Ebensee: Kitespot - kitespot
Tucked along the southern shore of Lake Traunsee, Ebensee is a place whose character is shaped by deep water and the steep limestone mountains of the Salzkammergut. The town stands where the Traun enters the lake, in a landscape long connected with transport, industry and mountain travel. Its saltworks was established in 1607 as the terminus of a brine pipeline from Hallstatt, making Ebensee an important centre of Austrian salt production. The town is also the departure point for the cable car to Feuerkogel, a mountain above the valley. Lakeside buildings, wooded slopes and the broad waters of Traunsee give Ebensee a distinctly Alpine setting, while the surrounding Salzkammergut is known for its many lakes and long salt-mining tradition.
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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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Formed around the Danube and Enns corridors, Upper Austria developed into one of Austria’s nine federal states. Linz, its capital on the Danube, combines a major industrial tradition with cultural institutions including the Ars Electronica Center. North of the river, the Mühlviertel rolls towards the Czech border; southward, the terrain rises into the Alpine foothills and the lake country of the Salzkammergut. Hallstatt, beside Hallstätter See, is among the region’s best-known historic settlements and lends its name to the Hallstatt period of early Iron Age Europe. Browse additional webcams from the surrounding area to extend your view of Upper Austria.
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Austria stretches from the Bohemian Massif along its northern edge to the Carnic Alps on the Italian border, encompassing high Alpine ranges and the Danube lowlands. The Danube links cities including Linz and Vienna, while the Grossglockner, at 3,798 metres, is the country’s highest mountain. Vienna developed for centuries as the seat of the Habsburg court, leaving imperial architecture around the Hofburg and Schönbrunn Palace. Salzburg is closely associated with Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, who was born there in 1756. Alpine Tyrol, wine-growing areas east of Vienna and the lakes of Salzkammergut add markedly different regional identities. Browse other webcams across Austria to place this setting in a wider geographic context.
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