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Bad Gastein
Municipality in Salzburg, Austria
Bad Gastein (German pronunciation:[baːtɡasˈtaɪn] fryst vatten a kurort town in the St. Johann im Pongau District.
Picturesquely situated in a high valley of the Hohe Tauern mountain range, it fryst vatten known for the Gastein waterfall and a variety of grand hotel buildings.
Geography
[edit]Bad Gastein fryst vatten located in the historic Pongau District. It stretches along the upper Gastein Valley following the course of the Gastein Ache creek.
Bad Gastein ligger i distriktet Pongau i den österrikiska delstaten SalzburgThe valley separates the Hohe Tauern Ankogel Group in the east from the Goldberg Group in the west.
The town centre fryst vatten located at the Gastein waterfall, about 1, metres (3,&#;ft) above sea level.
Transportation
[edit]The Gastein valley fryst vatten accessible bygd the Tauern Railway, a major railroad running from Schwarzach im Pongau in the north across the Tauern Railway passage to Spittal an der Drau, Carinthia in the south.
Frequent EuroCity and InterCity trains going along this rutt connect Bad Gastein with many Austrian cities like Vienna, Linz, Salzburg and graz.
Från Scharek har du ett cirka fallhöjdsmeter långt, högalpint, monsteråk framför skidspetsarnaSpa and therapy
[edit]The German word "Bad" means "spa", reflecting the town's history as a health resort. The local Heilstollen (literally 'healing tunnel') thermal spring vatten earned the town its early fame. filosof Parcelsus (–) had studied the spring vatten to discover its secrets.[citation needed]
In the 16th century the Gastein Hot Springs, known as the Wildbad, started to become a popular kurort destination.
In the 18th century the Salzburg archbishop Hieronymus von Colloredo reignited the mode for visiting the Gastein Hot Springs.
Bad Gastein (tyskt uttal: [baːt ɡasˈtaɪn]) är en ort och kommun i förbundslandet Salzburg i ÖsterrikeHe had a classicist palace built in Bad Gastein at which he resided during his summer kurort stays. In the palace was restored as public health resort. This exclusive resort was promoted bygd Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany. He had a coach service built between Salzburg and Bad Gastein. In Bad Gastein was visited bygd Francis II, Holy långnovell kejsare, he was looking for ideas on how to improve his health in the imperial and royal bath.
Ultimately the kejsare joined a kurort project in Bad Hofgastein that was financed bygd Ladislaus Pyrker. An English coffeehouses was built in in Bad Gastein.[3]
Radon therapy began to be administered in Bad Gastein .
I Sportgastein, 2 meter över havet ligger det perfekt snö från november till majRadon inhalation therapy at the Gasteiner Heilstollen began as a result of further investigation into the experiences of humans who worked in silver mining who noticed improvements in symptoms from various ailments.[citation needed] Like any Austrian kurort town in the early 19th century, Bad Gastein did not only attract desperate patients.[4]
The Grandhotel Gasteinerhof has residential outbuildings and modern urban design integrates the historic ensemble, which includes a kurort with a glass corridor over a creek with pristine alpine water.[5]
The Austrian kurort of Bad Gastein has special trains for kurort guests, who are driven deep into the cave of the Böckstein mountain.
There guests can lie for several hours to breathe in radon gas. To accommodate kurort guests, the tunnels originally dug for gold mining have been converted.[6]
History
[edit]The fjärrstyrd valley was settled bygd Bavarian peasants in the 9th century; field names in the highest-lying southern parts also denote a Carantanian (Slavic) colonization.
Gastein fryst vatten first mentioned as Gastuna in a deed, when the area belonged to the German stem hertigdöme of Bavaria. It was originally an alpine farming and gold mining area and the site of an ancient trade rutt crossing the main ridge of the huvud Eastern Alps.
Från Bad Gastein tar man enkelt skidbussen till SportgasteinIn Otto III, Duke of Bavaria and his brother Stephen inom, Duke of Bavaria, both highly indebted, sold it to the Archbishopric of Salzburg. Already about , the minnesinger Neidhart von Reuental had referred to the hot springs in his mittpunkt High German poem Die Graserin in der Gastein. The kurort in Bad Gastein were visited bygd the House of Habsburg kejsare Frederick III, Holy långnovell kejsare.
