10 Best Places to Visit in Austria - Travel Video
Austria is a country that is as well known for its scenic beauty as it is for its cultural activities. Situated in the Alps, it is a very popular place with skiers and hikers, but it is also a country that gave the world an important musical heritage, ranging from the classical composer Mozart to the Strauss waltzes and the Von Trapp family whose story was told in The Sound of Music. An overview of the best places to visit in Austria:
16 TOP RATED - Best Tourist Attractions in Austria, Europe
16 TOP RATED - Best Tourist Attractions in Austria, Europe
1. The Vienna Hofburg: Austria's Imperial Palace
2. Mozart's Salzburg: Must visit in Salzburg
3. The Emperor's Tomb: Hofkirche and the Museum of Maximilian I
4. The Spanish Riding School, Vienna: watched and enjoyed the training of the horses.
5. The Styrian Armoury (Landeszeughaus): This unique collection of medieval armoury and weapons.
6. Kitzbüheler Horn: One of the most important mountains in the Kitzbühel Alps in Tyrol, Austria
7. Melk Benedictine Abbey: its spectacular buildings are laid out around seven courtyards
8. Krimmler Ache: Austria's Tallest Waterfalls
9. Medieval Burg Hochosterwitz: Austria's most important medieval castle
10. Dachstein Salzkammergut and the Giant Ice Cave: one of Europe's most impressive cavern networks
11. The Pilgrimage Church in Maria Saal: one of the leading places of pilgrimage in the state of Carinthia in southern Austria.
12. Klosterneuburg Abbey and the Verdun Altar: Perhaps the finest existing example of medieval enamel work
13. Eisriesenwelt: The World of the Ice Giants
14. The Grossglockner Road: one of the most magnificent mountain roads in Europe.
15. Gurk Cathedral: the final resting place for the remains of St. Hemma
16. The Hohe Tauern and Franz-Josefs-Höhe: Incredible vistas of the surrounding country
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This insider Vienna travel guide will introduce you to some of the lesser known things to do in the Austrian capital! From the rollercoasters at Prater to foodie adventures at Naschmarkt, this video will help you plan your next trip to Vienna.
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Klagenfurtis the capital of the federal state of Carinthia in Austria. With a population of over 90,000, it is the sixth-largest city in the country. The city is the bishop's seat of the Roman Catholic diocese of Gurk-Klagenfurt and home to the Alpen-Adria University. (Source: Wikipedia)
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Austria: Lake Wörth
Wörthersee is a lake in the southern Austrian state of Carinthia. The popular bathing lake is a main tourist destination in summer.
Wörthersee is Carinthia's largest lake. It is elongated, about 16.5 km (10.3 mi) long and 1.5 km (0.93 mi) wide, and stretches from the outskirts of the Carinthian capital Klagenfurt in the east to the bay of Velden in the west. Situated within the Klagenfurt Basin, its shores are flanked to the north and south by the foothills of the Gurktal Alps and the Karawanks range, all covered with dense forests beyond which snow-capped Alpine peaks are visible. The lake's water is of a distinctive blue-green colour and transparent.
Lake Wörth and its basin in the central Carinthian foothills were largely formed by glaciers during the last ice age. The lake is divided into three basins by several islands and peninsulas. The western basin stretches from Velden to Pörtschach, the central basin from Pörtschach to Maria Wörth and the eastern basin from Maria Wörth to Klagenfurt. Numerous brooks flow into the lake; its sole distributary is the artificial Glanfurt creek in the east, eventually flowing into the Drava (Drau) river via the Glan and Gurk tributaries.
The northern shore is densely built up with the main resort towns of Krumpendorf, Pörtschach, and Velden. The Süd Autobahn motorway and a railway mainline occupy the narrow space between the steep hills and the shore. The southern shore is quieter and less developed.
The water surface (epilimnion) can reach up to 25 °C in summer. In winter, the region is often covered by snow and approximately every 10 years the lake freezes over, attracting numerous ice skaters. Lake Wörth's fauna is dominated by fish typically found in alpine lakes. The most common species are the pike (Esox lucius) and the common whitefish (Coregonus lavaretus).
In the early 19th century the marshy shores were home only to a handful of poor peasants. The opening of the Austrian Southern Railway line (Südbahn) to Klagenfurt in 1863, later extended to Villach along the northern shore, quickly turned the Wörthersee into an exclusive summer retreat for Vienna's nobility and wealthy bourgeoisie. Especially Velden and Pörtschach developed to main tourist resorts.
