Hallstatt

Hallstatt is known for its production of salt, dating back to prehistoric times, and gave its name to the Hallstatt culture, a culture often linked to Celtic, Proto-Celtic, and pre-Illyrian peoples in Early Iron Age Europe, c.800–450 BC. Some of the earliest archaeological evidence for the Celts was found in Hallstatt.
Situated in the south-western shore of the Hallstätter See, the town lies in the geographical region of Salzkammergut, on the national road linking Salzburg and Graz.

1 Hallstatt Hallstatt, Upper Austria, is a village in the Salzkammergut, a region in Austria. It is located near the Hallstätter See. At the 2001 census, it had 946 inhabitants. Salt was a valuable resource, so the region was historically very wealthy. It is possible to tour the world's first known salt mine named Salzwelten, located above downtown Hallstatt. On 2 June 2012, it was reported that Chinese mining company China Minmetals Corporation built a full-scale replica of the entire town in Huizhou, Guangdong province.	2 St. Florian This relief is located on the Hallstatt fire brigade building and is created by G. Zauner in 1989. Florian was born about 250 AD in the ancient Roman city of Aelium Cetium in present-day Sankt Pölten, Austria. He joined the Roman army and advanced in the ranks, rising to commander of the imperial army in the Roman province of Noricum. In addition to his military duties, he was also responsible for organizing firefighting brigades. Florian organized and trained an elite group of soldiers whose sole duty was to fight fires and therefore he is the Patron Saint of firefighters.	3 Hallstätter See Lake Hallstatt, surrounded by mountains.	4 The owls are not what they seem Some wooden owls on a window.
5 O sole mio A gondola, a bit lost.	6 Hallstatt Hallstatt, Upper Austria, is a village in the Salzkammergut, a region in Austria. It is located near the Hallstätter See. At the 2001 census, it had 946 inhabitants. Salt was a valuable resource, so the region was historically very wealthy. It is possible to tour the world's first known salt mine named Salzwelten, located above downtown Hallstatt. On 2 June 2012, it was reported that Chinese mining company China Minmetals Corporation built a full-scale replica of the entire town in Huizhou, Guangdong province.	7 Hallstatt Hallstatt, Upper Austria, is a village in the Salzkammergut, a region in Austria. It is located near the Hallstätter See. At the 2001 census, it had 946 inhabitants. Salt was a valuable resource, so the region was historically very wealthy. It is possible to tour the world's first known salt mine named Salzwelten, located above downtown Hallstatt. On 2 June 2012, it was reported that Chinese mining company China Minmetals Corporation built a full-scale replica of the entire town in Huizhou, Guangdong province.	8 Hallstatt Hallstatt, Upper Austria, is a village in the Salzkammergut, a region in Austria. It is located near the Hallstätter See. At the 2001 census, it had 946 inhabitants. Salt was a valuable resource, so the region was historically very wealthy. It is possible to tour the world's first known salt mine named Salzwelten, located above downtown Hallstatt. On 2 June 2012, it was reported that Chinese mining company China Minmetals Corporation built a full-scale replica of the entire town in Huizhou, Guangdong province.
9 Hallstatt Hallstatt, Upper Austria, is a village in the Salzkammergut, a region in Austria. It is located near the Hallstätter See. At the 2001 census, it had 946 inhabitants. Salt was a valuable resource, so the region was historically very wealthy. It is possible to tour the world's first known salt mine named Salzwelten, located above downtown Hallstatt. On 2 June 2012, it was reported that Chinese mining company China Minmetals Corporation built a full-scale replica of the entire town in Huizhou, Guangdong province.	10 Hallstatt Hallstatt, Upper Austria, is a village in the Salzkammergut, a region in Austria. It is located near the Hallstätter See. At the 2001 census, it had 946 inhabitants. Salt was a valuable resource, so the region was historically very wealthy. It is possible to tour the world's first known salt mine named Salzwelten, located above downtown Hallstatt. On 2 June 2012, it was reported that Chinese mining company China Minmetals Corporation built a full-scale replica of the entire town in Huizhou, Guangdong province.	11 Souvenirs All kinds of glass stuff sold as souvenirs. Nice looking though.	12 Well maintained house Houses along Seestrasse
13 Big swans Big swans on the lake	14 Small swans Smaller swans (and a duck) on a lake	15 Hallstatt Hallstatt, Upper Austria, is a village in the Salzkammergut, a region in Austria. It is located near the Hallstätter See. At the 2001 census, it had 946 inhabitants. Salt was a valuable resource, so the region was historically very wealthy. It is possible to tour the world's first known salt mine named Salzwelten, located above downtown Hallstatt. On 2 June 2012, it was reported that Chinese mining company China Minmetals Corporation built a full-scale replica of the entire town in Huizhou, Guangdong province.	16 Hallstatt Hallstatt, Upper Austria, is a village in the Salzkammergut, a region in Austria. It is located near the Hallstätter See. At the 2001 census, it had 946 inhabitants. Salt was a valuable resource, so the region was historically very wealthy. It is possible to tour the world's first known salt mine named Salzwelten, located above downtown Hallstatt. On 2 June 2012, it was reported that Chinese mining company China Minmetals Corporation built a full-scale replica of the entire town in Huizhou, Guangdong province.
