!!!Gasteiner Tal

Gastein Valley (Gasteiner Tal), province of Salzburg, 40 km long, 
valley of the Gasteiner Ache stream; starts in the glaciated main 
range of the Hohe Tauern mountains (Ankogel group) and is flanked by 
their lateral ridges. Nassfeld Valley from the south-west and 
Anlauftal valley from the east come together in the Gastein Valley. In 
the Nassfeld Valley is the skiing village Nassfeld-Sportgastein (alt. 
1,589 m), which was established during the 1980s. In the 
uppermost passage of the Gastein valley, at  Boeckstein, lies the 
Salzburg portal to the Tauern tunnel. This railway tunnel joins the 
Gastein valley and the Seebachtal valley (Mallnitz) in Carinthia. Near 
Boeckstein the Gasteiner Ache stream develops small waterfalls 
(Kesselfall, Baerenfall and Schleinfall), at Bad Gastein 85m and 
63 m high. The three best known tourist destinations of the 
valley, Bad Gastein (alt.1,002 m), Bad Hofgastein (alt. 
858 m) and Dorfgastein (alt. 830 m), lie on the Gasteiner 
Ache stream. The Tauern railway provides access to the Gastein valley, 
which runs into Salzachtal valley (Pongau region) at Lend. At Bad 
Hofgastein the average flow of the Gasteiner Ache is 
9.9 m%%sup 3/%/sec.


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