!!!Salzkammergut

Salzkammergut District, Alpine and pre-Alpine region rich in lakes, in 
the south of the province of Upper Austria (72 %) and in the 
bordering provinces of Salzburg (12 %) and Styria (16 %, 
"Styrian Salzkammergut" part of Upper Austria from 1938 to 
1945), region around the upper course of the River Traun; centre of 
former salt mining region (Hallstatt, Bad Ischl, Altaussee). The 
Salzkammergut district is one of the cradles of Austrian culture ( 
Hallstatt Culture), and is a very popular tourist region on account of 
its scenic beauty. It was developed as a summer resort in the 
19%%sup th/%  century. -Intensive rainfall; highly diversified 
landscape: in the south and in the east, karstified lime stocks of the 
Dachstein Massif and the Totes Gebirge Mountains, in the north, 
pre-Alpine limestone massifs (Hoellengebirge Mountains, Schafberg 
Mountain, Traunstein Mountain) and wooded sandstone mountains ( 
Kolomannsberg Mountain) of the Flysch zone; in-between lie 40 lakes in 
the basins formed by ice-age glaciers, including Lake Toplitzsee, Lake 
Grundlsee, Lake Altaussee, Lake Hallstatt, the Gosausee Lakes, Lake 
Wolfgangsee, Lake Mondsee, Lake Fuschlsee, Lake Irrsee, Lake 
Schwarzensee, Lake Attersee and Lake Traunsee, the Langbathsee Lakes, 
Lake Offensee and Lake Laudachsee. Important tourist destinations 
include Sankt Gilgen, Bad Ischl (imperial summer residence), Sankt 
Wolfgang, Bad Mitterndorf, Bad Goisern, Bad Aussee, Altaussee, 
Mondsee, Gmunden, Altmuenster, etc. Industry especially in  Ebensee 
and  Gmunden. The fact that the Salzkammergut district is shared by 
several provinces has historical reasons: the Upper Austrian part 
belongs to Traungau and Attergau, but several parts were added in the 
course of time: in 1492 the Gosautal Valley was ceded by Salzburg, in 
1505 the region around Lake Mondsee and Sankt Wolfgang was ceded by 
Bavaria; it was not subordinated to the governor (Salzamtmann in 
Gmunden), but directly to the Chamberlain of Austria below the Enns; 
the name Salzkammergut was first mentioned in 1656. It lost its 
special status under Joseph II. Administratively, the Upper 
Austrian Salzkammergut comprises the whole district of Gmunden and the 
southern part of the district Voecklabruck; the Styrian Salzkammergut 
includes the court district of Bad Aussee in the administrative 
district of Liezen and the Salzburg Salzkammergut comprises the 
eastern, mountainous part of Salzburg Province (main towns: Sankt 
Gilgen, Strobl).


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