17 Beware! Beware of running waiters	18 Lunchtime People having lunch in a lakeside terrasse.	19 Brauhaus The first documented mention of the house was in 1472, where it is noted as being a salt manufacturing house. The salt traders were Hallstatt locals who had been given the rights by the Kaiser to sell salt. In 1504 Emperor Maximilian 1st known as the last Knight, gave the house the rights to brew and serve beer. The water guaranteed by the preparations an excellent, strong beer that would be served in large mugs.	20 Brauhaus The first documented mention of the house was in 1472, where it is noted as being a salt manufacturing house. The salt traders were Hallstatt locals who had been given the rights by the Kaiser to sell salt. In 1504 Emperor Maximilian 1st known as the last Knight, gave the house the rights to brew and serve beer. The water guaranteed by the preparations an excellent, strong beer that would be served in large mugs.
21 Brauhaus The first documented mention of the house was in 1472, where it is noted as being a salt manufacturing house. The salt traders were Hallstatt locals who had been given the rights by the Kaiser to sell salt. In 1504 Emperor Maximilian 1st known as the last Knight, gave the house the rights to brew and serve beer. The water guaranteed by the preparations an excellent, strong beer that would be served in large mugs.	22 Narrow alley Very very very very narrow alley in Hallstatt.	23 Two roosters Artsy roosters	24 Hallstatt museum Since 2002 the museum has occupied the former Hallstatt parsonage, and the previous holdings of the museum have been reunited with many of the objects which had previously been on display at the Naturhistorisches Museum in Vienna.
25 Austrian bear A cute little bear was sitting close to the museum and I managed to take a picture of him before he vanished.	26 Alte post Couldn't find any info regarding of this, but it's a nice-looking house anyway.	27 Löckerbrunnen Tourists posing in front of an old fountain in Hallstatt.	28 Sign of times The sign on Alte Post wall
29 Waterfall Waterfall bringing water to Hallstatt	30 Hallstatt Hallstatt, Upper Austria, is a village in the Salzkammergut, a region in Austria. It is located near the Hallstätter See. At the 2001 census, it had 946 inhabitants. Salt was a valuable resource, so the region was historically very wealthy. It is possible to tour the world's first known salt mine named Salzwelten, located above downtown Hallstatt. On 2 June 2012, it was reported that Chinese mining company China Minmetals Corporation built a full-scale replica of the entire town in Huizhou, Guangdong province.	31 Hallstatt Hallstatt, Upper Austria, is a village in the Salzkammergut, a region in Austria. It is located near the Hallstätter See. At the 2001 census, it had 946 inhabitants. Salt was a valuable resource, so the region was historically very wealthy. It is possible to tour the world's first known salt mine named Salzwelten, located above downtown Hallstatt. On 2 June 2012, it was reported that Chinese mining company China Minmetals Corporation built a full-scale replica of the entire town in Huizhou, Guangdong province.	32 Old house Beautiful old house on Marktplatz.
33 Marktplatz Village center. Beautiful old houses surrounds the square.	34 Saltzhaus The listed building, formerly belonging to a salt merchant, on the upper Market Square of Hallstatt, was built in 1751 and serves currently as a guesthouse.	35 Meat! Nice butcher shop sign.	36 Low-flying bird view Hallstatt, Protestant church, built in 1862 on the left.
37 Pfarrkirche Maria Himmelfahrt A fire in 1793 laid waste to much of the town, but the 15th-century parish church of Mariä Himmelfahrt, built on earlier foundations, largely survived. The south nave dates from 1300, the middle nave from 1439, the chapel from 1460. The Madonna on the triumphal arch goes back to the Danube school of about 1520; the Baroque touches date from 1736; and to complete the picture, the Rococo organ was installed in 1777	38 Pfarrkirche Maria Himmelfahrt The interior of the church.	39 Pfarrkirche Maria Himmelfahrt Flügelaltar, from 1450. It was originally located in Hauerkapelle in Salzberg. The pulpit on the left is a work of the Holzfachschule Hallstatt. There are figures of church fathers engraved in it.	40 Pfarrkirche Maria Himmelfahrt Marienaltar. Probably the altar was built between 1510 and 1520 by Leonhard Astl, whose name can be found in the relief of the circumcision of Jesus.
