The municipality is located between the city of
Salzburg in the east and the Austrian border with
Germany in the west. It was established in 1948 by the merger of Wals and Siezenheim, after parts of its territories had been incorporated into the Salzburg city limits. The whole municipal area belongs to the suburbs of Salzburg, however, no further amalgamation efforts have been made so far. It currently comprises the
cadastral communities of Wals I, Liefering I, Siezenheim I, and Gois. Wals-Siezenheim is located immediately at
Salzburg Airport with access to the
Salzburg trolleybus system. It is the site of extended
shopping malls and several branches of major industrial companies. The Walserberg locality is widely known for the former border checkpoint on the Austrian
West Autobahn to the German
Bundesautobahn 8. Border controls have been abolished with the implementation of the
Schengen Agreement in 1997. ==Communities of Wals-Siezenheim==