop Rupert of Salzburg. The Pongau region turned into first cited in a 711 deed, while a monastery became founded thru the graces of the Salzburg archbishops and a noble own family from Oberalm. Slavic tribes later destroyed this monastery. The village of Hoven itself first appeared in 1151. In the twelfth century, the Archbishop of Salzburg talented the present-day St. Maxmillian's church with the gold- and gem-encrusted relic St. Rubert's crucifix.