{{Infobox settlement | name = Tamsweg | native_name = | settlement_type = Municipality <!-- Images --> | image_skyline = Tamsweg.jpg | imagesize = | image_caption = View from St Leonhard Church | image_shield = Wappen_at tamsweg.png | shield_size = 80x110px | shield_link = <!-- Maps --> | pushpin_map = Austria | pushpin_mapsize = 270 | pushpin_map_caption = Location within Austria | image_map = | mapsize = | map_alt = | map_caption = Location within Tamsweg district <!-- Location --> | coordinates = {{coord|47|07|00|N|13|48|00|E|display=inline,title}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = Austria | subdivision_type1 = State | subdivision_name1 = Salzburg | subdivision_type2 = District | subdivision_name2 = Tamsweg | parts_type = | parts_style = para | p1 = <!-- Leaders --> | leader_title = Mayor | leader_name = Wolfgang Pfeifenberger | leader_party = {{Polparty|Austria| ÖVP }} | leader_title1 = | leader_name1 = <!-- Statistics --> | area_footnotes = {{Austria population Wikidata|area_footnotes}} | area_total_km2 = {{Austria population Wikidata|area_total_km2}} | area_metro_km2 = | elevation_m = 1022 | elevation_max_m = | elevation_min_m = | population_as_of = {{Austria population Wikidata|population_as_of}} | population_footnotes = {{Austria population Wikidata|population_footnotes}} | population_total = {{Austria population Wikidata|population_total}} | population_urban = | population_metro = | population_note = | population_density_km2 = auto | established_title = | established_date = | timezone = CET | timezone_DST = CEST | utc_offset = +1 | utc_offset_DST = +2 | registration_plate = TA | postal_code_type = Postal code | postal_code = 5580 | area_code_type = Area code | area_code = 06474 | website = [http://www.tamsweg.at www.tamsweg.at] | footnotes = }} '''Tamsweg''' ({{IPA|de|ˈtamsˌveːk|-|De-Tamsweg.ogg}}) is a market town in the Austrian state of Salzburg near the border with Styria. It is the administrative centre of the eponymous Tamsweg District (''Bezirk'') and the largest town of the Salzburg Lungau region.
==Geography== Tamsweg is located on the southern slope of the Schladminger Tauern mountain range within the Central Eastern Alps, in the valley of the upper Mur River, the driest basin in Austria. The municipality consists of the cadastral communities of Haiden, Keusching, Lasaberg, Mörtelsdorf, Sauerfeld, Seetal, Tamsweg and Wölting.
===Climate=== {{Weather box |location= Tamsweg (1991−2020 normals, extremes 1943−present): {{convert|1025|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} |metric first = Y |single line = Y |Jan record high C = 15.7 |Feb record high C = 17.6 |Mar record high C = 21.4 |Apr record high C = 27.2 |May record high C = 30.8 |Jun record high C = 34.3 |Jul record high C = 35.2 |Aug record high C = 34.4 |Sep record high C = 29.6 |Oct record high C = 25.7 |Nov record high C = 20.1 |Dec record high C = 16.8 |year record high C = |Jan high C = 0.5 |Feb high C = 4.2 |Mar high C = 8.3 |Apr high C = 12.9 |May high C = 16.5 |Jun high C = 21.6 |Jul high C = 21.9 |Aug high C = 21.8 |Sep high C = 17.9 |Oct high C = 12.6 |Nov high C = 6.3 |Dec high C = 0.6 |year high C =
|Jan mean C = -4.3 |Feb mean C = -1.7 |Mar mean C = 2.7 |Apr mean C = 6.7 |May mean C = 11.3 |Jun mean C = 15.2 |Jul mean C = 16.9 |Aug mean C = 16.8 |Sep mean C = 12.4 |Oct mean C = 7.8 |Nov mean C = 2.0 |Dec mean C = -3.5 |year mean C =
|Jan low C = -8.8 |Feb low C = -7.8 |Mar low C = -3.1 |Apr low C = 0.4 |May low C = 4.5 |Jun low C = 8.7 |Jul low C = 9.6 |Aug low C = 9.6 |Sep low C = 6.1 |Oct low C = 2.1 |Nov low C = -2.1 |Dec low C = -7.2 |year low C =
|Jan record low C = -32.1 |Feb record low C = -31.8 |Mar record low C = -26.0 |Apr record low C = -13.6 |May record low C = -16.2 |Jun record low C = -3.5 |Jul record low C = 0.1 |Aug record low C = -1.4 |Sep record low C = -6.8 |Oct record low C = -13.0 |Nov record low C = -24.5 |Dec record low C = -32.5 |year record low C =
