Notable People
- Adolf Krischanitz (born 1946), architect
- Patrick Reiter ( born 1972), retired judoka
- Andrea Fischbacher ( born 1985), alpine skier, olympic champion
- Michaela Kirchgasser (born 1985), alpine skier
- Marco Salvatore (born 1986), football player
The author Thomas Bernhard (1931–1989), suffering from tuberculosis had to spend much time in the area as a patient at the sanatorium in nearby Sankt Veit. He made Schwarzach the setting of his first novel Frost published in 1963.
Read more about this topic: Schwarzach Im Pongau
Famous quotes containing the words notable and/or people:
“a notable prince that was called King John;
And he ruled England with main and with might,
For he did great wrong, and maintained little right.”
—Unknown. King John and the Abbot of Canterbury (l. 2–4)
“The responsibility of a writer is to excavate the experience of the people who produced him.”
—James Baldwin (1924–1987)