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Wolfgangsee is a lake in Austria that lies mostly within the state of Salzburg and is one of the best known lakes in the Salzkammergut resort region. The municipalities on its shore are Strobl, St. Gilgen with the villages of Abersee and Ried as well as the market town of St. Wolfgang in the state of Upper Austria. The town and the lake are named after Saint Wolfgang of Regensburg, who, according to legend, built the first church here in the late 10th century.
The Wolfgangsee stretches about 10.5 kilometres from the northwest to the southeast. It is divided into two parts by a peninsula, called die Enge (the Narrow), situated roughly in the middle of its southern shore opposite St. Wolfgang, where the breadth is no more than 200 metres. The western portion of the lake at St. Gilgen is known as the Abersee.
The lake has an area of about 12.9 to 13.1 km² and is completely surrounded by the Salzkammergut mountain range. On the northern side, the Schafberg is located. A rack railway, the Schafbergbahn leads up to the summit at 1,782 m. Due to the steep shore at its foot only a footpath connects St. Wolfgang and the village of Ried with St. Gilgen along the Falkensteinwand, the set of the Bergpsalmen ("mountain psalms") lyric anthology written by Joseph Viktor von Scheffel in 1870. In the south and southwest of the Wolfgangsee lies the Osterhorngruppe, with heights up to 1,800 metres. Directly south of St. Gilgen rises the Zwölferhorn (1,521 m), which can be visited by cable car.
The settlements around the lake, especially St. Wolfgang and St. Gilgen are popular resort towns, mainly in summer. The Gasthaus Weißes Rössl at St. Wolfgang is the set of the famous 1897 operetta The White Horse Inn by Ralph Benatzky, performed throughout the world and filmed several times. Furthermore the area around the lake was the location of several Heimatfilm movies, suggesting an untouched alpine idyll. As the Wolfgangsee has been the vacation resort of former German chancellor Helmut Kohl for many years, the film director Christoph Schlingensief made the lake a site of his Chance 2000 project of 1998 when he invited "Germany's four million unemployed" to take a bath in the lake and flood Kohl's residence.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfgangsee
The Alps (French: Alpes; German: Alpen; Italian: Alpi; Romansh: Alps; Slovene: Alpe) is the name for one of the great mountain range systems of Europe, stretching from Austria and Slovenia in the east, through Italy, Switzerland, Liechtenstein and Germany to France in the west. The word "Alps" was taken via French from Latin Alpes (meaning "the Alps"), which may be influenced by the Latin words albus (white) or altus (high) or more likely a Latin rendering of a Celtic or Ligurian original.
The highest mountain in the Alps is Mont Blanc, at 4,808 metres (15,774 ft), on the Italian-French border. All the main peaks of the Alps can be found in the list of mountains of the Alps and list of Alpine peaks by prominence.
The Alps are generally divided into the Western Alps and the Eastern Alps. The division is along the line between Lake Constance and Lake Como, following the Rhine. The Western Alps are higher, but their central chain is shorter and curved; they are located in Italy, France and Switzerland. The Eastern Alps (main ridge system elongated and broad) belong to Austria, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Slovenia and Switzerland.
The Alps are a classic example of what happens when a temperate area at lower altitude gives way to higher elevation terrain. Elevations around the world which have cold climates similar to those found in polar areas have been called alpine. A rise from sea level into the upper regions of the atmosphere causes the temperature to decrease. The effect of mountain chains on prevailing winds is to carry warm air belonging to the lower region into an upper zone, where it expands in volume at the cost of a proportionate loss of heat, often accompanied by the precipitation of moisture in the form of snow or rain.
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energy88, tattoogirl12 (-break-), Theresa*, pierre hanquin, and 420 other people added this photo to their favorites.
energy88 (18 months ago | reply)
beautiful
pierre hanquin (18 months ago | reply)
magic capture for a magic place!
