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| Country |  Austria |
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| State | Upper Austria |
| District | Gmunden |
| Mayor | Peter Scheutz (SPÖ) |
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| Area | 59. Wikipedia talkFeatured lists for an explanation of this and other inclusion tags below -->This list of countries, arranged alphabetically Austria (Österreich ( officially the Republic of Austria (Republik Österreich Austria is a federal republic made up of nine States, known in German as Länder (singular Land) Upper Austria (Oberösterreich Horní Rakousko is one of the nine states or Bundesländer of Austria. Austria is divided into 84 political districts ( Politische Bezirke ' and 15 Statutarstädte which form their own districts Bezirk Gmunden is a district of the state of Upper Austria Burgomaster (alternatively spelled Burgo[[meister]], literally translated meaning master of the town or master of the Fortress The Social Democratic Party of Austria ( German: Sozialdemokratische Partei Österreichs, or SPÖ) is one of the oldest parties in Austria. Area is a Quantity expressing the two- Dimensional size of a defined part of a Surface, typically a region bounded by a closed Curve. 8 km² (23. 1 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 511 m (1677 ft) |
| Population | 923 (31/12/2005) |
| - Density | 15 /km² (40 /sq mi) |
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| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Licence plate | GM |
| Postal code | 4830 |
| Area code | 06134 |
| Website | www.hallstatt.at |
| Hallstatt-Dachstein Salzkammergut Cultural Landscape* | |
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| State Party | Austria |
| Type | Cultural |
| Criteria | iii, iv |
| Reference | 806 |
| Region† | Europe and North America |
| Inscription history | |
| Inscription | 1997 (21st Session) |
| * Name as inscribed on World Heritage List. † Region as classified by UNESCO. |
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Hallstatt, Upper Austria is a village in the Salzkammergut, a region in Austria. The elevation of a Geographic location is its height above a fixed reference point often the mean sea level. In Biology a population is the collection of inter-breeding organisms of a particular Species; in Sociology Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume Central European Time ( CET) is one of the names of the Time zone that is 1 hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. Central European Summer Time ( CEST) is one of the names of UTC+2 Time zone, 2 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. UTC+1 is used in the following locations Central European Time West Africa Time Western European Summer Time UTC+2 corresponds to the following Time zones Eastern European Time Egypt Standard Time Central Africa Time Austrian car number plates are License plates found on Austrian cars Format Postal codes in Austria consist of four digits The first identifies a geographic delivery area within Austria This article details the use of Telephone numbers in Austria. A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. Dachstein redirects here For the French commune see Dachstein Bas-Rhin. The Salzkammergut is a Resort area located in Austria. It stretches from City of Salzburg to the Dachstein mountain range spanning the A UNESCO World Heritage Site is a site (such as a Forest, Mountain, Lake, Desert, Monument, Building, complex As of 2008 there are a total of 878 World Heritage Sites located in 145 "State Parties" Austria (Österreich ( officially the Republic of Austria (Republik Österreich A UNESCO World Heritage Site is a site (such as a Forest, Mountain, Lake, Desert, Monument, Building, complex This is a list of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Europe. Asia Minor, Cyprus, all of the Aegean Islands, the Canaries A UNESCO World Heritage Site is a site (such as a Forest, Mountain, Lake, Desert, Monument, Building, complex Upper Austria (Oberösterreich Horní Rakousko is one of the nine states or Bundesländer of Austria. The Salzkammergut is a Resort area located in Austria. It stretches from City of Salzburg to the Dachstein mountain range spanning the Austria (Österreich ( officially the Republic of Austria (Republik Österreich It is located near the Hallstätter See (a lake). Hallstätter Lake or Hallstätter See is a Lake in the Salzkammergut, Austria, located at. At the 2001 census it had 946 inhabitants. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. A census is the procedure of acquiring information about every member of a given population Peter Scheutz has been mayor of Hallstatt since 1993. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar)
The name Hall is most probably from the old Celtic name for salt, the salt mines near the village being an important factor. The Celtic languages are descended from Proto-Celtic, or "Common Celtic" a branch of the greater Indo-European Language family. Salt was a valuable resource, so the region was historically very wealthy. It is possible to tour the world's first salt mine, located above downtown Hallstatt.
The village also gave its name to the early Iron Age Hallstatt culture and is a World Heritage Site for Cultural Heritage. This article is about the archaeological period known as the Iron Age for the mythological Iron Age see Ages of Man. The Hallstatt culture was the predominant A UNESCO World Heritage Site is a site (such as a Forest, Mountain, Lake, Desert, Monument, Building, complex Hallstatt is a popular tourist attraction owing to its small-town appeal and can be toured on foot in ten minutes.
