Salzkammergut
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Salzkammergut is a resort area east of Salzburg, Austria, spanning the federal states of Upper Austria, Salzburg, and Styria. It was inscribed as a World Heritage Site in 1997, with this description: "Human activity in the magnificent natural landscape of the Salzkammergut began in prehistoric times, with the salt deposits being exploited as early as the 2nd millennium B.C. This resource formed the basis of the area's prosperity up to the middle of the 20th century, a prosperity that is reflected in the fine architecture of the town of Hallstatt."
Regions in Salzkammergut
Salzkammergut has 10 regions which also include lakes:
- Ausseerland
- Inner Salzkammergut
- MondseeLand - Mondsee/Irrsee
- Tourist Region Almtal
- Tourist Region Attersee
- Tourist Region Attergau
- Tourist Region Bad Ischl
- Tourist Region Traunsee
- Tourist Region Fuschlsee
- Tourist Region Wolfgangsee
List of towns in Salzkammergut
The towns in Salzkammergut area:
- Altaussee 720 - 1800 m seaheight 1897 Inhabitants
- Altmünster 433 m seaheight 9485 Inhabitants
- Attersee 469 m seaheight 1500 Inhabitants
- Aurach am Hongar 498 m seaheight 1585 Inhabitants
- Bad Aussee 650 - 1000 m seaheight 5037 Inhabitants
- Bad Goisern 504 m seaheight 8462 Inhabitants
- Bad Ischl , the Emperor Franz Josef summer residence 468 m seaheight 16680 Inhabitants
- Bad Mitterndorf 812 m seaheight 3035 Inhabitants
- Bad Wimsbach-Neydharting 385 m seaheight 2300 Inhabitants
- Ebenau 607 m seaheight 1352 Inhabitants
- Ebensee 425 m seaheight 8734 Inhabitants
- Faistenau 786 m seaheight 2900 Inhabitants
- Frankenmarkt 536 m seaheight 3500 Inhabitants
- Fuschl am See 670 m seaheight 1323 Inhabitants
- Gmunden 425 m seaheight 15075 Inhabitants
- Gosau 767 m seaheight 2000 Inhabitants
- Grünau 528 m seaheight 2100 Inhabitants
- Grundlsee 712 m seaheight 1218 Inhabitants
- Gschwandt 523 m seaheight 2500 Inhabitants
- Hallstatt 508 m seaheight 950 Inhabitants
- Hintersee 746 m seaheight 460 Inhabitants
- Hof bei Salzburg 730 m seaheight 3600 Inhabitants
- Innerschwand 520 m seaheight 1046 Inhabitants
- Koppl 750 m seaheight 3044 Inhabitants
- Laakirchen 441 m seaheight 9133 Inhabitants
- Mondsee 481 m seaheight 3100 Inhabitants
- Nussdorf am Attersee 500 m seaheight 1120 Inhabitants
- Oberhofen am Irrsee 573 m seaheight 1335 Inhabitants
- Obertraun 514 m seaheight 764 Inhabitants
- Oberwang 572 m seaheight 1572 Inhabitants
- Pinsdorf 493 m seaheight 3585 Inhabitants
- Scharnstein 501 m seaheight 4876 Inhabitants
- Schörfling 510 m seaheight 3163 Inhabitants
- Schwanenstadt 389 m seaheight 4330 Inhabitants
- Seewalchen 495 m seaheight 4977 Inhabitants
- Steinbach 509 m seaheight 1003 Inhabitants
- St.Georgen im Attergau 540 m seaheight 6546 Inhabitants
- St. Lorenz 486 m seaheight 2008 Inhabitants
- St. Gilgen 542 m seaheight 3706 Inhabitants
- St. Konrad 585 m seaheight 1033 Inhabitants
- Straß 579 m seaheight 1498 Inhabitants
- Strobl 542 m seaheight 3466 Inhabitants
- St. Wolfgang, birth town of Niki Lauda, ex-German Chancellor Helmut Kohl spent his summer holiday here 540 m seaheight 2797 Inhabitants
- Tauplitz 900-2000 m seaheight 1005 Inhabitants
- Thalgau 545 m seaheight 5200 Inhabitants
- Tiefgraben 550 m seaheight 2950 Inhabitants
- Traunkirchen 422 m seaheight 1775 Inhabitants
- Unterach 468 m seaheight 1500 Inhabitants
- VöcklabruckThe Gate of Salzkammergut 433 m seaheight 12000 Inhabitants
- Vöcklamarkt 488 m seaheight 5000 Inhabitants
- Weyregg 482 m seaheight 1503 Inhabitants
- Zell am Moos 573 m seaheight 1400 Inhabitants
The name of Salzkammergut means "possession of the salt chamber" - was belong to the imperial salt chamber, the authority charged with running the precious salt mines in the Habsburg empire.
In Salzkammergut, people usually enjoy water sports, bathing, hiking, cycling, golf, relax around Grundlsee Lake or Toplitzsee Lake. There lies Katrin Alpin Pasture near Bad Ischl. There are some Salzkammergut fine cuisines such as Kaiserschmarr(e)n and Krapfen.