Laufen

Laufen is a town in district in at the Austria–Germany border.
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  • Type: Town with 7,340 residents
  • Description: German town in the district of Berchtesgadener Land, Upper Bavaria, Germany
  • Also known as: 09172122”, “Laufen, Germany”, “Laufen/Salzach”, and “Stadt Laufen

Places of Interest

Highlights include Stille Nacht Museum Olberndorf and Silent Night Chapel.

Museum

Chapel
The is located in the town of in the Austrian province of , and is a monument to the Christmas carol "Silent Night", its lyricist Joseph Mohr, and its composer Franz Xaver Gruber.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Oberndorf bei Salzburg and Laufen and Bürmoos.

Oberndorf bei Salzburg in 's region, and Laufen in , , face each other across the River Salzach. The Christmas carol Silent Night was composed and first performed in Oberndorf.

Village
is a municipality in the district of Salzburg-Umgebung in the state of in . is situated 5 km north of Laufen.

Village
is a village, which is situated 5 km south of Laufen.

Laufen

Latitude
47.9354° or 47° 56′ 8″ north
Longitude
12.9303° or 12° 55′ 49″ east
Population
7,340
Elevation
407 metres (1,335 feet)
Open location code
8FVJWWPJ+54
Open­Street­Map ID
node 60603517
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
6558207
Wiki­data ID
Q201066
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Waray—“Laufen” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: لاوفن
  • Armenian: Լաուֆեն
  • Basque: Laufen
  • Bavarian: Laffa an da Soizach
  • Bavarian: Laffa an da Soizoch
  • Cebuano: Laufen (munisipyo)
  • Cebuano: Laufen
  • Chechen: Лауфен (Зальцах)
  • Chechen: Лауфен
  • Chinese: 劳芬 (德国)
  • Chinese: 劳芬
  • Czech: Laufen
  • Danish: Laufen
  • Dutch: Laufen
  • Egyptian Arabic: لاوفن
  • Esperanto: Laufen
  • French: Laufen
  • German: Laufen (Berchtesgadener Land)
  • German: Laufen (Salzach)
  • German: Laufen an der Salzach
  • German: Laufen
  • German: Laufen/Salzach
  • Hebrew: לאופן
  • Hungarian: Laufen
  • Indonesian: Laufen
  • Irish: Laufen
  • Italian: Laufen
  • Japanese: ラウフェン
  • Kurdish: Laufen, Almanya
  • Ladin: Laufen (Salzach)
  • Ladin: Laufen
  • Lombard: Laufen
  • Malay: Laufen, Jerman
  • Persian: لاوفن، آلمان
  • Polish: Laufen
  • Portuguese: Laufen
  • Romanian: Laufen
  • Russian: Лауфен
  • Serbian: Лауфен
  • Serbo-Croatian: Laufen
  • Slovak: Laufen
  • Slovenian: Laufen
  • South Azerbaijani: لاوفن، آلمان
  • Spanish: Laufen
  • Swedish: Laufen, Tyskland
  • Swedish: Laufen
  • Tatar: Лауфен (Зальцах)
  • Tatar: Лауфен
  • Tumbuka: Laufen, Germany
  • Turkish: Laufen, Bavyera
  • Ukrainian: Лауфен
  • Uzbek: Laufen
  • Vietnamese: Laufen, Đức
  • Volapük: Laufen
  • Waray (Philippines): Laufen, Alemanya
  • Laufen

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