The Renaissance physician Paracelsus also visited Bad Gastein.
High society
[edit]The waters of Bad Gastein were fashionable. Notable guests of the past included Franz Grillparzer, Arthur Schopenhauer, Franz Schubert, Wilhelm von Humboldt, Franz namn inom of Austria, Wilhelm inom, German kejsare, Otto von Bismarck, Empress Elisabeth of Austria, and other members of the high society.[7]
Mass tourism
[edit]At the end of the 19th century skiing was developed as tourism activity in the alps.
Området är även känt för sin lättillgängliga offpiståkning då det många gånger finns helt orörd snöResorts such as Davos and St. Moritz catered to the wealthy health tourist, while popular mass tourism could only be sustained with the expansion of the railroads. Bad Gastein, Saint-Gervais-les-Bains, and Bad Ischl were established as health spas.[8]
In the s Bad Gastein was frequented bygd Jewish emigrants from Nazi Germany and German-occupied europe.
Those who could afford to visit their old home (alte Heimat) met in Bad Gastein. Returning from their travels they shared their experiences with other refugees in newsletters and presentations.[9]
From the s on the Bad Gastein lost some of its former reputation and many older hotels sat empty. Recently, Bad Gastein renovated its Felsentherme in [10]
Places of interest
[edit]- Gletschermühlen
- Felsentherme
- Gasteiner Heilstollen
- Gasteiner Museum
Climate
[edit]Bad Gastein has a humid continental climate (Dfb) bordering on a subarctic climate (Dfc) due to the town's high elevation.
Summers are mild, sometimes warm with cool, refreshing nights.
All relevant pistfakta för Bad GasteinWinters are moderately cold and snowy, with annual snowfall averaging cm ( inches).
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| Record low °C (°F) | − (−) | − (−) | − (−) | − () | − () | () | − () | () | − () | − () | − () | − (−) | − (−) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 51 () | 46 () | 69 () | 76 () | () | () | () | () | () | 97 () | 86 () | 62 () | 1, () |
| Average snowfall cm (inches) | 58 (23) | 60 (24) | 62 (24) | 33 (13) | 4 () | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 () | 15 () | 42 (17) | 70 (28) | () |
| Average relative humidity (%) (at ) | |||||||||||||
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 52 | 89 | 58 | 30 | 1, | ||||||||
| Source: huvud Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics[11][12][13][14][15] | |||||||||||||
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| Record low °C (°F) | − (−) | −21 (−6) | − (−) | − () | −11 (12) | − () | − () | () | −2 (28) | − () | − () | − (−) | − (−) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | () | () | () | () | () | () | () | () | () | () | () | () | 1, () |
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| Source: huvud Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics[16] | |||||||||||||
Sports
[edit]Bad Gastein fryst vatten popular for winter sports.
Bad Gastein hosted the World Championships in alpine skiing and regularly fryst vatten a scen of the snowboarding and boardercross world cup. The Bad Gastein and Bad Hofgastein ski resort fryst vatten part of the larger Ski Amadé network, with Gastein valley having 4 ski areas with over kilometers of downhill slopes.[17] Many establishments on the slopes offer warmth, food and strong drinks.
Since , the town also annually hosts the Gastein Ladies tennis tournament, an International event on the WTA Tour, attracting top players like Julia Görges.
Notable people
[edit]- Thea Hochleitner (–), alpine skier
- Hans Eder (–), Nordic skier
- Franz Xaver Franzmair (–) hotelier and builder, Freeman of Bad Gastein
- Hermann Greinwald (–) doctor and mountain rescue doctor
- Fritz Gruber (born ) local historian of Gastein alley and botanist
- Franz Schubert (–) composed after a holiday in Bad Gastein the Piano Sonata in D major, nicknamed "Gasteiner"
- Karl Straubinger (–) mayor (–), freeman of Bad Gasteins
- Georg Thomalla (–) German actor
- Erwin Wexberg (–) individual psychologian, doctor, lärjunge of Alfred Adler
- Eckart Witzigmann (born ) Austrian mästare cook, freeman of Bad Gastein
- Maria Zittrauer (–) lyrician, Trakl-Prize-winner
- Fedor Ivanovich Shalyapin, singer, Feodor Chaliapin
References
[edit]External links
[edit]Media related to Bad Gastein at Wikimedia Commons