Enchanting Hallstatt
That which makes Hallstatt special was succinctly quoted by Rudolf Lehr
- journalist and Hallstatt resident by choice? You want to be alone? In
three minutes you are in solitude. Thoughtful?
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You`ll find no full plates there
The Hallstatt people had to carry out very strenuous tasks which took all of their strength and could not be replaced due to insufficient nutrition and strengthening drinks.
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The woman salt carriers
Many women salt carriers even carried these burdens in advanced pregnancy. The salt broken directly from the rock is still used today as licks for wild and domestic animals
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Over the rooftops
Hallstatt gives the impression of being vigorously shaken by a giant hand and thrown and stuck on to the perpendicular cliffs rising from the black lake.
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In the step of Friedrich Morton
Friedrich Morton founded a botanical and meteorological station in Hallstatt in 1923; between 1925 and 1967 he was engaged as the custodian of the Hallstatt Museum.
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Indigenous Hallstatt
Local life is depicted by old musical instruments, local costumes, and Christmas cribs, and an original smokehouse.
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Where the solt was boiled
The brine (water and salt mixture) flowed in wooden pipes directly down from the Salt Mountain to the pan house. The immense amount of wood used decimated the forests in the inner Salzkammergut.
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The waterfall mills
In 1490, The Court Chamber gave an order that the farmers in the fertile foothills of the Alps, and the Enns Valley in Styria, were to deliver only to the Salzkammergut the excess of goods beyond their own needs.
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The fight for faith
The new-Gothic Evangelical Church of Christ is from 1861, after which the Protestant Patent? From Emperor Franz Joseph I placed the Protestant faith on equal footing with the Catholic.
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Friedrich Simony explores the Dachstein
In 1842, Friedrich Simony reached the 2995-meter summit of the Dachstein for the first time. In 1843 he had the first primitive refuge built on the Dachstein - the Hotel Simony? - near the Simony Hut of today.
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The house of the poor
The first association for the education of workers in Upper Austria was constituted in Hallstatt after 1868, giving bread and work that fortifies us, our children learning in school, and our aged released from begging.?
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Hallstatt burns
The fire that left most of the market in ruins and ashes on September 20th, 1750. Four people died on that occasion; thirty-five houses in the town centre and all documentation at the Court Administration Office went up in flames.
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The market town and its salt traders
The Market Square dates back to the 14th century; most of the dwellings are from the 16th century.
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Visitors in Hallstatt
Eloquent poets - from Johann Nestroy to Nikolaus Lenau, and Carl Zuckmayer - or such popular figures as Alexander Girardi and Marlene Dietrich - have written their names in Hallstatt`s guest books.
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The first tourists arrive
Around 1900, Hallstatt served the ever increasing number of visitors with three hotels, ten guest houses, and a brewery. Wealthy visitors could be carried around by sweating chair carriers.
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In the Badergraben
The social situation among the salt workers was generally better than in other economic areas. A hospital for the sick and needy was here in the 16th century, and around 1565 the workers had the benefit of gratis medical aid.
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The great Hallstatt period
The oldest finds date back to the Stone Age. Hallstatt was then the focal point of an ?early form of European unity? Which stretched from France to Slovenia. Historians named this epoch after 1874, the Hallstatt Culture.
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Through thousands of years
The miners repeatedly came upon traces of their prehistoric predecessors. In 1734 they discovered the fully preserved ?man in salt, who, considered a heathen, was quickly buried.
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The "underworld" of the forge
The salt mines forge stood here from the middle ages until it was removed in 1896. The smith repaired tools, shoed horses and banded wagon wheels. Massive iron sheets for the salt pans that could not be brought in from outside were made at the forge.
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Hallstatt and the Habsburger
The historical Rudolf`s tower was once a watchtower to protect the salt against enemies and served as the personal accommodation of the Salt mine manager.
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The lake and other thoroughfares
Before the roads were built in the 19th century, Hallstatt could only be reached on bridle paths or by boat across the lake. In 1890 the Seestrasse (Lake Road) was constructed.
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The lake and the solt
Alexander von Humboldt, a widely travelled explorer in the 18th and 19th centuries, called Hallstatt „the loveliest lake village in the world".
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Hallstatt - Home of the salt
Salt lured people to Hallstatt as early as the Neolithic Stone Age and mining has been continuous since 1300 BC
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Hallstatt - Home of the salt
The best way to discover more about the history of Hallstatt is from above. Here you can see the unbelievable technical achievements that were made.