 Central Square (Marktplatz). |
 An ossuary. An ossuary is a chest building well or site made to serve as the final resting place of human skeletal remains |
 Beautiful sunrise in Hallstatt |
History
Until the late 19th century, it was only possible to reach Hallstatt by boat or via narrow trails. A trail is a Path or Road used for Walking, Cycling, Cross-country skiing, or other activities The land between the lake and mountains was sparse, and the town itself exhausted every free patch of it. Access between houses on the river bank was by boat or over the upper path, a small corridor passing through attics. The first road to Hallstatt was only built in 1890, along the west shore, partially by rock blasting.
However this secluded and inhospitable landscape nevertheless counts as one of the first places of human settlement because of the rich sources of natural salt, which have been mined for thousands of years, originally in the shape of hearts. Human beings, humans or man (Origin 1590–1600 L homō man OL hemō the earthly one (see Humus Salt is a Dietary mineral composed primarily of Sodium chloride that is essential for Animal life but toxic to most land plants Some of Hallstatt's oldest archaeological finds, such as a shoe-last celt, date back to around 5000 BC. A Shoe-last celt is a long thin stone tool characteristic of the early Neolithic Linearbandkeramik and Hinkelstein cultures also called In 1846 Johann Georg Ramsauer discovered a large prehistoric cemetery close by the current location of Hallstatt. Stone Age Paleolithic See also Paleolithic, Recent African Origin, Early Homo sapiens, Early human migrations "Paleolithic" A cemetery is a place in which dead bodies and cremated remains are buried. Ramsauer's work at the Hallstatt cemeteries continued till 1863, unearthing more than 1000 burials. It is to his credit and to the enormous benefit of archaeology that he proceeded to excavate each one with the same slow, methodical care as the first. His methods included measuring and drawing each find, in an age before color photograph, he produced very detailed watercolors of each assemblage before it was removed from the ground. In the history of Archaeology Ramsauer's work at Hallstatt helped usher in a new more methodic way of doing Archeology. In addition, one of the first blacksmith sites was excavated there. blacksmith is a person who creates objects from Iron or Steel by Forging the Metal; i Active trade and thus wealth allowed for the development of a highly developed culture, which, after findings in the Salzberghochtal, was named the Hallstatt culture. Trade is the willing exchange of goods, services, or both Trade is also called Commerce. Wealth derives from the old English word "weal" which means "well-being The Hallstatt culture was the predominant This lasted from approximately 800 to 400 BC, and now the town's name is recognised worldwide.
No notable events took place during Roman rule or the early Middle Ages. Ancient Rome was a Civilization that grew out of a small agricultural community founded on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 10th century BC In 1311, Hallstatt became a market town, a sign that it had not lost its economic value. Market town or market right is a legal term originating in the Medieval period for a European settlement that has the right to hold Markets An economy is the realized social system of production exchange distribution and consumption of goods and services of a country or other area Today, apart from salt production, which since 1595 is transported for 40 kilometers from Hallstatt to Ebensee via a brine pipeline, tourism plays a major factor in the town's economic life. Ebensee is located in Upper Austria, Austria, at the south end of Lake Traun ( Traunsee) and has a population of about 8500 Brine (lat saltus) is Water saturated or nearly saturated with Salt (NaCl Tourism is Travel for Recreational or Leisure purposes The World Tourism Organization defines tourists as people who "travel Tourists are told that Hallstatt is the site of "the world's oldest pipeline"[1], which was constructed 400 years ago from 13,000 hollowed out trees. [2] There is so little place for cemeteries that every ten years bones used to be exhumed and removed into an ossuary, to make room for new burials. An ossuary is a chest building well or site made to serve as the final resting place of human skeletal remains [3] A collection of elaborately decorated skulls with the owners' names, professions, death dates inscribed on them is on display at the local chapel. [4]
References
- ^ Neal Bedford, Gemma Pitcher. Austria. Lonely Planet, 2005. Page 56.
- ^ Billie Ann Lopez. Hallstatt's White Gold - Salt (English). Retrieved on 2007-05-15. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1252 - Pope Innocent IV issues the Papal bull Ad exstirpanda, which authorizes but also limits the
- ^ Ibidem.
- ^ Matys, Simon. The Archaeology of Human Bones. Routledge, 1998. ISBN 0415166217. Page 108.
External links
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- Hallstatt in various languages
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