Hallstatt, a picturesque place in the Salzkammergut in Austria has a long history. In 1846 Johann Georg Ramsauer discovered a large prehistoric cemetery with over 1000 graves on the Salzberg. The settlement traces reach back to the Neolithic. The name Hallstatt Culture, a period of the older Iron Age, goes back to the village of […]
Upper Austria
Corpus Christi on the Lake Hallstatt
Every year, tourists from all over the world meet to attend the colorful Corpus Christi on the Lake procession in Hallstatt, founded as eternal endowment of salt mining. Since 1628 a great part of the procession takes place on the lake, because there was too little space in the small village. The inhabitants carry the […]
Hallstatt – Salzkammergut
Hallstatt a small town in the Salzkammergut is located at the south-western shore of the Hallstätter See in Upper Austria. Till the end of the 19.th Century the village could only be reached by ship or narrow paths. Nevertheless the place has a rich history. First finds date from around 5.000 B.C. The reason for […]
St Wolfgang – Austria
St Wolfgang, the tourist center of the Salzkammergut region is located on the northern shore of the Wolfgangsee lake. The larger part of the Wolfgangsee lake belongs to the Austrian state of Salzburg. However, the town lies on the Upper Austrian territory and is dominated by the Schafberg mountain. St Wolfgang attained world fame by […]
Salzkammergut – Austria
The Salzkammergut, a popular holiday region in Austria, lies east of the city of Salzburg and reaches to the Dachstein Mountains. The tourist region of Salzkammergut includes parts of the federal states of Upper Austria, Styria and Salzburg. Join us on a short journey via Traunsee, Lake Attersee and Mondsee up to the Wolfgangsee. Gmunden, […]