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Hallstatt (German: ⓘ) is a small town in the district of Gmunden, in the Austrian state of Upper Austria. Situated between the southwestern shore of Hallstätter See and the steep slopes of the Dachstein massif, the town lies in the Salzkammergut region, on the national road linking Salzburg and Graz .
The Salzkammergut railway line (German: Salzkammergutbahn) is a standard gauge railway line in the Austrian states of Styria and Upper Austria.It runs 171.1 kilometres (106.3 mi) from a junction with the Wels–Passau railway line near Schärding to a junction with the Enns Valley Railway in Stainach.
Eastern view of the Salzburg Basin with the city of Salzburg in the centre. Salzburg is on the banks of the River Salzach, at the northern boundary of the Alps. The mountains to Salzburg's south contrast with the rolling plains to the north. The closest alpine peak, the 1,972‑metre-high Untersberg, is less than 16 km (10 mi) from the city center.
This is a complete list of the cities and towns in Austria. There is no legal distinction between town and city in Austria; a Stadt (city) is an independent municipality that has been given the right to use that title. Below is a list of some of the largest cities by population, as well as a full listing of all cities and municipalities of Austria.
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 ...
Salzburg Hauptbahnhof (German for Salzburg main station; abbreviated Salzburg Hbf [1] and occasionally translated as Central Station [2]) is the main railway station in Salzburg, capital of the federal state of Salzburg in Austria. It is the most important station in the agglomeration of Salzburg, and a major transportation hub in western Austria.
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 .
Location within Austria Villach Hauptbahnhof (' Villach Central Station' [ 1 ] ) is the main railway station in Villach , the second largest city in the Austrian state of Carinthia . [ 2 ] It primarily serves as a passenger station and is an important junction within the Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) network.