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| settlement_type = [[Municipality (Austria)|Municipality]]
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| postal_code        = 5350
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'''Strobl''' (or '''Strobl am Wolfgangsee''') is a municipality of the [[Salzburg-Umgebung District]] (''Flachgau''), in the northeastern portion of the [[Austria]]n state of [[Salzburg (state)|Salzburg]], right on the border with [[Upper Austria]]. It comprises the [[Katastralgemeinde]]n of Aigen, Gschwendt, Strobl, and Weißenbach.

==Geography==
It lies on the eastern side of lake [[Wolfgangsee]] in the [[Salzkammergut]] resort region, close to [[Sankt Gilgen]] and the [[Upper Austria]]n municipalities of [[St. Wolfgang im Salzkammergut|St. Wolfgang]] and [[Bad Ischl]]. The town has a population of 3,453 (2001) and an area of 93.89&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>.[[File:Strobl Richtung Wolfgangsee.jpg|thumb|left|Lakeside]]
==History==
 
The town was in the US zone of [[Allied-occupied Austria]] after the war, where the [[:de:Deutschvilla|villa of the Viennese banking family Deutsch]] (expropriated by the Nazis in 1938) served as an officers' club. Strobl was the site of a [[Displaced Persons camp]].<ref>Archives of the [[Ghetto Fighters' House]]</ref>

==St. Sigismund Parish Church==
[[File:Strobl Kirche Außenansicht 2.jpg|thumb|St. Sigismund parish church]]
Strobl has a church ([[:de:Pfarrkirche St. Sigismund (Strobl)]]), where Prince Tassilo von [[Fürstenberg (princely family)|Fürstenberg]] ([[:de:Tassilo von Fürstenberg]]) is buried.

In 1758 the archbishop Sigismund III (Christoph von Schrattenbach) commissioned Kassian Singer, master builder from [[Kitzbühel]], to build a church in the village. Singer died before the completion of the project, which was given to Palier Andrä Huber of St. Gilgen. The church was dedicated to the archbishop's patron saint on May 3, 1761.

The building's original late [[Baroque]] appearance is maintained in virtually pristine condition. The high altar painting, by Johann Benedikt Werkstätter ([[:de:Benedikt Werkstätter]]), depicts St. Sigmund along with the Holy Trinity. There are also statues of St. Christopher and St. Joseph by Sebastian Eberl. The high altar and tabernacle were made by Lorenz Hörmbler. On the left side-altar is depicted Our Lady of Good Counsel, and on the right, St. Francis de Sales, painted by Peter Anton Lorenzoni.

A new organ (built by Orgelbau Felsberg) was dedicated in 2003.

==Politics==
Seats in the municipal assembly (''Gemeinderat'') as of 2009 elections:
* [[Austrian People's Party]] (ÖVP): 13
* [[Social Democratic Party of Austria]] (SPÖ): 6
* [[Freedom Party of Austria]] (FPÖ): 2

==Notable residents==
* [[Hugo von Hofmannsthal]] chose Strobl as his favorite retreat.
* Strobl was the summer home of the actor [[Emil Jannings]] from 1929, and his primary residence after 1945, where he died in 1950.
* After the deposition of the Nazi officials in May 1945, the actor [[Theo Lingen]] served a few days as ''de facto'' mayor of the town.
* In spring 1945 King [[Leopold III of Belgium]] was interned held as a prisoner of war with his family by 200 men of the [[Waffen-SS]] until he was released by the [[106th Cavalry Group (United States)|106th Cavalry Group]] of the US Army in May 1945.
* In 1973 [[Hildegard Knef]] lived at the ''Hubertushof'' hunting lodge of Prince Fürstenberg.
* [[Helene Thimig]] actress and wife of theatre director [[Max Reinhardt]], lived more than 20 years in Strobl. She is memorialized by a bust on the Promenade.

==References==
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==External links==
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* {{in lang|de}} [http://www.strobl.salzburg.at Strobl official site]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060509004502/http://homes.tiscover.com/sixcms/detail.php?id=15879&template_id=2069 Webcam on the village square]
{{Geographic location
|Centre = Strobl
|North = [[St. Wolfgang im Salzkammergut]]
|Northeast = [[Bad Ischl]]
|East = 
|Southeast = [[Bad Goisern]]
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|West =[[St. Gilgen]]
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