Facts about Hallstatt: Hallstatt is known for its production of salt, dating back to prehistoric times. Hallstatt is at the core of the “Hallstatt-Dachstein/Salzkammergut Cultural [...]

Facts About Fortress Hohensalzburg: In the year 1077, archbishop Gebhard had the fortress built. The original purpose of the fortress was to protect the principality and the archbishops from [...]

Facts About Melk: In 1950, the first official women’s Austrian Chess Championship was held in Melk, the winner of which was Salome Reischer. The town is first mentioned as Medilica in 831 [...]

Facts About Gosau: Gosau is situated along the Gosaubach stream in the Salzkammergut region. In the past timber production and salt mining in neighboring Hallstatt were the major industries in [...]

Facts About Lake Constance:  Lake Constance is the third-largest freshwater lake in Central and Western Europe in surface area and the second-largest in volume. Lake Constance was formed by [...]

Facts About Salzburg: Austrian German is widely written. Austro-Bavarian is the German dialect of this territory and widely spoken. Traces of human settlements have been found in the area, dating [...]

Facts About Linz:  Linz is well known for the Linzer torte, which is said to be the oldest cake in the world, with its first recipe dating from 1653. Linz is the capital city of Upper Austria. [...]

Facts About Graz Graz is the second biggest city in Austria and the capital of Styria. The oldest reference to Graz in historical documents is from 1128. Graz was designated the Cultural Capital [...]

Facts about Kitzbühel An International Polkafest was held in Kitzbühel in 1978. The first known settlers were Illyrians mining copper in the hills around Kitzbühel between 1100 and 800 BC. [...]

Facts About Achen Lake: The city of Innsbruck bought the lake in 1919 from the St. Georgenberg-Fiecht Abbey, who had received it from the rulers of Schlitters around 1120. Since 1924, the lake is [...]