Lake Wolfgang

Lake Wolfgang

Lake Wolfgang stretches about 10.5 kilometres from the northwest to the southeast. It is divided into two parts by a

Joseph Viktor von Scheffel in 1870. In the south and southwest of Lake Wolfgang lies the Osterhorngruppe, with heights up to 1,800 metres. Directly south of St. Gilgen rises the Zwölferhorn (1,522 m), which can be visited by cable car.

Weißes Rössl at St. Wolfgang

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. Because Lake Wolfgang 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.

Transportation

The

company, which runs six vessels.

See also

• Salzburg
• Salzburgerland
• Schafbergbahn
• Brunnwinkl

References

1. Newspapers.com.
2. ^ Malathronas, John (August 22, 2017). "How to Tour 'The Sound of Music,' 50 Years Later". CNN. Retrieved September 16, 2017.
3. ^ Garbe, Detlef (2008). Between Resistance and Martyrdom: Jehovah's Witnesses in the Third Reich. Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press. p. 442.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Wolfgangsee.

• Guide to Lake Wolfgang from the Wolfgangsee Tourismus Gesellschaft