!!!Altaussee Altaussee, Styria, municipality in the district of Liezen, alt. 719 m, pop. 1,888, area 92.57 km%%sup 2/%, health resort (brine baths) and biseasonal tourist town (135,725 overnight stays) on Lake Altausseer See (Styrian Salzkammergut region); beginning of "Salzkammergut Panorama road" onto Loser mountain (1,838 m). - Health resort facilities, art pavilion; salt mining, timber processing, chemical plant. Salt mine in Sandling open to visitors; originally the seat of the provincial salt works. - Late Gothic church with altarpiece by L. Kupelwieser (1860) and late Gothic tabernacle (1520). - near Altaussee Trattenbach waterfall. !Further reading A. Auerboeck, Die Wandlungen im Ausseer Land in sozialgeographischer Sicht, doctoral thesis, Graz 1980. %%language [Back to the Austrian Version|AEIOU/Altaussee|class='wikipage austrian'] %% [{FreezeArticle author='AEIOU' template='Lexikon_1995_englisch'}] [{ALLOW view All}][{ALLOW comment All}][{ALLOW edit FreezeAdmin}]