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The alpine region Hallstatt-Dachstein/Salzkammergut is an extraordinary example of a natural landscape of unique beauty and special scientific importance, which also bears witness to the early and continuous human, economic and cultural activity.
– UNESCO comitee: december 1997

© The brine pipeline trail in Bad Goisern (photo: Holiday Region Dachstein Salzkammergut / Michaela Kefer)
The brine pipeline trail leads you from Hallstatt over Bad Goisern and Bad Ischl to Ebensee (photo: Holiday Region Dachstein Salzkammergut / Michaela Kefer)
Brine pipeline trail
Salt and water as DNA
Bad Ischl - Salzkammergut is "European Capital of Culture 2024"
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The history of our World Heritage sites

© „Ewige Wand“ in Bad Goisern (Photo: RudiKainPhotografie)
View from the "Ewige Wand" in Bad Goisern at Lake Hallstatt. (Photo: RudiKainPhotografie)
History of Goisern
© Löckernsee in Gosau am Dachstein (photo: Sven Posch / www.viewnect.com)
Hike to the Löckernsee in Gosau am Dachstein in the Dachstein Salzkammergut. (photo: Sven Posch / www.viewnect.com)
History Gosau

 

 

 

Come with me on a journey back up to 250 million years. Discover the stories of our World Heritage sites and understand the background of the NOW. History generates culture, tradition and customs. History generates the World Heritage.

© World Heritage Viewing Platform in Hallstatt (Photo: Viorel Munteanu)
View from the world heritage viewing platform in Hallstatt. (Photo: Viorel Munteanu)
History Hallstatt
© Obertraun at the foot of the Dachstein Krippenstein (photo: Sven Posch / www.viewnect.com
Obertraun offers various possibilities for relaxed and also for active holidays (photo: Sven Posch / www.viewnect.com)
History Obertraun