5.9 % of Salzburg's addresses, 1,371 of 23,222, lie in a 30- or 100-year flood area, up to 88.8 % in the Schmiedingerstraße / Abtsdorferstraße area, and 115 of 153 neighbourhoods have 0 %. With the rare 300-year floods included, the city share is 10.6 %, and the Johannes-Filzer-Straße area reaches 89.9 % with 0 addresses in the 30- or 100-year area.
For each address in the city of Salzburg, we checked whether its point in the address register lies inside a flood area on the maps of the federal ministry BMLUK. The maps show three areas. In the 30-year and the 100-year area, the maps expect a flood on average once in 30 or once in 100 years. The 300-year area adds the rare, extreme floods. The neighbourhoods Lagecheck compares are statistical areas of Statistik Austria, each named after a street inside it, and the ranking includes those with at least 60 addresses. These statistical areas differ from Salzburg's own districts (Stadtteile), such as Lehen, Maxglan and Liefering.
23,222 addresses. 153 neighbourhoods.
Where in Salzburg do the frequent 30- and 100-year floods reach?
The Schmiedingerstraße / Abtsdorferstraße area has the largest share, 88.8 %, with 142 of its 160 addresses in a 30- or 100-year flood area. The Dornberggasse area follows with 88 %, 117 of 133 addresses, and the Schwarzenbergpromenade area with 87.4 %, 180 of 206 addresses. Across the city, 1,371 addresses lie in a 30- or 100-year flood area, 5.9 % of the total. Three neighbourhoods stand clearly ahead.
After the first three, the share drops to 70.3 % in the General-Keyes-Straße area, 52 of 74 addresses, and to 67.6 % in the Scherzhauserfeldstraße area. In the Kreuzbergpromenade area, 125 of the 222 addresses lie in a 30- or 100-year flood area, or 56.3 %. The Maxglaner Hauptstraße / Wehrgasse area closes the ten neighbourhoods with the highest share at 42.5 %, 37 of 87 addresses.
| Neighbourhood | Addresses in a 30- or 100-year flood area | Addresses |
|---|---|---|
| Schmiedingerstraße / Abtsdorferstraße area | 88.8 % | 142 of 160 |
| Dornberggasse area | 88.0 % | 117 of 133 |
| Schwarzenbergpromenade area | 87.4 % | 180 of 206 |
| General-Keyes-Straße area | 70.3 % | 52 of 74 |
| Scherzhauserfeldstraße area | 67.6 % | 50 of 74 |
| Kreuzbergpromenade area | 56.3 % | 125 of 222 |
| Metzgerstraße area | 56.2 % | 45 of 80 |
| Siebenstädterstraße area | 50.7 % | 34 of 67 |
| Fasaneriestraße area | 44.6 % | 41 of 92 |
| Maxglaner Hauptstraße / Wehrgasse area | 42.5 % | 37 of 87 |
| All of Salzburg | 5.9 % | 1,371 of 23,222 |
Which parts of Salzburg lie outside the flood areas?
115 of the 153 neighbourhoods have 0 % of their addresses in a 30- or 100-year flood area. The Uferstraße area, with 430 addresses, is one of them. In every neighbourhood of the ranking, some addresses lie outside the mapped areas.
How many addresses lie in a flood area once the 300-year area counts?
With the 300-year area included, 2,458 addresses lie in a mapped flood area, and the city share rises from 5.9 % to 10.6 %. The Dornberggasse area moves to the top at 91.7 %, 122 of 133 addresses, ahead of the Schmiedingerstraße / Abtsdorferstraße area at 90.6 %, 145 of 160. In 95 of the 153 neighbourhoods, every address lies outside all three areas. That group is smaller than the 115 neighbourhoods at 0 % for the 30- and 100-year areas.
| Neighbourhood | Addresses in a mapped flood area (up to 300 years) | Addresses |
|---|---|---|
| Dornberggasse area | 91.7 % | 122 of 133 |
| Schmiedingerstraße / Abtsdorferstraße area | 90.6 % | 145 of 160 |
| Johannes-Filzer-Straße area | 89.9 % | 89 of 99 |
| Schwarzenbergpromenade area | 87.4 % | 180 of 206 |
| Zillertalstraße area | 82.7 % | 67 of 81 |
| Siebenstädterstraße area | 76.1 % | 51 of 67 |
| General-Keyes-Straße area | 73.0 % | 54 of 74 |
| Fasaneriestraße area | 68.5 % | 63 of 92 |
| Scherzhauserfeldstraße area | 67.6 % | 50 of 74 |
| Metzgerstraße area | 66.2 % | 53 of 80 |
| All of Salzburg | 10.6 % | 2,458 of 23,222 |
Which neighbourhoods join the ten highest with the 300-year area?
Two neighbourhoods join the ten with the highest share once the 300-year area counts. The Johannes-Filzer-Straße area has 0 addresses in a 30- or 100-year flood area. With the 300-year area included, 89.9 % of its addresses lie in a flood area, 89 of 99, and it ranks third. The Zillertalstraße area reaches 82.7 % with the 300-year area and stays outside the ten neighbourhoods with the highest share for the 30- and 100-year areas. In their place, the Kreuzbergpromenade and the Maxglaner Hauptstraße / Wehrgasse areas leave the ten.
Other neighbourhoods stay among the ten and rise. In the Siebenstädterstraße area, the share rises from 50.7 % to 76.1 %, and in the Fasaneriestraße area from 44.6 % to 68.5 %. There, most of the flood addresses already lie in the 30- or 100-year area.
How do I find the flood area of one address?
On the map of Salzburg, you enter an address, and its report names the flood area it lies in and the hazard zones around it. The method explains how a flood area lowers LAGE, and the profile of Salzburg sets the flood figures beside road noise, public transport and parks. On the page your priorities, you weight the parts of LAGE yourself.
How we counted
The flood areas come from the flood risk zones of the federal ministry BMLUK under the EU Floods Directive, as of 2026. The address register of the BEV gives every address, and each address counts once, however many flats it has. An address counts in a flood area when its point lies inside it. The maps show where rivers and streams spread in a flood of each size. Heavy rain running over the surface and rising groundwater are separate hazards that these maps leave out. The rankings include neighbourhoods with at least 60 addresses.