The Salzkammergut is an alpine and pre-alpine region in Austria, in which three federal states have a share: Upper Austria, Styria and Salzburg. The largest part (72%) belongs to the federal state of Upper Austria. The part belonging to Styria will also Ausseerland called.
Regions
 View of Fuschl am See from the ship |
 UNESCO World Heritage Site Hallstatt on the lake of the same name |
 Mondsee in winter |
The Salzkammergut comprises 40 lakes and each lake has its own distinctive character. The most important lakes and holiday regions are:
- Altausseer See in the region Ausseerland
- Almtal
- Attersee
- Attergau
- The Gosau Lakes in the holiday region Dachstein Salzkammergut
- Fuschlsee
- Grundlsee with Toplitzsee in the region Ausseerland
- Mad lake
- Traunsee
- Hallstatt Lake in the holiday region Dachstein Salzkammergut
- Wolfgangsee
- Mondsee
places
- 1 Altaussee
- 2 Altmünster
- 3 Bad Aussee
- 4 Bad Goisern
- 5 Bad Ischl
- 6 Bad Mitterndorf
- 7 Ebensee
- 8 Fuschl am See
- 9 Gmunden
- 10 Gosau
- 11 Hallstatt
- 12 Mondsee
- 13 Obertraun
- 14 St. Georgen im Attergau
- 15 St. Wolfgang
- 16 St. Gilgen
- 17 Strobl
- 18 Traunkirchen
Other goals
- Dachstein massif (2,995 m) with the Dachstein caves (Ice cave)
background
According to the current state of research, the first humans came around 5000 BC. (probably through the hunt) in the area that is called the Salzkammergut today. About 1000 years later, the first settlements in Mondsee can be identified (pile dwellings). The area was very much characterized by the mining of salt deposits and gave the area its name. The Kammergut part shows that the region was directly subordinate to the treasury of the Habsburgs. Especially in the Middle Ages, the Salzkammergut was strongly separated from the surrounding areas. You needed your own permit to be able to leave or enter the country. Wars were also repeatedly fought over the valuable raw material salt (for example between Salzburg Archbishop Konrad IV von Fohnsdorf and Duke Albrecht the Habsburg - 1291 to 1297). Originally only the places where the salt was extracted (Altaussee , Hallstatt, a little later Bad Ischl) and the immediate neighboring communities as Salzkammergut. Due to the fact that more and more raw materials were needed for salt production, the area slowly but surely expanded to the area known today as the Salzkammergut.
Today it is mainly tourism that shapes this Alpine region. It has retained a lot of its originality, which certainly has to do with the proverbial "dickschädladn" (stubborn) nature of the residents.
language
getting there
The A1 (western motorway) opens up the northern parts of the region. The B 145 is the north-south axis through the Salzkammergut and from the west Salzburg, the B 158 follows Bad Ischl to the center of the Salzkammergut. The Salzkammergutbahn line connects the stations of Attnang-Puchheim (Westbahn) and Stainach-Irdning (Graz - Salzburg line).
mobility
The Salzkammergutbahn is the only railway line in the region. However, the area has a good road network and local bus connections.
The mountains are accessed by numerous cable cars and lifts. One of the oldest leads up the 1,783 m high Schafberg Rack railways Of Austria.
Tourist Attractions
- Aquarium Weyregg am Attersee. Here you can find out more about the underwater world of Austria's largest inland lake.
- Schafberg. With a nostalgic cogwheel train on Lake Wolfgang. The mountain, which reaches the tree line, towers over the valley by around 1200 meters, making it the region's central viewing point.
- UNESCO World Heritage Site Hallstatt. With the world-famous, historic town center.
- Various museums (Kammerhof Museum Bad Aussee, Museum Hallstatt, Holzknechtmuseum Bad Goisern ...)
- Imperial villa Bad Ischl. It was here that Emperor Franz Joseph I signed the declaration of war on Serbia, which triggered the First World War.
- Ebensee concentration camp memorial and contemporary history museum
activities
The Salzkammergut offers a variety of different activities in the fields of sport, culture and wellness.
Sports:
Skiing, cross-country skiing, snowshoeing, mountain biking, hiking, diving, climbing (a large number of different via ferratas), e-bikes (rental and service network throughout the region), swimming, sailing, paragliding / hang gliding
Wellness:
Thermal baths in Bad Aussee, Bad Ischl
Health resorts are Bad Aussee, Bad Goisern and Bad Ischl
kitchen
- Kaiserschmarrn - The Austrian specialty is of course also available in the Salzkammergut. These are egg or pancakes with raisins and applesauce. If you don't like raisins, this wish is usually granted. Recipe for Kaiserschmarrn: see Koch Wiki.
nightlife
security
The following emergency numbers are available:
- Salvation 144
- Police 133
- Fire Department 122
- Gas emergency number 128
- Water rescue 144
- Cave Rescue 144
- Mountain Rescue 140
- Emergency doctor service 141
- Poisoning Information Center 01 406 43 43
- Emergency number for victims 0800 112 112
climate
A typical weather phenomenon in the area is the so-called "Salzburg Schnürlregen". The vernacular is supposed to express that the raindrops fall to the ground "like strings" and that rain clouds often last longer in the mountain valleys than in the lowlands.
trips
A visit to the Salzkammergut is an essential part of a stay in the Salzkammergut Salzburg.
literature
- Stephen Sokoloff: "Golden Paths", Volume 1, cultural and natural treasures from Lake Traunsee to Bad Ischl, Neu-Media 2005. ISBN 3-200-00436-3
- Stephen Sokoloff: "Golden Paths", Volume 2, Cultural and Natural Treasures in the Inner and Styrian Salzkammergut, Neu-Media 2008. ISBN 978-3-200-01068-0
Web links
- Salzkammergut tourism marketing - officially
- Atterwiki.at - Wiki organized as an association for the Attersee-Attergau region
