Radstadt

Radstadt is a historic metropolis within the district of St. Johann im Pongau within the Austrian state of Salzburg. In the 4th century earlier than the Common Era the region became settled by way of Celtic tribes, their Noricum state was incorporated as a Roman province approximately 15 BC. The road throughout the Tauern Pass became part of a primary Roman street, main from Aquileia in Italy to the city of Iuvavum in the north. A vicinity referred to as Rastat changed into already noted in a 1074 deed.

The citadel of Radstadt was based inside the thirteenth century, when the Pongau region became part of the Archbishopric of Salzburg and border conflicts arose with the Habsburg dukes of Styria; it acquired town rights in 1289. The town served as seat of the local management and became of considerable fee for the safety of the Enns Valley and the road crossing the Alpine crest through Radstadter Tauern Pass toward Carinthia and Aquileia. Radstadt has a Gothic church consecrated in 1417, and a town hall dating from 16th century.