© Panoramic view of the Dachstein Salzkammergut (photo: Sven Posch / www.viewnect.com)
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Heilbronn Chapel at Dachstein Krippenstein

Obertraun, Oberösterreich, Österreich
  • All weather
  • Suitable for groups
  • Suitable for pushchairs

The Heilbronn chapel on the Dachstein Krippenstein is a monument to a mountain tragedy in 1954.

Heilbronn Dachstein Catastrophe

13 people (3 teachers and 10 students) lost their lives at Easter 1954 in a snowstorm on the Dachstein massif. Despite unfavourable weather conditions, the group ventured to climb up on Thursday. It was not until Easter Tuesday that the first victims were found. The search operation was one of the largest in alpine history with over 400 mountain rescuers. The Heilbronn Chapel on the Dachstein Krippenstein serves as a memorial to the mountain tragedy.

The Heilbronner Circular Trail leads to the place where the victims were found in 1954. A simple wooden cross stands quietly in remembrance of that place. 

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Accessibility / arrival

by car
from Salzburg:
Exit Thalgau via federal road B158 towards Bad Ischl, in Bad Ischl drive onto Salzkammergut Street B145 towards Bad Goisern, in Bad Goisern turn right onto B166, at the Gosaumühle junction turn left through Hallstatt to Obertraun
from Linz:
Exit Regau via federal road Salzkammergut street B145 towards Gmunden and Bad Ischl to Bad Goisern, in Bad Goisern turn right onto B166, at the Gosaumühle junction turn left through Hallstatt to Obertraun
from Vienna/Graz:
Exit Liezen via federal road B320, in Trautenfels drive onto Salzkammergut street B145 towards Bad Aussee, turn onto Koppen street to Obertraun
from Villach:
Tauern motorway to exit "Eben im Pongau", via B166 Pass Gschütt federal road through Gosau, at the Gosaumühle junction turn right through Hallstatt to Obertraun
 
by train
Attnang-Puchheim – Stainach-Irdning lines
arriving at "Obertraun-Dachsteinhöhlen”

by bus
bus 542/543
stops Obertraun Bahnhof/Feriendorf, Traunbrücke, Jugendherberge, Bundessportzentrum, Dachsteinseilbahn
 
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).

Parking
  • Parking space: 300
  • Parking area for disabled: 5
  • Bus parking space: 10
Travelling by public transport
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General price information

Here you can find the price information of the Dachstein Krippenstein cable car.

  • All weather
  • Suitable for groups
  • Suitable for schools
  • Suitable for pushchairs
  • Suitable for teenagers
  • Suitable for seniors
  • Suitable for single travelers
  • Suitable for friends
  • Suitable for couples
  • Suitable for children
Season
  • Spring
  • Summer
  • Autumn

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other information
  • Escort required

Contact


Heilbronn Chapel at Dachstein Krippenstein
Winkl 34
4831 Obertraun

Phone +43 5 95095 - 40
Fax machine +43 5 95095 - 74
E-Mail obertraun@dachstein-salzkammergut.at
Web www.dachstein-salzkammergut.at
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Tourismusverband Inneres Salzkammergut
Nr. 180
4831 Obertraun

Phone +43 5 95095 - 40
Fax machine +43 5 95095 - 74
E-Mail obertraun@dachstein-salzkammergut.at
Web www.dachstein-salzkammergut.at

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-4831 Obertraun
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