abstract:Saalfelden (full name Saalfelden am Steinernen Meer, in Austro-Bavarian: Soiföin or Soifejn) is a town in the Austrian state of Salzburg and is the administrative centre of the Pinzgauer Saalachtal. With approximately 16,000 inhabitants (late 2004), Saalfelden is also the largest town in the Pinzgau and the third of its federal state after Salzburg and Hallein.