Hallstatt
Hallstatt | |
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Coordinates:47°33′43″N13°38′56″E/ 47.562°N 13.649°E | |
Country | Austria |
State | Upper Austria |
District | Gmunden |
Government | |
•Mayor | Alexander Scheutz (SPÖ) |
Area | |
• Total | 59.83 km2(23.10 sq mi) |
Elevation | 511 m (1,677 ft) |
Population (2018-01-01)[2] | |
• Total | 778 |
• Density | 13/km2(34/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1(CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2(CEST) |
Postal code | 4830 |
Area code | 06134 |
Vehicle registration | GM |
Website | www.hallstatt.at |
Hallstattis avillageinUpper Austria.Currently, a little over 900 people live there. It is in theSalzkammergut,amountainregioninAustria.It lies on alake.
Because of its position, Hallstatt could only be reached byboat(or by using narrow, difficult mountain trails) for a long time. At the end of the19th centurya road was built. Despite this, even in theNeolithicpeople might have lived there. This is because there is a lot of naturalsaltthere. In 1846,Johann Georg Ramsauer(a salt miner) found acemeteryfrom the neolithic age just above the village. A cultural epoch in Europe is named after this. It is calledHallstatt culture.Other finds in the region include aShoe-last celt(a special kind ofwedge,probably used to treatwood). Ablacksmithsite has also been excavatzed.
Today, the village lives mainly ontourism.There is a copy of the village in China.
References
[change|change source]- ↑"Dauersiedlungsraum der Gemeinden Politischen Bezirke und Bundesländer - Gebietsstand 1.1.2018".Statistics Austria.Retrieved10 March2019.
- ↑"Einwohnerzahl 1.1.2018 nach Gemeinden mit Status, Gebietsstand 1.1.2018".Statistics Austria.Retrieved9 March2019.
- "China Unveils A Knockoff Version Of An Entire Austrian Village".2 April 2012.Retrieved14 September2016.