--- title: Chorinsky-Klause wooden drift system in the Weißenbachtal valley in Bad Goisern url: "https://dachstein.salzkammergut.at/en/oesterreich-poi/detail/400418/chorinsky-klause.html" description: The Chorinskyklause is a wooden drift camp in the Weißenbachtal valley near Bad Goisern. A hike or cycle tour through the Weißenbachtal valley takes you directly to this historic building. date: 2012-06-19 modified: 2026-03-06 --- # Chorinsky-Klause wooden drift system in the Weißenbachtal valley in Bad Goisern Chorinsky-Klause ================== Bad Goisern am Hallstättersee, Oberösterreich, Österreich ![](https://assets.tourdata.at/260x195/203754/9C11CC06F8782B5E82A69361EDC6872DABFCE30884035B8770438DB3CED54879/chorinsky-klause-in-bad-goisern-am-hallstaettersee.jpg) ![](https://assets.tourdata.at/260x195/203753/2958A5D49B054F794EFA6CD7F2897B6DC968494879F91CDAFA3246DC1E2FE3B1/chrorinsky-klause-in-bad-goisern-am-hallstaettersee.jpg) ![](https://assets.tourdata.at/260x195/203755/6D5A34E2F4D41FDC197B6C82CD5D9A6B9ED7BEB4295A265325B22EA9CB21DE58/staubereich-der-chorinsky-klause-in-bad-goisern.jpg) © Open copyright © Ferienregion Dachstein Salzkammergut / Barbara Moser Close copyright [ ![The Chorinsky-Klause in the Weißenbach valley in Bad Goisern was formerly used as a wood drifting system. For environmental reasons, it cannot be beaten since several years.](https://assets.tourdata.at/x550/203754/9C11CC06F8782B5E82A69361EDC6872DABFCE30884035B8770438DB3CED54879/chorinsky-klause-in-bad-goisern-am-hallstaettersee.jpg "© Ferienregion Dachstein Salzkammergut / Barbara Moser") ](https://assets.tourdata.at/1920x/203754/9C11CC06F8782B5E82A69361EDC6872DABFCE30884035B8770438DB3CED54879/chorinsky-klause-in-bad-goisern-am-hallstaettersee.jpg) © Open copyright © RudiKainPhotografie Close copyright [ ![The Chorinsky-Klause in the Weißenbach valley in Bad Goisern is perfectly set in a wild and romantic way.](https://assets.tourdata.at/x550/203753/2958A5D49B054F794EFA6CD7F2897B6DC968494879F91CDAFA3246DC1E2FE3B1/chrorinsky-klause-in-bad-goisern-am-hallstaettersee.jpg "© RudiKainPhotografie") ](https://assets.tourdata.at/1920x/203753/2958A5D49B054F794EFA6CD7F2897B6DC968494879F91CDAFA3246DC1E2FE3B1/chrorinsky-klause-in-bad-goisern-am-hallstaettersee.jpg) © Open copyright © Ferienregion Dachstein Salzkammergut Close copyright [ ![The storage area of the Chorinsky-Klause can be reached in summer after a bike ride through the Weissenbach valley.](https://assets.tourdata.at/x550/203755/6D5A34E2F4D41FDC197B6C82CD5D9A6B9ED7BEB4295A265325B22EA9CB21DE58/staubereich-der-chorinsky-klause-in-bad-goisern.jpg "© Ferienregion Dachstein Salzkammergut") ](https://assets.tourdata.at/1920x/203755/6D5A34E2F4D41FDC197B6C82CD5D9A6B9ED7BEB4295A265325B22EA9CB21DE58/staubereich-der-chorinsky-klause-in-bad-goisern.jpg) © Open copyright © Ferienregion Dachstein Salzkammergut Close copyright [ ![This sight in the middle of the picturesque Brunntal alp in the Weißenbach valley of Bad Goisern is of historical importance and uniqueness.](https://assets.tourdata.at/x550/203756/1360D9851CF2A8058B8DB799DFC351D924EE27A6AC4975EBF492E80CAD893D71/chorinsky-klause-in-bad-goisern-am-hallstaettersee.jpg "© Ferienregion Dachstein Salzkammergut") ](https://assets.tourdata.at/1920x/203756/1360D9851CF2A8058B8DB799DFC351D924EE27A6AC4975EBF492E80CAD893D71/chorinsky-klause-in-bad-goisern-am-hallstaettersee.jpg) 1. 2. 3. 4. pets allowed Goiserer Weißenbachtal 4822 Bad Goisern am Hallstättersee [ open in Google Maps ](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=Goiserer%20Wei%C3%9Fenbachtal%2C%204822%20Bad%20Goisern%20am%20Hallst%C3%A4ttersee "Link will open in a new window") [ Open in Apple Maps ](https://maps.apple.com/place?address=Goiserer%20Wei%C3%9Fenbachtal%2C%204822%20Bad%20Goisern%20am%20Hallst%C3%A4ttersee "Link will open in a new window") ![](https://static.ecmaps.de/staticmap.jpg?experience=webarchitektur-meta&lat=47.650659846&lon=13.554210663&width=991&height=450&project=ttg-basemap&zoom=2000&server=meta.tourdata.at) **In the wild and romantic Weißenbachtal valley, very close to the Brunntal Alm, lies the Chorinsky-Klause. It is a technical monument from a time when the timber and salt trade was extremely important for the Salzkammergut. Combined with a hike or a bike tour, the timber drift is one of many sights in Bad Goisern that you have to experience!** In combination with hiking and cycling -------------------------------------- This attraction in the middle of the picturesque Brunntalalm in the Weißenbachtal valley of Bad Goisern is **of historical importance and uniqueness**. Combined with a bike tour or hike, the wood drift is **the highlight of a relaxing day in nature** in the Dachstein Salzkammergut. Find out more below about **why this facility** is **so historically significant for timber extraction in the Salzkammergut**. Built from wood - made for wood ------------------------------- The Chorinsky-Klause in the Weißenbachtal valley in Bad Goisern is a **dam** that was **built in the 19th century for the transportation of timber**. A classic timber drift system. The first forebays used to dam water were built as early as 