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Bad Aussee Tauplitz
Bad Mitterndorf
Trautenfels
Gröbming Ramsau
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Schladming
St. Gallen |
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Pürgg Liezen
Stainach
Irdning
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Frauenberg
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Admont
Röthelstein
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Hieflau
Eisenerz
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Vordernberg
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Hohentauern |
S T E I E R M A R K |
Radstätter Tauernpaß
Mauterndorf Tamsweg
Unzmarkt Thalheim Scheifling
Murau Judenburg
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Knittelfeld Mur
Katschberg Paß
Stadl Neumarkt
Ennstal
RAMSAU [ 5 ]
Beautifully situated on a high plain( elev. 900 – 1,300 m) and dominated by the southern face of the Dachstein. How to reach the Dachstein Massif( 2,995 m): from Ramsau, take the toll road to the Türlwandhütte, then ride the cable lift up to the Hunerkogel / Dachstein Glacier at 2,700 m, the sun-soaked ski area of the Schladming Glacier.
SchladmiNG [ 6 ]
Elev. 745m, town with 4,400 residents. Former mining town, reaching its commercial zenith during the Middle Ages, with exploitation of rich ore deposits in the Schladminger Tauern mountains; copper and iron mills; timber industry. After opening of the Selzthal-Bischofshofen railway line in 1875: tourism gradually developed into a significant aspect of the economy. 1982: Alpine Ski World Championships in Schladming. Cath. parish church with late-Romanesque west tower; enlarged 1522-1532; high-altar sculptures( 1702) and votive painting( 16 th cent.) over the door to the sacristy.
GröbmiNG [ 7 ]
Gothic parish church: winged altarpiece, 1520; carvings from the school of L. Astls. Road to the Stoderzinken( 2,047 m), splendid views; small mountain chapel – Peace Church – built 1902, in the south face of the peak.
1 Frauenberg: pilgrimage church( 5 km west of Admont)
2 Schloss Röthelstein( north-west of Admont, visible from afar; youth hostel since 1974)
3 Admont Abbey: world’ s largest ecclesiastical and abbey library hall with exceptional artwork along with an art & natural-history museum
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Ramsau
· Magnificent play of color in autumn; many larch and maple trees bedecked in yellows and browns.
HIKING MAPS OF THE UPPER AUSTRIA, STYRIA, SALZBURG REGIONS
WK 082: Bad Aussee- Totes Gebirge- Bad Mitterndorf- Tauplitz( 1:50.000)
WK 201: Schladminger Tauern- Radstadt- Dachstein( 1:50.000)
WK 062: Gesäuse- Ennstaler Alpen- Schoberpaß( 1:50.000)
WK 203: Wölzer Tauern- Sölktal- Rottenmanner Tauern( 1:50.000)
WK 281 Dachstein- Ausseer Land- Filzmoos- Ramsau( 1:50.000)
4 Iron ore, ore mountain, historic mine
5 Ramsau am Dachstein
6 Schladming
7 Gröbming: Peace Church on the Stoderzinken
8 Irdning: Schloss Trautenfels and Heritage Museum
9 Pürgg: » The Crib of Styria «
10 Murau
· Cath. church with murals from the 14th, 15th and 18th centuries.