Ebensee

Few towns in Upper Austria have a history as closely tied to salt production as Ebensee. Set at the southern end of Traunsee, where the Traun River enters the lake, it developed around the imperial saltworks supplied by brine from the Salzkammergut. The steep slopes of the Höllengebirge rise above the lakeshore, placing the town within a landscape long shaped by alpine industry and transport. Ebensee also preserves a sobering chapter of the Second World War at the memorial to the former Mauthausen concentration-camp subcamp, where prisoners were forced to build underground armaments tunnels. Discover other points of interest through webcams located across Ebensee and Upper Austria.

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