41 Graveyard A small graveyard next to the Catholic church of Maria Himmelfahrt	42 Michaelskapelle Since as early as 12AD, exhumed human bones have been moved from the graves into small ossuary bone houses in Hallstatt. A permanent charnel home was made for the bones when the Gothic style Saint Michael’s Chapel was built here in the 1100s and by the 1600s the practice became more popular. It was mainly because the lack of land in Hallstatt didn’t let the graveyard expand for new deaths and also because cremation was not allowed by the Catholic Church in Medieval times. The town’s solution was to dig up bodies 10 to 20 years after a burial and move the bones to the lower level of Saint Michael’s Chapel, therefore opening up a grave spot for the newly dead. After being dug up, the skulls were cleaned and then left outside for weeks until they were as smooth ivory then arranged inside into careful rows of interconnected kin.	43 Michaelskapelle Since as early as 12AD, exhumed human bones have been moved from the graves into small ossuary bone houses in Hallstatt. A permanent charnel home was made for the bones when the Gothic style Saint Michael’s Chapel was built here in the 1100s and by the 1600s the practice became more popular. It was mainly because the lack of land in Hallstatt didn’t let the graveyard expand for new deaths and also because cremation was not allowed by the Catholic Church in Medieval times. The town’s solution was to dig up bodies 10 to 20 years after a burial and move the bones to the lower level of Saint Michael’s Chapel, therefore opening up a grave spot for the newly dead. After being dug up, the skulls were cleaned and then left outside for weeks until they were as smooth ivory then arranged inside into careful rows of interconnected kin.	44 Michaelskapelle Since as early as 12AD, exhumed human bones have been moved from the graves into small ossuary bone houses in Hallstatt. A permanent charnel home was made for the bones when the Gothic style Saint Michael’s Chapel was built here in the 1100s and by the 1600s the practice became more popular. It was mainly because the lack of land in Hallstatt didn’t let the graveyard expand for new deaths and also because cremation was not allowed by the Catholic Church in Medieval times. The town’s solution was to dig up bodies 10 to 20 years after a burial and move the bones to the lower level of Saint Michael’s Chapel, therefore opening up a grave spot for the newly dead. After being dug up, the skulls were cleaned and then left outside for weeks until they were as smooth ivory then arranged inside into careful rows of interconnected kin.
45 Michaelskapelle Since as early as 12AD, exhumed human bones have been moved from the graves into small ossuary bone houses in Hallstatt. A permanent charnel home was made for the bones when the Gothic style Saint Michael’s Chapel was built here in the 1100s and by the 1600s the practice became more popular. It was mainly because the lack of land in Hallstatt didn’t let the graveyard expand for new deaths and also because cremation was not allowed by the Catholic Church in Medieval times. The town’s solution was to dig up bodies 10 to 20 years after a burial and move the bones to the lower level of Saint Michael’s Chapel, therefore opening up a grave spot for the newly dead. After being dug up, the skulls were cleaned and then left outside for weeks until they were as smooth ivory then arranged inside into careful rows of interconnected kin.	46 Michaelskapelle Since as early as 12AD, exhumed human bones have been moved from the graves into small ossuary bone houses in Hallstatt. A permanent charnel home was made for the bones when the Gothic style Saint Michael’s Chapel was built here in the 1100s and by the 1600s the practice became more popular. It was mainly because the lack of land in Hallstatt didn’t let the graveyard expand for new deaths and also because cremation was not allowed by the Catholic Church in Medieval times. The town’s solution was to dig up bodies 10 to 20 years after a burial and move the bones to the lower level of Saint Michael’s Chapel, therefore opening up a grave spot for the newly dead. After being dug up, the skulls were cleaned and then left outside for weeks until they were as smooth ivory then arranged inside into careful rows of interconnected kin.	47 A path A path to the church. This village is very tightly packed indeed.	48 Hallstatt Hallstatt, Upper Austria, is a village in the Salzkammergut, a region in Austria. It is located near the Hallstätter See. At the 2001 census, it had 946 inhabitants. Salt was a valuable resource, so the region was historically very wealthy. It is possible to tour the world's first known salt mine named Salzwelten, located above downtown Hallstatt. On 2 June 2012, it was reported that Chinese mining company China Minmetals Corporation built a full-scale replica of the entire town in Huizhou, Guangdong province.
