!!!Traunsee

Traunsee, Lake, Upper Austria, alt. 423 m, 
area 24,5 km%%sup 2/%, Lake Traunsee is 12 km long, 
3 km wide, and 191 m deep; it is the second largest lake in 
the Salzkammergut region and deepest lake in Austria (the largest lake 
in the Salzkammergut is Lake  Attersee ). It has good water quality 
and, because of its great depth, a low water temperature. The lake is 
situated in a transitional zone between the Alpine foreland and the 
Alps between the Hoellengebirge mountains to the southwest, 
Roetelstein mountain (1,287 m,  Roetelseen Underground Lakes) and 
the Traunstein mountain (1,691 m) in the east. The River  Traun  
flows through Lake Traunsee. Holiday resorts on shores of the lake are 
in the north, west and south: Gmunden (spa, alt. 440 m), 
Altmuenster (alt. 442 m), Mitterndorf 
(alt. 441 m), Traunkirchen (alt. 443 m) and 
Ebensee (alt. 443 m). The steep eastern bank is less densely 
populated. On a small island close to Gmunden lies the castle Schloss 
Ort, where the Gmunden summer festival takes place; Lake Traunsee 
offers all kinds of watersports.


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