Up to today, the Mediterranean climate and the clean, warm waters make Lake Wörth a popular tourist destination in summer. Although the region around the lake has been termed Austria's Monte Carlo, in recent decades tourism around Lake Wörthersee has suffered from tough competition from package holidays to cheaper overseas destinations. As a response a number of local businesses have tried to focus on niches such as high quality tourism, family tourism or golf and horse-riding vacations.
Most tourists visit the Lake in the months of July and August when water temperatures reach 25 °C. A large proportion of visitors return every summer and some own or rent holiday homes along the shore. The vast majority of visitors come from Vienna, northern Germany and the Netherlands. The largest Volkswagen and Audi car show in Europe, the Wörthersee GTi-Treffen (in English, Wörthersee Meeting or simply Wörthersee), has been held in the lakeside town of Reifnitz (usually in May) every year since 1981.
Austria Castel HOCHOSTERWITZ by-visto con Sony cyber-schot
... il giorno di Ferragosto che in Italia cade il 15 agosto 2012 siamo andati in giornata con l'Abaco viaggi al Castello Rocca di HOCHOSTERWITZ in Austria,
........ veramente una bella gita ben organizzata.
Per i curiosi tutte le foto e il video è stato realizzato con una piccola macchina Sony che ti sta in una mano, come si vede nella foto iniziale, poi certe malizie ed esperienze hanno fatto il resto nel montaggio.....
Il Castello di Hochosterwitz (Burg Hochosterwitz in tedesco) è uno dei più importanti castelli medievali austriaci. Si trova vicino Sankt Georgen am Längsee, nel Distretto di Sankt Veit an der Glan, in Carinzia.Il Castello di Hochosterwitz (Burg Hochosterwitz in tedesco) è uno dei più importanti castelli medievali austriaci. Si trova vicino Sankt Georgen am Längsee, nel Distretto di Sankt Veit an der Glan, in Carinzia.
Storia
Il sito viene menzionato per la prima volta nell'860 in un atto del re della Francia Orientale Ludovico II con cui donava alcune sue proprietà al Vescovado di Salisburgo; in tale atto il luogo è denominato Astarwitza. Nell'XI secolo il castello divenne un feudo concesso dall'arcivescovo Gebhard di Salisburgo al Casato degli Spanheim in seguito al loro sostegno durante la lotta per le investiture. Nel 1209 i Conti von Spanheim, divenuti intanto Duchi di Carinzia, conferirono alla famiglia di Osterwitz la carica ereditaria di coppiere.
Nel suo libro Changes lo psicologo austriaco Paul Watzlawick racconta una leggenda popolare sull'assedio del castello da parte di Margherita di Tirolo. Secondo la leggenda, nota anche al cronista medievale Jakob Unrest e poi al filologo tedesco Jacob Grimm, l'esercito di Margherita fu ingannato e si ritirò quando la guarnigione del castello macellò il suo ultimo bue, lo riempì di frumento e lo lanciò oltre le mura, fingendo di avere ancora tante provviste di viveri da poterli utilizzare come proiettili. La scena è anche descritta nel libro Die häßliche Herzogin Margarete Maultasch di Lion Feuchtwanger.
Nel XV secolo l'ultimo coppiere Georg di Osterwitz fu catturato durante un'invasione turca e morì prigioniero nel 1476 senza lasciare discendenti. Hans Schenk von Osterwitz fu l'unico sopravvissuto della famiglia. Egli aveva un considerevole debito nei confronti dell'imperatore e fu costretto a cedere gli atti del castello per estinguerlo. Così, dopo quattro secoli, il 30 maggio 1478 il possesso del castello tornò nelle mani dell'Imperatore Federico III.
Nei trent'anni successivi il castello fu gravemente danneggiato dalle numerose invasioni turche. Il 5 ottobre 1509 l'Imperatore Massimiliano I consegnò il castello come pegno a Matthäus Lang, vescovo di Gurk, il quale intraprese un considerevole progetto di restauro per riparare i danni subiti.
Nel 1541 l'Imperatore Ferdinando I conferì Hochosterwitz al governatore Christof Khevenhüller. Nel 1571 il conte Georg Khevenhüller acquistò la fortezza. Egli la fortificò a causa della minaccia di invasioni turche nella regione, costruendo un arsenale e 14 accessi tra il 1570 ed il 1586.
Dal XVI secolo non sono state fatte modifiche importanti a Hochosterwitz.
Attualmente il castello è in possesso dei Khevenhüller. Alcune parti del castello sono aperte al pubblico e visitabili ogni anno da aprile alla fine di ottobre.
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A lake- and castle ride of Austria
Trip through Carinthia with the castle of Hochosterwitz, Millstatt Abbey and Gurk Cathedral to Salzburg, Upper-Austria and Styria.
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