!!!Grünau im Almtal

Gruenau im Almtal, Upper Austria, municipality in the district of 
Gmunden, alt. 528 m, pop. 2,137, area 229.95 km%%sup 2/%, 
bi-seasonal holiday resort (138,318 overnight stays, mainly summer) 
situated at the confluence of the Gruenaubach stream and the Alm 
river, east of Lake Traunsee; in terms of area, largest municipality 
in Upper Austria. - Forestry inspectorate of the District Commission, 
young people´s hostel, Marienheim home (Order of the Sisters of 
the Blessed Virgin of Mount Carmel), aerial ropeway to the Kasbergalm 
pastures (Kasberg mountain alt. 1,747 m), 6 km south of 
Gruenau, near Fischerau, wildlife sanctuary of the 
Herzog-von-Cumberland Foundation. Forestry, wood processing, 
Konrad-Lorenz Institute of the University of Vienna. - Baroque parish 
church (1695) with carved altarpiece (1616-1618, taken from the 
Kremsmuenster collegiate church in 1712). Enchanted Forest theme park 
in Schindelbach.


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