Salzkammergut Definition

pronoun
A resort area of lakes and mountains in Austria stretching from the City of Salzburg eastwards along the Austrian Alpine Foreland and the Northern Limestone Alps to the peaks of the Dachstein Mountains.
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Origin of Salzkammergut

  • Borrowed into English from German, literally meaning "Estate of the Salt Chamber" and deriving from the Imperial Salt Chamber, the authority charged with running the precious salt mines of the Habsburg Monarchy.

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Salzkammergut Sentence Examples

  • The southern part belongs to the region of the Eastern Alps, containing the Salzkammergut and Upper Austrian Alps, which are found principally in the district of Salzkammergut (q.v.).

  • The salt extracted in Salzkammergut amounts to nearly 30% of the total Austrian production.

  • It is also an important centre of the salt industry in Salzkammergut.

  • Austria does not possess any great lakes; but has numerous small mountain lakes situated in the Alpine region, the most renowned for the beauty of their situation being found in Salzburg, Salzkammergut, Tirol and Carinthia.

  • To the north of the Enns are ramifications of the Salzkammergut and Enns Alps, which include the Dachstein (9830 ft.), and the Grimming (7713 ft.), and the groups of the Todtes Gebirge (6890 ft.) and of the Pyrgas with the Grosser Pyrgas (7360 ft.).

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