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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...
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Mondsee
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Mondsee see Salzkammergut , Austria.
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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...
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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...
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Traunsee
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Traunsee lake, Austria: see Salzkammergut .
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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.).
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Kammersee
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Kammersee lake, Austria: see Salzkammergut .
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Dachstein
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Dachstein peak, Austria: see Salzkammergut .
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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...
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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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