Salzalpensteig

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Salzalpensteig
Logo of the hiking trail
Logo of the hiking trail
Data
length 233 kmdep1
location Bavaria / Upper Austria
Starting point Prien am Chiemsee
47 ° 51 ′ 19.8 ″  N , 12 ° 20 ′ 47.8 ″  E
Target point Obertraun
47 ° 33 ′ 25.2 ″  N , 13 ° 41 ′ 2 ″  E
The highest point Hochfelln
Lowest point Kuchl
Level of difficulty medium
Months May to October (all year round in the lowlands)
particularities Insight into the history of salt production
View of the Chiemsee from the summit of the Hochfelln
Descent to Hallstatt

The Salzalpensteig ( spelling : SalzAlpenSteig) is a long-distance hiking trail in Bavaria and Austria that was opened in May 2015 . It is intended to trace the history of salt production in the region and runs over 233 km with 18 daily stages from Bavaria via Salzburg to Upper Austria . In addition, there are a total of 26 tours for circular hikes over 7 to 50 km and several ascents and descents from historic saltworks towns such as Rosenheim and Traunstein .

history

In 2008, the Berchtesgaden-Königssee tourist region and the Bavarian State Baths Bad Reichenhall / Bayerisch Gmain came up with the idea of combining the history of salt into a hiking trail based on existing salt hikes along brine pipes and sights. After a feasibility study in 2009, a joint project was developed with other partners in Bavaria and Austria, which was submitted to the European Regional Development Fund INTERREG and the State of Upper Austria for funding.

Chiemsee-Alpenland Tourismus, Chiemgau Tourismus, Berchtesgaden-Königssee Tourist Region, Tennengau Guest Service and the Dachstein-Salzkammergutwaren Tourist Association are the official project partners. The Kur-GmbH Bad Reichenhall and the state of Upper Austria granted co-financing. The Salzalpensteig was opened in May 2015. In addition, the Salzalpensteig und -Touren eV was founded to promote the sustainable development of the Salzalpensteig.

Route guidance

The start / end points of the hiking trail are Prien am Chiemsee in Bavaria and Obertraun am Dachstein in Austria . The premium hiking trail leads through an area along old salt production sites from the Chiemsee-Alpenland via the Chiemgau, Bad Reichenhall, Berchtesgaden-Königssee and the Salzburger Tennengau to the Dachstein-Salzkammergut and is intended to lead through the history of salt production in the region.

There are 39 entry points in the following stages:

  1. Prien am Chiemsee - Grassau
  2. Grassau- Brachtalm
  3. Brachtalm via Hochfelln to Bergen
  4. Bergen via Hochfelln to Ruhpolding
  5. Ruhpolding- Inzell
  6. Inzell- Bad Reichenhall
  7. Bad Reichenhall- Bischofswiesen
  8. Bischofswiesen- Ramsau near Berchtesgaden
  9. Ramsau- Koenigssee
  10. Königssee- Bad Dürrnberg
  11. Bad Dürrnberg- Golling on the Salzach
  12. Golling- Scheffau am Tennengebirge
  13. Scheffau- Abtenau
  14. Abtenau- Annaberg
  15. Annaberg- Gablonzer Hut
  16. Gablonzer Hut- Gosau
  17. Gosau- Bad Goisern
  18. Bad Goisern- Hallstatt - Obertraun

The lowest point is Kuchl at 466 meters , the highest point is the Hochfelln at 1,663 meters . The hiking trail is certified with the "Premiumweg" hiking seal from the German Hiking Institute.

Literature and maps

  • Geraldine Fella: SalzAlpenSteig. Chiemsee - Königssee - Hallstätter See. Hiking guide with an extra tour map to take with you (= compass. 5431 hiking guide + map ). Kompass-Karten-GmbH, Innsbruck 2015, ISBN 978-3-99044-042-1 .
  • Ralf Enke: Salt Alpine Climb. Chiemsee - Königssee - Hallstätter See. Hiking tour map (= Kompass. 2507 hiking tour map ). 1: 50,000. Kompass-Karten-GmbH, Innsbruck 2014, ISBN 978-3-85026-971-1 .

Web links

Commons : Salzalpensteig  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The Salzalpensteig at the German Hiking Institute