{{Infobox settlement | name = Vorderwaldberg | native_name = | settlement_type = <!-- Images --> | image_skyline = | image_caption = | image_shield = | shield_size = | shield_link = <!-- Maps --> | pushpin_map = Austria | pushpin_mapsize = 270 | pushpin_map_caption = Location within Austria | image_map = | map_alt = | map_caption = Location within Zell am See district <!-- Location --> | coordinates = {{coord|47|15|08|N|12|12|54|E|display=inline,title}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = Austria | subdivision_type1 = State | subdivision_name1 = Salzburg | subdivision_type2 = District | subdivision_name2 = Zell am See | parts_type = | parts_style = para | p1 = <!-- Leaders --> | leader_title = | leader_name = | leader_party = | leader_title1 = | leader_name1 = <!-- Statistics --> | area_total_km2 = 2.3 | elevation_m = 1150 | elevation_max_m = | elevation_min_m = | population_total = 1152 | population_as_of = 1 January 2016 | population_footnotes = <ref>[http://www.statistik.at/wcm/idc/idcplg?IdcService=GET_NATIVE_FILE&RevisionSelectionMethod=LatestReleased&dDocName=080904 Statistik Austria - Bevölkerung zu Jahresbeginn 2002-2016 nach Gemeinden (Gebietsstand 1.1.2016)] for Vorderwaldberg. </ref> | 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 = ZE | postal_code_type = Postal code | postal_code = 5742 | area_code_type = Area code | area_code = 06565 | website = | footnotes = }} '''Vorderwaldberg''' is a dispersed settlement in the Oberpinzgau, the upper Salzach valley and the district of Zell am See/Pinzgau, and also a village in the municipality of Wald im Pinzgau, on the southern edge of the Kitzbühel Alps in Austria.
== Geography == The settlement, which has about 90 inhabitants and 30 houses, lies up the valley from Wald im Salzachtal, on the southern slopes of the Salzach valley, the ''Vorderwaldberg'', at an altitude between {{convert|950|-|1300|m|ft|-1}} on the Old Gerlos Road (''Alten Gerlosstraße'', the L 133).
The homesteads (''Einöden'') of ''Bachbauer'' and ''Watschbauer'', and several other farmsteads belong to the village that extends for about {{convert|2.3|km|mi|1}} in an east–west direction. == History == Vorderwaldberg lies on the old mule track (''Saumpfad'') from Mittersill as a trading hub on the route over the Gerlos Pass (Pinzgauer Höhe) to Zell am Ziller. It was upgraded into a cart track in 1631.<ref name="Geschichte Wald"/> In 1962 the new Gerlos Alpine Road (''Gerlos Alpenstraße'') via Krimml (today part of the B 165 Mittersill – Hainzenberg) was opened, that had been planned by graduate engineer Franz Wallack, the builder of the Großglockner High Alpine Road (''Großglockner Hochalpenstraße''). Consequently the Old Gerlos Road (''Alte Gerlosstraße'', today the L 133) lost its importance.<ref name="Geschichte Wald"/><!--
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== Tourism and places of interest == The Sixt Chapel (''Sixtkapelle'')<!-- ÖK --> on the ''Sonnberg'', below the Vorderwaldberg, on the Old Gerlos Road ({{Coord|47|14|54.9|N|12|12|57.2|E|type:landmark_elevation:968_dim:10_region:AT-5|name=Sixtkapelle}}).<!-- Patron unklar, II. oder III. --> Below the Sixtus Chapel lies the Augentrost Chapel (''Augentrostkapelle'') which is also worth a visit.
The Arno Trail (''Arnoweg'') runs through this village, from Hinterwaldberg and Lahn, as a climb to the ''Pinzgauer Spaziergang''.<ref name="Hutter 1999 ">{{citation|surname1=Clemens M. Hutter|title=Arnoweg |edition=2. Aufl.|publisher=Bergverlag Rother GmbH|publication-place=Oberhaching|pages=93|contribution=''Abschnitt 2 – Pinzgauer Grasberge''|isbn=978-3-7633-4293-8|date= 1999|language=German}}</ref>
== References == <references> <ref name="Geschichte Wald">{{cite web |title=Geschichte |url=http://www.wald.salzburg.at/system/web/sonderseite.aspx?menuonr=220651219&detailonr=220651219 |access-date= |work=www.wald.salzburg.at > Geschehen in Wald > Chronik > 1) }}{{Dead link|date=September 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> </references> ; Sources {{StatistikAustria|50626|Wald im Pinzgau}} {{Geographic location |title = |Northwest = |North = |Northeast = |West = Lahn |Center = Vorderwaldberg |East = Rosental (Neukirchen) |Southwest = |South = Wald |Southeast = }}
Category:Wald im Pinzgau Category:Zell am See District Category:Kitzbühel Alps