49 Boating A couple enjoying a relaxing day on the lake.	50 The Holy Trinity The monument is erected in 1744 and the figures are made by Josef Anton Pfaffinger.	51 An alley Another narrow alley in Hallstatt	52 Oink! Oink! Cute pig figures made out of wood.
53 Salzkontor Built in 1751, after the fire destroyed all older buildings around the market square.	54 Hallstatt Surviving old timber buildings along the mountain slope.	55 Figurines Cats, dogs and birds	56 Feed the birds Cute bird feeders for sale. I think. Didn't ask.
57 Logs A paradise for a log lady. I'm not the one though.	58 Salzbergbahn Top station scene of the Salzbergbahn.	59 Hallstatt Newer part of Hallstatt, Kalvarienbergkapelle on the upper right corner.	60 Hallstatt Bird eye view of Hallstatt
61 Schloss Grub The Grub Castle lies on the eastern shore of Lake Hallstatt near Obertraun. The castle was built in 1522, originally a farmhouse called "Gut in der Grub". In 1622 it was owned by the family von Eysselsberg. Between 1864 and 1890, Grub was the property of the tutelary emperor Alexander Tschaffkini, who had the castle remodelled in 1868 into its current romantic appearance. It is still a private residence and cannot be visited by tourists.	62 Skywalk A viewing platform built next to Rudolph's tower to offer good views of Hallstatt and the lake.	63 Glacier A small glacier between the mountain tops	64 Rudolph's tower The tower, built in 1282, was constructed by Duke Albrecht I of Austria as a defense for the mine workers on the Salzberg (Salt Mountain). He named the tower after his father Afder Rudolf I, the first leader of the Hapsburg empire. In 1313 the tower became the residence of the mine manager and remained so for more than 640 years. During this time many famous people of the day visited the tower such as Emperor Maximilian. Johann Georg Ramsauer, discoverer of the Hallstatt cemetery in 1833, renovated the tower and expanded the grounds after a fire claimed much of the area in the 1800’s. The current restaurant wasn’t opened until 1960.
65 Salzwelten 7,000 years of salt mining in the world’s oldest salt mine. Walk across the world-famous grave site to the place where the legendary “Man in the Salt” was found. Experience a journey through time that is beyond compare. The true story of the “Man in the Salt” – who was found deep inside the Hallstatt salt mine in 1734 – begins at a mine building (the “Knappenhaus”) just outside the mine. During the tour, you will discover millennia-old clues to the fascinating history of salt mining in Hallstatt.	66 Salzwelten 7,000 years of salt mining in the world’s oldest salt mine. Walk across the world-famous grave site to the place where the legendary “Man in the Salt” was found. Experience a journey through time that is beyond compare. The true story of the “Man in the Salt” – who was found deep inside the Hallstatt salt mine in 1734 – begins at a mine building (the “Knappenhaus”) just outside the mine. During the tour, you will discover millennia-old clues to the fascinating history of salt mining in Hallstatt.	67 Salzwelten 7,000 years of salt mining in the world’s oldest salt mine. Walk across the world-famous grave site to the place where the legendary “Man in the Salt” was found. Experience a journey through time that is beyond compare. The true story of the “Man in the Salt” – who was found deep inside the Hallstatt salt mine in 1734 – begins at a mine building (the “Knappenhaus”) just outside the mine. During the tour, you will discover millennia-old clues to the fascinating history of salt mining in Hallstatt.	68 Salzwelten 7,000 years of salt mining in the world’s oldest salt mine. Walk across the world-famous grave site to the place where the legendary “Man in the Salt” was found. Experience a journey through time that is beyond compare. The true story of the “Man in the Salt” – who was found deep inside the Hallstatt salt mine in 1734 – begins at a mine building (the “Knappenhaus”) just outside the mine. During the tour, you will discover millennia-old clues to the fascinating history of salt mining in Hallstatt.
69 Mountain view A general view of the salt mine area, Rudolph's tower on the left and a bridge offering nice views connecting it to the funicular station.	70 Salzbergbahn A funicular servicing between Hallstatt village and the salt mines. Definitely worth taking, as the views are really nice.	71 Salzbergbahn A funicular servicing between Hallstatt village and the salt mines. Definitely worth taking, as the views are really nice.	72 Salzbergbahn A funicular servicing between Hallstatt village and the salt mines. Definitely worth taking, as the views are really nice.