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Post by JustJohn or JJ on Mar 15, 2016 5:14:47 GMT -7
Very peaceful Hallstatt, Austria ![https://scontent-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xtl1/v/t1.0-9/12239600_997397763650548_6569325414740162436_n.jpg?oh=c29a33acb46eab695a53bc015c18065b&oe=5793E400](https://scontent-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xtl1/v/t1.0-9/12239600_997397763650548_6569325414740162436_n.jpg?oh=c29a33acb46eab695a53bc015c18065b&oe=5793E400)
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Post by karl on Mar 15, 2016 6:17:39 GMT -7
J.J.
A very beautiful photo of a very beautiful villege in such a wonderful setting. Although beautiful and inviting that the lake is, it is liquid ice if to dive into it. These Alpin lakes are very similar and this one is not different.
This particular villege is very historic and not so far from well known Saltzburg. A few years back, it gained some news from treasure hunters with metal detectors digging up some old buried gold ornaments. The fellows doing the digging were not mindful of any archalogical methodology in the dig. In this, all significant historic history was lost.
The villege though, has considerable history attached as follows with a better historic review. {I do trust you will not be offended my doing so with this addition. It is meant to enhance what you have created and not meant to compete}
Hallstatt History
For Hallstatt and the Salzkammergut history begins at 777 CE, certainly an auspicious number. Duke Tassilo III of Bavaria, in a document from that time, mentions salt production at the headwaters of the Traun River, which feeds Lake Hallstatt. Quite likely the Duke refers to salt mines in the Aussee Land – in the mountains just east of Lake Hallstatt.
We also find references to Lauffen, a small town on the River Traun just downriver from Hallstatt. The name Lauffen refers to rapids, and the town owes its existence to ferry men who guided salt shipments through the rapids. Lauffen is mentioned in the annals of salt trade as early as 807, and most likely, it wasn’t salt from Hallstatt which the townsmen ferried through the rapids.
Technically speaking, history should also include Romans, and we do know that Romans lived in Hallstatt. There was a Roman settlement at the mouth of the Echerntal, just south of present day Hallstatt, but we can only assume they were there for the salt. The only written records from that time are names inscribed on Villas, and we can infer that there was a Celtic-Roman population who lived in Hallstatt. Beyond that, we know very little about their activities. But we do know their Villas were heated with sophisticated systems, even by today’s standards.
There isn’t much information available about Hallstatt between the document of Tassilo III and the emergence of the Habsburg Dynasty of Austria. The history of Hallstatt and the Salzkammergut is inextricably linked with the Habsburg Empire. The Habsburgs created Hallstatt, for all intents and purposes they created the Salzkammergut, and they profited from both right through the end of WWI when their reign came to an end.
Karl
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Post by pieter on Mar 15, 2016 7:14:51 GMT -7
What a wonderful image of a fairytale like setting. Austria and the Alps in general are beautiful. This image is so wonderful due to the time, the hour, the moment and the place the photographer choose to take the image. It is the composition, light, sharpness, black and white outlines and the colors which make the image. Here the camera, lens, diaphragm, shutter speed and deep focus. Have you guys ever heard of the Austrian photographer Manftred Willmann and his book Das Land. It is one of my favorite photo books I have in My possession. josefchladek.com/book/manfred_willmann_-_das_landCheers, Pieter
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