Salzkammergut Vacation Travel Video Guide
Travel video about destination Salzkammergut in Austria.
The Salzkammergut is located in the heart of Austria, a wonderful and romantic landscape set between breathtaking mountains and beautiful lakes. It was here that the Emperor Of Austria once spent the summer months and enjoyed all the benefits of this health resort in which salt, this region’s white gold, was once worked and where objects that date back to prehistoric times have been discovered.St. Gilgen is situated at the western end of the lake. It is set among captivating scenery at the foot of the Zwölferhorn Mountain that has a cable car service. Attractive houses, hotels and a city hall contain modern comforts hidden beyond a romantic façade and it was here that Mozart’s mother was born. A journey by hot air balloon is an amazing way in which to explore this fascinating landscape and from the sky it is far easier to gain a better perspective of the geology below. Nature defined the borders of this landscape: in the east the landscape stretches to the edge of the Tote Gebirge, a labyrinth of mountains with areas of karst and fields of mountain pine; in the south it extends to the snow covered Dachstein Mountains and their many caves. In the south west, the Tennen-Gebirge. In the west is the broad sweep of the Fuschl-See that marks the edge of the mountain region and in the north are the gentle hills of the Voralpen. Within the idyllic Almtal and its main village of Grünau is the untouched and romantic Alm See which is surrounded by the rugged mountain slopes of the Toten Gebirge that was formed by the glaciers of the Last Ice Age. Well appointed mountain huts and picturesque views across the gigantic peaks of the Gosaukamm Mountains to as far as the Bischofsmütze are a welcome reward to all who venture here. The views here are famous across the world. With the Dachstein Mountains as a backdrop this scene has featured on many a picture postcard. Its remote location set between mountains and lakes is truly captivating. A landscape of both history and culture: The Salzkammergut, a veritable paradise in the heart of Europe!
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Wels, Oberösterreich - Austria HD Travel Channel
Wels is the second largest city in Upper Austria. The area around Wels has been settled since the Neolithic Age. Under the Romans, Wels developed into a city called Ovilava. Later, it became the capital of Ufernoricum, the province between the Danube and the main Alpine ridge, which arose from the division of Noricum by Emperor Diocletian.
In the course of the great migration, Wels was devastated strongly and gained some importance under the Bavarians in the 6th century. The Habsburgs followed the Babenberger and under Maximilian I. Wels came into the center of imperial interest,
because Maximilian maintained a hunting lodge in the Welser heath. Maximilian died in the castle of Wels in 1519. Today Wels is primarily known as a trade-fair city.
The most beautiful house in Wels is the house of Salmone Alt, also called Hoffmannsches Freihaus. Salmone Alt was the mistress of the Prince-Bishop of Salzburg, Wolf Dietrich of Raitenau, and gave birth to 15 or 16 children. For her he built the Mirabell Palace in Salzburg.
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Wels ist die zweitgrößte Stadt in Oberösterreich.
Das Gebiet um Wels ist seit der jüngeren Steinzeit besiedelt. Unter den Römern entwickelte sich Ovilava zur Großstadt und später zur Hauptstadt von Ufernoricum, der Provinz zwischen Donau und Alpenhauptkamm, die durch Teilung von Noricum durch Kaiser Diokletian entstand.
Im Laufe der Völkerwanderung wurde Wels stark verwüstet und erlangte erst wieder vom 6. Jahrhundert an, unter den Baiern, eine gewisse Bedeutung. Nach den Babenbergern kamen die Habsburger, und unter Maximilian I. rückte Wels in den Blickpunkt kaiserlicher Interessen, da Maximilian in der Welser Heide ein Jagdschloss unterhielt. Maximilian verstarb in der Welser Burg dann auch im Jahre 1519. Heute ist Wels vor allem als Messestadt bekannt.
Das schönste Haus in Wels ist das Haus der Salmone Alt, auch Hoffmannsches Freihaus genannt. Salmone Alt war die Lebensgefährtin des Fürsterzbischofs von Salzburg, Wolf Dietrich von Raitenau, dem sie 15 oder 16 Kinder gebar. Für sie errichtete er das Schloss Mirabell in Salzburg.
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Almsee, Austria - Mountain Lake Hike
A hike around Almsee, a beautiful lake in Upper Austria near the end of the Genuss am Almfluss Almufer trail in the picturesque Salzkammergut region.
Film & narration by Deanna Allison.
From the narration:
You know, one of the many great things about Austria is the hiking.