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Theresa* (18 months ago | reply)
Wow! That is amazing. Beautiful image!
tattoogirl12 (-break-) (18 months ago | reply)
amazing light and blue tones, just completely gorgeous image!! :)
Toni_V (18 months ago | reply)
great mood !
klaus53 (18 months ago | reply)
- thanx for the sun.... :)))
tigric (Ana Stefanović) (18 months ago | reply)
nestvarno lepo!! svaka cast!! :)
mherika60 (18 months ago | reply)
Különleges
gilwalker (18 months ago | reply)
wonderful contre-jour image!
the mist layer & the quality of light on the water - superb :)
sunset1uk (18 months ago | reply)
Super light and clouds.
Tulay Emekli (18 months ago | reply)
Miraculous, dear Katarina!
Qba from Poland (18 months ago | reply)
Very nice photo. Great mood and wonderful light.
Ania Photography ✿ (18 months ago | reply)
an amazing capture Katarina! love those sparkles on the water, the fog creates such a magical atmosphere, one of your best my friend!
Luca Santoro Photography © (18 months ago | reply)
Stunning shot !!!!!
fx974 (18 months ago | reply)
Beautiful light on water, i love these clouds too, were you on water? It's a great shot :-)
SaigoDon (18 months ago | reply)
Gorgeous shot-
beagle34 (18 months ago | reply)
Fantastic !!!!
Noro8 (18 months ago | reply)
Great place- lovely shot!
Monica Forss (back from London) (18 months ago | reply)
This is so good!
atsjebosma (18 months ago | reply)
Wonderful shot, great light!!
Fery59 (18 months ago | reply)
Very nice
fantastic!!!
DanielKHC (18 months ago | reply)
Wow, this is truly fantastic!
nègFoto (18 months ago | reply)
so beautiful!!!
nondesigner59 (18 months ago | reply)
Great colours and perspective..
PeterYoung1 (18 months ago | reply)
Magical
Garuna bor-bor (18 months ago | reply)
That fog is just great, cool shot.
Story Teller-49 (18 months ago | reply)
Wow !!! So serene
chris .p (18 months ago | reply)
Wonderful image.
Giancarlo Giupponi Trentino (18 months ago | reply)
Unica eccellente favolosa !!!!!
~Xelle (18 months ago | reply)
beautiful
half past eight (18 months ago | reply)
csodás. itt nem téved el az ember. :)
papdineagi (18 months ago | reply)
Milyen gyönyörűséges látványban volt részed! Nagyon szép fotó!
ibrahem N. ALNassar (18 months ago | reply)
awesome composition.
dobro_drvo (18 months ago | reply)
Neszvatno i bajkovito!
Ne zameri ako se ponavljam..ne nalazim prikladnije reči..
Predivno!
yvon Merlier (18 months ago | reply)
Wow.. what a beautiful image ,congratulation !!
Have a great weekend my friend !!
ΞSSΞ®®Ξ (18 months ago | reply)
Wow! Dreamy !
Ray Wise (18 months ago | reply)
what a beautiful scene Katrina x
Dr Shafiq Ahmad (18 months ago | reply)
Dramatic capture, wonderful.
B℮n (18 months ago | reply)
Exceptional angle Katarina~!!!
Love the low clouds!!
GRTZ,BEN
Ventura Carmona (18 months ago | reply)
Fantástica!!
Nevena Uzurov (18 months ago | reply)
Divno !!!
SkyShaper (18 months ago | reply)
liquid
IgorK54 (18 months ago | reply)
Krasna kompozicija i boje. Skoro 'vanzemaljski' efekt.
Lucien-Guy ! (18 months ago | reply)
Outstanding picture! I fav... Bravo
Greg.Photographie (18 months ago | reply)
Magnifique.
calamityjan2008 ....somany galleries! (18 months ago | reply)
Wonderfully done,Katarina!!
mystic.muse.nyx (18 months ago | reply)
wonderful shot
Yvon from Ottawa (18 months ago | reply)
Gorgeous composition, Katarina; looks almost surreal!
squiggy68 (18 months ago | reply)
Looks like this was taken out at sea. Gorgeous light
ERIC2MANGEL (18 months ago | reply)
Great atmosphere !