Hallstatt, Austria - Part V

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Hallstatt is a beautiful village in the Austrian Lake District.



Catherine and I ate Reinanke (trout) from Lake Hallstatt in this restaurant.

A stream runs through the village of Hallstatt.

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The backyard of a house on Lake Hallstatt.

In Hallstatt there is so little space for cemeteries that every ten years bones are exhumed and removed into an ossuary, to make room for new burials. A collection of elaborately decorated skulls with the owners' names, professions, death dates inscribed on them are on display at the local chapel.

The ossuary in Hallstatt.

This pear tree is grown right next to the wall where it gets the warmth from the wall.

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Hallstatt, Austria - Part IV

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Beautiful Hallstätter See (Lake Hallstatt).

Memorial to Austrian soldiers from WWI and WWII.

Catherine is showing me that Reinanke (trout) from Lake Hallstatt are on the dinner menu tonight.

I found a place with apple strudel for dessert.

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It looks like the kids are going off to school.

That's me with the owner of the hotel (Gasthof Simony) where we stayed in Hallstatt.
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Hallstatt, Austria - Part III

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At the entrance to Hallstatt there is a statute of a salt miner. Hallstatt is one of the first places of human settlement due to the rich sources of natural salt, which have been mined for thousands of years. Salt was a valuable resource so the region was historically very wealthy.

Welcome to Hallstatt, Austria!

The main street of Hallstatt.

A boat launch area.

A ferry on Lake Hallstatt.

A castle across the Lake from Hallstatt.

Swans have been on Lake Hallstatt since the 1860's when Emperor Franz Josef and Empress Sissy made this region one of their retreats. Sissy loved swans, so the townspeople made sure there were swans here.

It is possible to tour the world's first salt mine, located above downtown Hallstatt.

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Catherine is reminding me that no cars are permitted between 10:00 am and 6:00 pm in Hallstatt.

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Hallstatt, Austria - Part II

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Catherine and I drove from Vienna to Hallstatt that is in Austria's Lake District. This town is one of Europe's oldest, going back centuries before Christ. There was a Hallstatt before there was a Rome.

Hallstatt is located on a hillside next to the the village and Hallstätter See (Hallstatt Lake).

I am pointing to the Catholic church with its mural of Saint Christopher (the patron saint of travelers) and baby Jesus.



Inside the Protestant church. After the Reformation , most of Hallstatt was Protestant, then under the Hapsburg's, it was primarily Catholic. Today about 60% of the village is Catholic.

This is a photo from the village plaza. You can see our hotel Gasthof Simony (a 500 year old building) in the background.

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The statute in Market Square features the Holy Trinity.

Catherine is picking out a fish dinner for us. The fish are Reinanke trout from Lake Hallstatt.

Yes, we drove through this arch.

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