|precipitation colour = green |Jan precipitation mm = 30.0 |Feb precipitation mm = 25.3 |Mar precipitation mm = 31.9 |Apr precipitation mm = 39.1 |May precipitation mm = 70.2 |Jun precipitation mm = 96.3 |Jul precipitation mm = 116.3 |Aug precipitation mm = 122.4 |Sep precipitation mm = 71.1 |Oct precipitation mm = 66.7 |Nov precipitation mm = 57.8 |Dec precipitation mm = 34.8 |year precipitation mm =
|unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm |Jan precipitation days = |Feb precipitation days = |Mar precipitation days = |Apr precipitation days = |May precipitation days = |Jun precipitation days = |Jul precipitation days = |Aug precipitation days = |Sep precipitation days = |Oct precipitation days = |Nov precipitation days = |Dec precipitation days = |year precipitation days =
|Jan snow cm = 31.8 |Feb snow cm = 29.7 |Mar snow cm = 18.6 |Apr snow cm = 8.4 |May snow cm = 0.1 |Jun snow cm = 0.0 |Jul snow cm = 0.0 |Aug snow cm = 0.0 |Sep snow cm = 0.0 |Oct snow cm = 3.5 |Nov snow cm = 18.7 |Dec snow cm = 31.1 |year snow cm = |source 1 = Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics<ref name=ZAMGnormals> {{cite web | url = https://www.zamg.ac.at/cms/de/dokumente/klima/dok_klimauebersichten/copy_of_klimanormalperiode_19912020.xlsx | title = Klimamittelwerte 1991-2020 | publisher = Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics | language = de | access-date = 7 March 2025}}</ref><ref name=tempnormals> {{cite web | url = https://dataset.api.hub.geosphere.at/app/frontend/station/historical/klima-v2-1m | title = Geosphere Austria Messstationen Monatsdaten | publisher = Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics | language = de | access-date = 7 March 2025}}</ref> }}
==History== thumb|left|St Leonhard Church Once part of the Roman Noricum province, the Lungau from the 6th century onwards was a Slavic settlement area, which in the 8th century fell under the influence of the Bavarian dukes. The locality of ''Taemswich'' was first mentioned about 1156.
The parish church, originally a filial of nearby Mariapfarr, was acquired by Archbishop Eberhard II of Salzburg in 1246. The Prince-Archbishops had the Saint Leonard pilgrimage church erected about 1433, which in the late 15th century was enlarged as a fortified church in view of repeated Ottoman invasions.
In 1490, it was occupied by Hungarian troops of King Matthias Corvinus and became the site of violent fights against the armed forces of Emperor Frederick III.
The archbishops fought against the Protestant Reformation in their estates, in the course of the Counter-Reformation, Tamsweg was enlarged as an episcopal residence and its citizens vested with further market rights in 1587, especially concerning the trade with salt and iron.
During the Napoleonic War of the First Coalition, Tamsweg was occupied by French troops in 1797, and after the 1803 secularisation of the Salzburg prince-archbishopric, it passed with the Electorate of Salzburg to the Austrian Empire according to the 1805 Peace of Pressburg. The economy of the remote area was decisively promoted, when Tamsweg received access to the Austro-Hungarian railway network with the opening of the Mur Valley Railway line in 1894.
Tamsweg is notable for its annual processions of a Samson figure.
==Politics== The municipal assembly (''Gemeinderat'') consists of 25 seats and as of 2009 elections is composed of *Austrian People's Party (ÖVP): 12 *Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ): 7 *Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ): 4 *The Greens: 2
==Twin town== {{flagicon|Italy}} Iseo, Brescia, Lombardy, Italy
==Transportation== thumb|Steam train on the Mur Valley railway Tamsweg lies at the junction of the Bundesstraßen (federal highways) B95 ''Turracher Straße'' from Mauterndorf to Predlitz-Turrach in Styria and the B96 ''Murtal Straße'' from Sankt Michael im Lungau and the A 10 Tauern Autobahn (European route E55) to Murau.
It can also be reached by the terminal station of the ''Murtalbahn'' narrow gauge railway to the Austrian Southern Railway (''Südbahn'') at Unzmarkt-Frauenburg.
==Notable people== * Franz (Fuxi) Fuchsberger - Six times Powder 8 World Ski Champion * Eva Moser, chess player * Ingrid Stöckl (born 1969), alpine skier
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