In this video I’ll show you a hike along the beautiful Almsee mountain lake.
Now, almost every time I see a lake in Austria I think, “wow, that’s gorgeous.”
This is one of those lakes.
It’s much smaller than the nearby Traunsee that featured in an earlier video and you can walk right round it.
And it’s not as busy either, at least not at it’s northern end.
Here it is from above.
So, a few Almsee facts:
It’s a lake in the Almtal valley, in Upper Austria's part of the Salzkammergut region.
The lake lies in the northern portion of the Totes Gebirge, or “Dead” mountains.
On the other side of these mountains is the Austrian state of Steiermark.
The lake’s elevation is 589 meters and its average depth is just 2,5 metres.
And it’s 2,3 kilometres long and up to 700 meters wide,
so it’s small enough to walk around in a couple of hours.
Almsee formed behind a large ice age landslide and the lake’s water comes from the surrounding mountains.
Some of the inflow is from mountain streams but water also emerges from springs that open into the lakebed - this is mountain water that has been channelled through faults in the rocks.
And you can actually see that water, mixed with air, bubbling up into the lake.
All that mountain water entering a small, shallow lake makes the lake relatively cold,
and cool water can hold plenty of oxygen.
And this is an “Oligotrophic” lake:
low pollution levels keep algal blooms at bay which also helps to maintain oxygenation.
So, like a lot of Austrian lakes, the water is clean and full of fish.
In fact, the water was so clear when we visited that the fish almost seemed to be flying on top of the water.
There are plenty of information boards. This one shows the Almufer trail which spans over 50 kilometres from the Traun river, following the river Alm to the Almsee.
But we only had a few hours so we started just near the Almsee end of the trail and followed the river upstream.
The Alm is the primary outflow for the Almsee and this water will eventually flow down into the Traun and then into the Danube.
We began our hike from the small car park at Habernau, next to the rather neat sign for the Gasthof Jagersimmerl, and then followed the well-marked trail for maybe just over a kilometre.
Now, by Austrian standards, hiking here just an easy walk.
Better watch out for exposed tree roots though. I managed to trip over one and we needed our first aid kit to patch up my grazed knee.
Still, it’s worth approaching the lake on foot this way, because you suddenly arrive at the lake’s northern end and a panorama opens up.
This is where you can join the circular route around the lake and there’s a car park here too so you’ll probably encounter a few more people.
It’s definitely worth just pausing here for a few minutes to admire the view and the almost perfect reflections in the water.
After a brief pause, we walked south along the eastern shore which is on the right side of the lake in this picture.
We headed for the large car park at the south end of Almsee and you can also see that the road to the car park follows the opposite shore of the lake, on the left.
As you follow the path there are idyllic views of a couple of boathouses sitting on shimmering reflections of themselves.
And there are a couple of small gravel beaches. This one was occupied by a family of mute swans and cygnets.
At the southern end of the lake, there are more people, not just hikers.
And you might well see tour and school groups.
This is a Nature Reserve, so there’s plenty to see and learn here.
Still, it’s a bit of a shock to leave the peaceful bit of the hike behind.
The car park here is big enough to accommodate a large number of cars and tourist coaches.
I should add here that there is also a scheduled bus service, which makes it accessible for travellers without their own transport,
and lots of people means that there’s also somewhere to get refreshments.
In fact, there’s a very pleasant restaurant here, nestled right under the mountains!
It’s called Seehaus and it was getting quite busy with the lunchtime crowd when we arrived, just a little before 1 pm.
I think a bus load of people was arriving, but we managed to find a table outside, which we shared with two friendly strangers.
I had Schnitzel here, which was really rather good.
You’re never far away from a Schnitzel in Austria!
After leaving Seehaus, we walked further round the lake to take in the spectacular view but the road here is quite busy so we decided to backtrack.
And it was well worth it. In just a couple of hours, the sun had shifted enough to make the panorama subtly different, with new patterns of shade on the mountains and light glittering on the water.
ViaAlpinaFFME2011.mpg
Via Alpina FFME 2011 (Gaël Bouquet des Chaux & Dominique Fevre / FFME) - A relay hike from Slovenia to France with 300 participants from many clubs of the French Mountain and Climbing Federation FFME: hiking, mountaineering, climbing, canyoning - Via Alpina Travel Fellowship 2011 (special mention of the jury)
En français / in French with English subtitles / sottotitoli italiani / deutsche Untertitel / slovenski podnaslovi
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