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Hallstatt
Hallstatt , village, Upper Austria prov., W central Austria, in the Salzkammergut , on the Lake of Hallstatt. A tourist center, it is one of the oldest settlements in Austria. The term Hallstatt now refers to late Bronze and early Iron Age culture in central and western Europe. During excavations i... Read more
Michael Pacher
Michael Pacher , c.1435-1498, German religious painter and probably a wood carver, a native of the Tyrol. He painted figures reminiscent of the art of Mantegna, whose work Pacher must have seen on a trip to N Italy. His few known works are chiefly altarpieces, composed on a monumental scale and dist... Read more
Austria
Austria , Ger. Österreich [eastern march], officially Republic of Austria, federal republic (2005 est. pop. 8,185,000), 32,374 sq mi (83,849 sq km), central Europe. It is bounded by Slovenia and Italy (S), Switzerland and Liechtenstein (W), Germany and the Czech Republic (N), and Slovakia and... Read more

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Salzkammergut
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Salzkammergut , resort area in Upper Austria, Styria, and Salzburg provs., W...salt mining there, wanted to prevent salt from being smuggled out. Salzkammergut is a beautiful Alpine lake district and is a summer and winter tourist...
Mondsee
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Mondsee see Salzkammergut , Austria.
Upper Austria
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...by the Danube River and three of its tributaries, the Inn, the Enns, and the Traun, and includes a large part of the Salzkammergut resort area. Agriculture is still an important branch of the economy, with dairy farming and cattle breeding being the...
Austria
Encyclopedia entry from: Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of Physical Geography ...in Western Europe. There are well-known lake regions in the provinces of Salzburg, Upper Austria, and Styria. The Salzkammergut region near Salzburg includes a district that has about seventy lakes, of which the largest include the Attersee, the...
Traunsee
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Traunsee lake, Austria: see Salzkammergut .
Sankt Wolfgang
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Sankt Wolfgang , town, Upper Austria prov., in the Salzkammergut , on the Wolfgang See, a lake. It is a popular resort, famous for the White Horse Inn. A noteworthy attraction is the great altar carved (1481) by Michael Pacher for the parish church (15th-16th cent.).
Kammersee
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Kammersee lake, Austria: see Salzkammergut .
Dachstein
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Dachstein peak, Austria: see Salzkammergut .
Bad Ischl
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Bad Ischl or Ischl, city (1991 pop. 13,887), in Upper Austria prov., W Austria, in the center of the Salzkammergut . It is a famous spa. After 1822 it was the summer residence of the Austrian imperial family. Emperor Francis Joseph signed...
Michael Pacher
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...distinguished for their beauty of workmanship. His masterpiece is the great altarpiece in the village church of St. Wolfgang, Salzkammergut, Austria, executed c.1480 and consisting of a beautifully carved centerpiece in late Gothic style with four wings...

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Haug, Gustave Emile
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...Mountains, Haug concentrated his attention on the structure of the northern calcareous ranges of Austria (near Salzburg in the Salzkammergut) and was among the first to unravel the structural pattern of the Dolomites. His revision of several quadrangle maps of...
Leonhard, Karl Cäsar von
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...s position on neptunism. Despite the Napoleonic campaigns of this period, Leonhard visited the Austrian Alps and the Salzkammergut, meeting Friedrich Mohs in Vienna and von Moll in Muncih. In 1806 he collaborated with K. F. Marx and H. Kopp on Systematisch...

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Salzkammergut: Nazi gold, more lore
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 9/9/1990; ; 700+ words ; ...one place you could be: the storied Salzkammergut, a 900-square-mile Brigadoon squarely...Wolfgang outwitting the devil, the Salzkammergut's repository of fables is as rich...meant the great green peaks of the Salzkammergut. Deep in the pleated folds of these...
AUSTRIA: UPPER AUSTRIA - SALZKAMMERGUT FESTIVAL GMUNDEN 2007
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 7/9/2007; 456 words ; ...stated in the programme booklet of the "Salzkammergut Festival Gmunden", the Salzkammergut was "a region, where - thanks to the...whose creations have been inspired in the Salzkammergut. Together with trumpeter Brian Lynch...
Trip's really w o worth its salt; The 'cradle of Austrian culture' Salzburg and surro ounding region offers a fairytale festive break.
Newspaper article from: Birmingham Mail (England); 6/17/2009; 700+ words ; ...Aspinall PILGRIMS have been visiting the Salzkammergut for hundreds of years. Known as the...of the historic city of Salzburg the Salzkammergut region was first populated in celtic...as it came to be known. The name Salzkammergut means "Estate of the Salt Chamber...
Barbara Frischmuth. Die Entschlusselung.(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: World Literature Today; 3/22/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...begins when, one fine summer day in the Salzkammergut region of the Austrian Alps, the narrator...plot line is the Nazi history of the Salzkammergut region. Here she manages to create...notorious Nazi leaders vacationing in the Salzkammergut and about Nazi treasure in the Toplitzsee...
Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous Alpine Deformation Events in the Light of Redeposited Sediments
Magazine article from: Geolines; 1/1/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...and Early Cretaceous formations in Salzkammergut testify these events, however syn...held as the equivalent of the earliest Salzkammergut redeposited sedimentary material...equivalents of the Rossfeld formation of Salzkammergut. In Bakony Mts there are very weak...
The Glocklerlauf - Midwinter Celebration in Austria's Ebensee.
Magazine article from: World and I; 1/1/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...people of Austria's north-central Salzkammergut region, the twelve nights between...almost eight thousand in the heart of Salzkammergut. The town is located on the southern...attempting to exploit salt--produced in Salzkammergut since the Iron Age and Ebensee's...
Supporters of wild bird catching tradition demonstrate in Upper Austria
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 9/4/2005; 357 words ; ...continue. Bird catchers in the alpine Salzkammergut region capture wild song birds each...tradition is an inherent part of the Salzkammergut region, where it has been practiced...of the club Friends of the Birds in Salzkammergut, demanded tolerance for the tradition...
READER HOLIDAYS; Take a walking break at home or abroad.(Competitions/Offers)
Newspaper article from: Coventry Evening Telegraph (England); 4/2/1999; 532 words ; ...private facilities at a friendly family-run hotel in the Salzkammergut area. l Half board. l En-route visit to Munich and Heidelberg...l Guided lakes and mountains walk and tour through the Salzkammergut. l Services of an experienced courier. q TRAVELSCOPE PROMOTIOSN...
Get saddled with scenery.
Newspaper article from: Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England); 5/10/1998; 700+ words ; ...swimming pool. Another popular, and fairly flat, Radweg is the Salzkammergut Cycle Path. This is a series of interconnected circular tours around the lakes of the Salzkammergut. The paths skirt the lake shores often no more than a metre or...
St wolfgang's sounds of music On his first visit to Austria, Bob Macdougall finds friendly locals, beautiful scenery and a host of things to see and do
Newspaper article from: Press and Journal, The Aberdeen (UK); 2/10/2007; 700+ words ; ...nights on the beautiful Wolfgangsee (Lake Wolfgang) in the Salzkammergut lakes region of Austria. Our base was the picturesque village...both "shaken and stirred". A bonus of staying in the Salzkammergut is the area's proximity to Salzburg. A return service...