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Kulturlandschaft Hallstatt-Dachstein/Salzkammergut

Kulturlandschaft Hallstatt-Dachstein/Salzkammergut

Also known as Hallstatt-Dachstein / Salzkammergut Cultural Landscape

Year

1750

Style

Vernacular

Type

landscape

The Hallstatt-Dachstein and Salzkammergut cultural landscape stretches from the Hallstatt town and lake up through the Dachstein massif and across Gosau and Obertraun, a long alpine record of salt extraction, timber, herding, and rebuilt…

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Timeline

  1. -2000

    Completion

    Salt deposits in the region were exploited and systematic salt production developed around Hallstatt during the second millennium BC.

  2. -800

    Completion

    Iron Age archaeological evidence documents the Hallstatt Culture and long-distance exchange networks during the eighth century BC.

  3. 1400-1499

    Completion

    Salt mining was revived in the medieval period and later linked to Crown-controlled timber resources.

  4. 1800-1899

    Addition

    Artists and writers rediscovered the Salzkammergut landscape, followed by hotels and brine baths along the lake.

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