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Keltenmuseum, with its collect- a walk upstream along the
ion of Celtic objects from the La Lammer river, which cuts a
Tene period of the Iron Age. scenic valley between the
Tennengebirge and the craggy
E Keltenmuseum wall of the Dachstein massif.
Pflegerplatz 5. Tel (06245) 80783.
Open 9am–5pm daily. &7-
∑ keltenmuseum.at 8 Werfen
Road map D4. * 3,000. £ @
Environs: From the southern
end of Hallein you can drive to The little town of Werfen has
the top of Dürrnberg, which has several interesting churches.
some of the most interesting St James’s church is mentioned
prehistoric finds in Austria. The in 14th-century records, but its
remains of the settlements that present style dates from a 17th-
grew up around the rich local salt century Baroque conversion.
deposits can be seen to this day. The Marian Church was built
The spa of Bad Dürrnberg The Gollinger Wasserfall, a favourite theme in the early 18th century.
has a show-mine open for painters
specifically for tourists, who Environs: There are two
are offered rides on an under- detour are two interesting fascinating sights near Werfen.
ground salt churches in the vicinty – Hohenwerfen fortress, built
lake. In the St Ulrich’s in Scheffau and the on a rocky outcrop, dates back
village stands late-Gothic St Nicholas’s church to the 11th century. Today, it is
a 14th-century near Torren, which stands high an interactive museum with
Marian church, up on a rocky shelf. many displays, including late-
now a Baroque Romanesque frescoes and an
struc ture. The exhibition of weapons. It also
altar piece 7 Abtenau includes Austria’s first museum
contains a Road map D4. * 5,600. £ @ of falconry.
miraculous n Markt 165, (06243) 4040. A major attraction for visitors,
picture of and likely to be very busy
Logo of salt mine in the Madonna, Abtenau, a summer resort during the summer months,
Bad Dürrnberg once visited situated in the Salzburg is Eisriesenwelt (Ice World),
by pilgrims. Dolomites, is surrounded the largest ice cave in the
by the mighty peaks of the world. Accessed by cable
Tennengebirge. The church in car, there are some 42 km
6 Golling the valley was built around (26 miles) of stalagmites and ice
1500. Its main nave is guarded galleries to be explored – all
Road map D4. * 4,200. £ @
n (06244) 4356. by figures of St George and in freezing temperatures.
St Florian. On the north wall, an
South of Hallein lies the small original late-Gothic fresco can E Eisriesenwelt
town of Golling. At its centre be seen, but the new main altar Eishohlenstrasse 30. Tel (6468) 5248.
stands the church of St John and side altars are built in the Open May–Oct: 8am–4pm daily.
the Baptist and St John the Baroque style. It is worth taking &8-∑ eisriesenwelt.at
Evangelist, with a Gothic main
nave and remodelled Baroque
side naves. A small medieval
castle, devoid of any ornaments
and adjoined by a chapel with
a Rococo altar, now houses a
regional museum.
Environs: There are many
natural features of interest
near Golling, including the
Lueg Pass with the spectacular
100-m- (328-ft-) deep
Salzach river gorge, and the
Schwarzbacher Wasserfall,
better known as Gollinger
Wasserfall (100 m/328 ft), much
beloved by romantic painters
of natural scenes. Also worth a Inside Eisriesenwelt, the world’s largest ice cave

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