The wood-cutters museum in Bad Goisern at Lake Hallstatt not only shows its visitors in the old so-called “Holzknechtstube” how the wood farmhands had lived and worked, it also explains the enormous importance of the raw material wood for the Salzkammergut.
An old Salzkammergut so-called “Holzknechtstube”, the “Dürrenholzstube”, was removed in the Weißenbachtal in 1977 and repositioned by the Bad Goisern hometown club in the Müllnerwäldchen of Bad Goisern, close to the city center. The building made of round wood in which the workers had their bed, the so-called "Grat", is now a museum.
It was furnished with old ...
Opening times:
Holzknechtmuseum Bad Goisern
June17 till September 14, 2025
Daily except Monday 10.00 a.m. till 12.00 a.m.
Closed on public holidays
Note
Closed on Mondays!
504 m
Accessibility / arrivalThe Bad Goisern woodcutter museum is located in the "Müllnerwäldchen" in the center of Bad Goisern at Lake Hallstatt near the outdoor pool and the park. The parking lot of the outdoor pool Bad Goisern can be used for parking.
by car
from Salzburg:
Exit Thalgau via federal road B158 towards Bad Ischl, in Bad Ischl drive onto Salzkammergut Street B145 towards Bad Goisern
from Linz:
Exit Regau via federal road Salzkammergut street B145 towards Gmunden and Bad Ischl to Bad Goisern
from Vienna/Graz:
Exit Liezen via federal road B320, in Trautenfels drive onto Salzkammergut street B145 towards Bad Goisern
from Villach:
Tauern motorway to exit "Eben im Pongau", via B166 Pass Gschütt federal road through Gosau, at the Gosaumühle junction turn towards Bad Goisern
by train
Attnang-Puchheim - Stainach-Irdning lines
stop train station Bad Goisern
keep to the left - past the Parkbad Bad Goisern and then left again towards the Müllnerwald.
by bus
Bus 542 (Bad Ischl - Gosausee) - stop Bad Goisern Mitte/B145
on foot in the direction of the Kurpark - over the bridge in the direction of the Müllnerwald.
Detailed information on the respective train and bus times can be found at https://www.oebb.at/en/ (train) and https://www.postbus.at/en (bus).
free of charge
Adults € 8,00
Children € 4,00
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