!!!Gosau Gosau, Upper Austria, municipality in the district of Gmunden, alt. 767 m, pop. 1,942, area 113.39 km%%sup 2/%, summer and winter tourism (246,823 overnight stays), Salzkammergut region, on the River Gosau and at the foot of the Gosaukamm crest. - Nursing homes, health resorts and rehabilitation centres run by the Protestant church, children´s home run by the order of the Sisters of Mercy of the Holy Cross, community centre, leisure centre for young people, storage power station (in 1919: 6,500 MWh), cable car to the Zwieselalm (alt. 1,436 m), well-known ski resort. In recent years the almost extinct craft of stone polishing has been revived as a business incentive for the region. Gosau was the first Protestant community in Austria that openly adopted the Protestant faith after the Edict of Tolerance. In 1991, 79% of the population was Protestant. - Catholic parish church with core from the late Gothic period (1500), extended and refurbished in 1874; Protestant parish church in neo-Gothic style (1864-1869), Baroque stations of the cross with Calvary chapel (1775). - Road over the Gschuett pass, connecting the provinces of Upper Austria and Salzburg. On the Gosau stream: lakes Vorderer Gosausee and Hinterer Gosausee. !Literature P. Bauer, Das Gosautal und seine Geschichte von den Uranfaengen bis zur Gegenwart, 1971 %%language [Back to the Austrian Version|AEIOU/Gosau|class='wikipage austrian'] %% [{FreezeArticle author='AEIOU' template='Lexikon_1995_englisch'}] [{ALLOW view All}][{ALLOW comment All}][{ALLOW edit FreezeAdmin}]