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Hallstätter See or Lake Hallstatt is a lake in Salzkammergut, Austria. It is named after Hallstatt , a small market town famous for its salt mining since prehistoric times and for being the starting point of the world's oldest still-working industrial pipeline, used to transport brine to Bad Ischl (since 1596) and further to Ebensee .
Located 360 meters above Hallstatt, the platform overlooks the village, Lake Hallstatt and the surrounding Dachstein Alps. Hallstatt Ossuary (Beinhaus): Located in St. Michael's Chapel, the Ossuary is a cultural monument comprising more than 1,200 human skulls, 600 of which are artistically painted with symbols, names and dates.
Obertraun, Upper Austria (Austrian German: [ˈoːbɐˌtʁaʊ̯n]) is a village in the Salzkammergut, a region in Austria, near the Hallstätter See (Hallstatt Lake) and Hoher Dachstein. It is a popular holiday destination with activities such as skiing and snowboarding in the winter, and mountain biking, swimming and kayaking in the summer.
View of Hallstatt. 1895 map (from Meyers Konversations-Lexikon 4th ed.), showing the area between c. and , centered on. The Salzkammergut (Austrian German: [ˈsaltskamɐɡuːt], Northern German: [ˈzaltskamɐɡuːt] ⓘ; Central Austro-Bavarian: Soizkaumaguad) is a resort area in Austria, stretching from the city of Salzburg eastwards along the Alpine Foreland and the Northern Limestone Alps ...
The reservoir was created by the Amistad Dam (Presa de la Amistad in Spanish), completed in 1969, located on the Rio Grande at the United States-Mexico border across from the city of Ciudad Acuña in the Mexican state of Coahuila. Amistad, Spanish for "friendship," refers broadly to the close relationship and shared history between Ciudad ...
Detroit United Railway [1] [2] Later Eastern Michigan Railways: Escanaba Traction Company [1] [2] Later Escanaba Power and Traction Company: Grand Rapids, Grand Haven and Muskegon Railway [2] 1902 April 18, 1928 Grand Rapids, Holland and Chicago Railway [2] Houghton County Traction Company [2] 1900 May 21, 1932 Lake Superior District Power ...
Lake Worth Towne Crossing — A business center located at 6580 Lake Worth Blvd. Lake Worth Plaza — A two-building retail center located south of 10th Ave. South. It is home to a regional ...
United States: State: Texas: County: Tarrant: Elevation. 722 ft (220 m) Time zone: UTC-6 (Central (CST)) • Summer : UTC-5 (CDT) GNIS feature ID: 1339513 [1] Lake ...