Laufen

Laufen is a town in district in at the Austria–Germany border.
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Wikipedia
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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”
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include Stille Nacht Museum Olberndorf and Silent Night Chapel.

Museum
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Chapel
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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.

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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Oberndorf bei Salzburg and Laufen and Bürmoos.

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

Village
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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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Satellite Map

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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”
  • Urdu: “لاوفن، جرمنی”
  • Uzbek: “Laufen”
  • Vietnamese: “Laufen, Đức”
  • Volapük: “Laufen”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Laufen, Alemanya”
  • “Laufen”

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