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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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OnlyNikon, ~Chis Bogdan 1996~, HeilanSodger, PhotonPirate, and 381 other people added this photo to their favorites.
OnlyNikon (18 months ago | reply)
great composition!
Noro8 (18 months ago | reply)
Beautiful view, clear and nice! Lovely shot!
~Chis Bogdan 1996~ (18 months ago | reply)
Very beautiful. Nice compo and autumn colors.
Nevena Uzurov (18 months ago | reply)
Idilično mesto..
HeilanSodger (18 months ago | reply)
Very nice light...great shot...well done
Prasanna Gururajan (18 months ago | reply)
Such a beautiful location n a great shot
Damir Smoljan (18 months ago | reply)
Wow! Kakva baza za uživanje! Odlično snimljeno!
Rahul De (18 months ago | reply)
Wow! Beautiful!
Weirena (18 months ago | reply)
I know this lake :-) ...wonderful image ... happy weekend katarina :-)
ebeydat (18 months ago | reply)
Very beautiful composition and shot.
pensionato48 (18 months ago | reply)
amazing wonderful Autumn scenery
Great capture+++++
Happy Weekend
Ciaooo
lotusfee (18 months ago | reply)
it seems to be so dreamlike there!
A wonderful image!
A.Alwosaibie (18 months ago | reply)
Great work..
PhiiiiiiiL (18 months ago | reply)
beautiful lake.. love the colors!!
tattoogirl12 (-break-) (18 months ago | reply)
great composition, the light is excellent!
JP-ZMR (18 months ago | reply)
Beautiful Landscape
Almsaeed (18 months ago | reply)
Wonderful ... Greeny as usual ;-)
Toni_V (18 months ago | reply)
spectacular !!
*Gitpix* (18 months ago | reply)
Another "Beautiful World" picture, all i can say is "Wow"!
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chris .p (18 months ago | reply)
Great view,lovely reflection.
Yvon from Ottawa (18 months ago | reply)
Gorgeous lighting! Love the reflection too!
Beatrijs Sterk (18 months ago | reply)
ah, Katarina, if all flickr friends would take a bath, would that flood Kohl´s residence too? I am coming! Beautiful image!
fx974 (18 months ago | reply)
Beautiful colors and reflections on water! I like the mood.
raym☺nd (18 months ago | reply)
wonderful view, great atmosphere and smashing colours!
Marco Antonio Losas (18 months ago | reply)
Fantastic composition. The line of trees and the reflections are a marvel. What nicer tones and light ¡ Great job. Katarina
Happy weekend.
Polježičanin ~ Thanks for 750.000 views (18 months ago | reply)
Divim se ovoj slici.
Es.mond (18 months ago | reply)
this place is very serene...you captured it very nicely...i like the layers (i.e. the dock, the trees/cottages, then the mountains)..
klaus53 (18 months ago | reply)
- austria is beautiful, isn't it??!!..... :)))
atsjebosma (18 months ago | reply)
wow........wonderful!!!
Dani℮l (18 months ago | reply)
Great!
Enjoy your weekend....:)
dobro_drvo (18 months ago | reply)
Predivno!!!
K.Night.Visitant (18 months ago | reply)
Amazing autumn, wonderful colours.
johan.pipet (18 months ago | reply)
Beautiful!
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Dirigentens (18 months ago | reply)
Excellrnt beauty scene with reaaly cool colours!
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woolyboy (18 months ago | reply)
Reality meets imagination...wonderful almost surreal landscape, love the framing and reflections, a beauty of an image, have a great weekend!
Balázs Papdi (18 months ago | reply)
Micsoda hely... Mesések a színek és a fények is. Le a kalappal!
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Dr Shafiq Ahmad (18 months ago | reply)
Lovely shot, love the morning mood and a feeling of depth in the image.
zagor64. (18 months ago | reply)
delmez92 (18 months ago | reply)
joli coin :)
Fery59 (18 months ago | reply)
Beautiful image!
ciao...ciaoo
goldrooster707 (18 months ago | reply)
perfect light, lovely fall season colors, also the reflection just amazing.
great image always.
Tulay Emekli (18 months ago | reply)
Fabulous,dear Katarina..So serene!
IgorK54 (18 months ago | reply)
Odlična kompozicija in jesenske barve.
Iqbal.Khatri (18 months ago | reply)
spectacular capture !!
Ventura Carmona (18 months ago | reply)
Maravilloso paisaje y contrastes!!. Saludos
FabrizioPascucci (18 months ago | reply)
Great capture fantastic composition!!!
Ferry Vermeer (18 months ago | reply)
Great composition and colors!
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Carlo Quadrini - lucediffusa.com (18 months ago | reply)
Beautiful! Compliments!
juntos ( MOSTLY OFF) (18 months ago | reply)
XXBB
UNM2008 [deleted] (18 months ago | reply)
Great photo and information about this area...