1526. These were still made of wood, which meant that they had to be renewed time and again. There is evidence of these new constructions in 1656 and 1766. A few hundred years passed before **construction of the current hermitage began in 1809**. Why all this? Once the Berlin-Scholzplatz transmitter! ---------------------------------------- Those familiar with the Salzkammergut can certainly imagine the reason for the need and transportation of huge quantities of timber. It was, of course, **the salt mine in Hallstatt, which consumed a gigantic amount of wood per day to fire the salt mine**! Specifically, 230 m³ of wood were burned every day in Hallstatt. If you were to stack this wood, you would get a tower as high as the Berlin-Scholzplatz radio tower. Later, of course, wood was increasingly replaced by coal and so the demand decreased over the centuries. Nevertheless, **the Salzkammergut** had to **rationalize its timber industry and transport very early on**. One of the last timber drifts in the Salzkammergut -------------------------------------------------- The **28.27 m long timber drift** still towers on a rock bench. The rock in the Salzkammergut is predominantly limestone, which is **why the Chorinskyklause is also made of limestone blocks**. The actual dam wall is 6.21 m high. This pioneering feat of engineering enables this structure to create a **maximum backwater of 75,000 m³ of water**. Timber transportation is also based on this, as the water was dammed up and after the sluice the timber to be transported waited in the stream to be flushed into the Weißenbach district. **The sluices were not simply opened but "hit" with a special mechanism.** This allowed the water to flow through the valley at breakneck speed together with the timber. Until the early 2000s, an annual "Klausschlagen" was held, but in recent years the Chorinsky Klause was no longer allowed to be beaten for environmental reasons. However, the hermitage can still be visited free of charge at any time and you can **experience a piece of woodworking history up close**. The famous **[Emperor's Table](http://salzdirndl.com/kaisertisch-weissenbachtal/?utm_source=tourdata&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=tourdata)** is also located not far from the Chorinksy hermitage. And if you want to find out more about the life of the lumberjacks, the **[Bad Goisern Lumberjack Museum](https://dachstein.salzkammergut.at/oesterreich-poi/detail/402256/holzknechtmuseum.html)** is the place to go! 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E-Mail [badgoisern@salzkammergut.at](#mailto) Web [dachstein.salzkammergut.at](https://dachstein.salzkammergut.at "New window") --- **Legal contact information** Salzkammergut Tourismus Marketing GmbH Mag. (FH) Christian Schirlbauer Kirchengasse 4 AT-4822 Bad Goisern badgoisern@salzkammergut.at https://dachstein.salzkammergut.at UID: ATU53978904 --- **We speak the following languages** German English French Italian [ Opening hours ](#ttgCollapseOeffnungszeiten) ------------------------------------------------ The hermitage can be visited at any time in summer and can be reached on foot in approx. 1 1/2 hours. - open to the public - Can only be viewed from outside [ Arrival ](#ttgCollapseAnreise) ---------------------------------- **Elevation**650 m **Accessibility / arrival****The Chorinsky-Klause is located in the village of Weißenbach in Bad Goisern on Lake Hallstatt. The hermitage can only be reached on foot or by bike along the forest road.** **By car** **From Salzburg:** Exit Thalgau via the B158 federal highway towards Bad Ischl, in Bad Ischl take the B145 Salzkammergut road towards Bad Goisern **from Linz:** Regau highway exit onto Salzkammergut Straße B145 in the direction of Gmunden and Bad Ischl to Bad Goisern **from Vienna/Graz:** Highway exit Liezen on B320, in Trautenfels turn onto Salzkammergut Straße B145 to Bad Goisern **from Villach:** Tauernautobahn to exit "Eben im Pongau", via B166 Pass Gschütt Bundesstraße through Gosau, turn left at the Gosaumühle junction towards Bad Goisern **By train** Attnang-Puchheim - Stainach-Irdning line Goisern Jodschwefelbad stop, approx. 5.4 km from there **By bus** Bus 542 (Bad Ischl - Lake Gosau) Bus stop Bad Goisern Jodschwefelbad, from there approx. 5.4 km away Detailed information on the respective train and bus times can be found at **[http://www.oebb.at](http://www.oebb.at/)** (train) and **[www.postbus.at](http://www.postbus.at/)** (Postbus) [ Prices ](#ttgCollapsePreise) -------------------------------- **General price information****The Chorinskyklause can be visited free of charge all year round.** - Free entry **Other discounts**Free admission for children Entry with the Salzkammergut Card is 2 EUR [ Suitability ](#ttgCollapseEignung) -------------------------------------- - Suitable for groups - Pets allowed - Suitable for single travelers - Suitable for friends - Suitable for couples **Season**- Spring - Summer - Autumn [ Accessibility ](#ttgCollapseBarrierefreiheit) ------------------------------------------------- Please get in touch for more information. 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