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Hallstätter See or Lake Hallstatt is a lake in the Salzkammergut, Austria. It is named after Hallstatt, a small market town famous for its salt mining since prehistoric times and for being the starting point of the world's oldest still-working industrial pipeline, used to transport brine to Bad Ischl (since 1596) and further to Ebensee.

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Hallstätter See
Hallstätter See
Location	Salzkammergut
Coordinates	47°34′43″N 13°39′38″E
Primary inflows	Traun River
Primary outflows	Traun River
Basin countries	Austria
Max. length	5.9 km (3.7 mi)
Max. width	2.3 km (1.4 mi)
Surface area	8.55 km2 (3.30 sq mi)
Max. depth	125 m (410 ft)
Surface elevation	508 m (1,667 ft)
Settlements	Hallstatt, Bad Goisern, Obertraun

Since about 1970/1980 the only ship-mail-line of Austria[1] crossed the lake from the railway on the east shore to the town in the west. In winters the road on the west shore tended to be blocked by high snow or the risk of avalanches. When the ice on the lake was thick enough, a sled pulled by men or horses, later a motorized track vehicle was used to transport mail and persons.

Later a tunneled road was built through Hallstatt and the mail switched to transport by bus and truck.

Its surface is approximately 8.55 km² (3.30 sq mi) and its maximum depth is 125 metres. It is a popular destination for tourists, especially scuba divers.

The fixed exit weir, a 500-year old protected monument, has no bypass and therefore caused the flooding of several houses in Hallstatt on 18 June 2013.

See also

• Hallstatt period

References

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[de] Hallstätter See

Der Hallstätter See ist ein Bergsee im oberösterreichischen Teil des Salzkammergutes, am Nordfuß des Dachsteinmassivs und liegt auf 508 m ü. A. Am Westufer befindet sich das Ortszentrum der Gemeinde Hallstatt. Der Hallstätter See wird von der Traun durchflossen, die in die Donau entwässert. Der See im Besitz der Österreichischen Bundesforste ist zusammen mit dem Ort Hallstatt ein bedeutendes Tourismusziel in Österreich. Das Hallstätter See ist zusammen mit dem Inneren Salzkammergut Teil des UNESCO-Welterbes Kulturlandschaft Hallstatt–Dachstein/Salzkammergut.

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- [en] Hallstätter See

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[fr] Hallstättersee

Le Hallstättersee est un lac en Haute-Autriche de la région de Salzkammergut, parcouru par la rivière Traun, un affluent droit du Danube.

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[it] Lago di Hallstatt

Il lago di Hallstatt (in tedesco Hallstätter See) è un lago situato in Austria nella regione dell'Alta Austria, che prende nome dalla principale cittadina che vi si affaccia, nella regione del Salzkammergut. Il lago, ai piedi dei monti del Dachstein è formato dal fiume Traun, affluente del Danubio.

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