Places to visit in Upper Austria, Austria
10 places to visit in Upper Austria, Austria, each with LOQAH's carefully crafted stamp of its own: Hallstatt-Dachstein Salzkammergut Cultural Landscape, Hallstätter See, Kremsmünster Abbey and more. Stand at any of them with the app open and the stamp is yours, confirmed on site, in your Upper Austria volume.
2 UNESCO World Heritage sites · 1 Heritage site · 1 Famous place to visit · 6 Hidden gems
UNESCO World Heritage sites in Upper Austria (2)
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Hallstatt-Dachstein Salzkammergut Cultural Landscape
An Alpine landscape of lakes, mountains and old salt-mining settlements in the Salzkammergut, inscribed by UNESCO in 1997. Salt has been mined here since prehistoric times, and the town of Hallstatt sits on the shore of its lake beneath steep cliffs.
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Hallstätter See
A lake in the Salzkammergut, lying below the town of Hallstatt, which has mined salt for thousands of years. Steep mountains rise from its shore and boats cross it between the villages.
Heritage sites in Upper Austria (1)
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Kremsmünster Abbey
A Benedictine monastery in Kremsmünster in Upper Austria, founded in 777. It is known for its seven storey observatory tower, built in the 1750s, and for the Tassilo Chalice, a treasured work of early medieval art.
Famous places to visit in Upper Austria (1)
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Mauthausen Memorial
The site of a Nazi concentration camp on a hill above the town of Mauthausen in Upper Austria, which served as the main camp for nearly 100 subcamps. It is now a memorial and museum where visitors can walk through the preserved camp.
Hidden gems in Upper Austria (6)
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Attersee
The largest lake of the Salzkammergut, in Upper Austria at an elevation of 469 metres. Its clear water attracts swimmers, divers and sailors, and Gustav Klimt spent many summers on its shore, painting the lake and its villages.
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New Cathedral, Linz
A neo-Gothic cathedral in Linz, begun in 1862 and dedicated to the Immaculate Conception. Its tower is 134 metres high, just below that of St. Stephen's in Vienna by the builders' intention, and it holds up to 20,000 people.
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Pöstlingberg
A 539 metre hill on the left bank of the Danube in Linz. It has a viewing platform over the city and is crowned by a twin towered pilgrimage church, reached by one of the steepest adhesion railways in Europe.
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St. Florian Monastery
An Augustinian monastery in the town of Sankt Florian, founded in the early ninth century and refounded by the Augustinians in the 11th century. It is the largest monastery in Upper Austria and is known for its Baroque rooms and its organ, played by Anton Bruckner.
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Traunsee
A lake in Upper Austria with a maximum depth of 191 metres, the deepest in the country. The town of Gmunden lies at its northern end, with the Schloss Ort castle on a small island, and the Traunstein mountain rises on the east shore.
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Wilhering Abbey
A Cistercian monastery in Wilhering, about 8 km from Linz, founded in 1146. The buildings were rebuilt in the 18th century, and the abbey church is known for its spectacular Rococo decoration.
Collecting in Upper Austria
What are the best places to visit in Upper Austria?
LOQAH lists 10 places in Upper Austria. The best known include Hallstatt-Dachstein Salzkammergut Cultural Landscape, Hallstätter See, Kremsmünster Abbey, Mauthausen Memorial and Attersee. Each has a stamp of its own to collect when you are there.
How many LOQAH stamps are there in Upper Austria?
10, and more are added over time. Each place has LOQAH's carefully crafted stamp of its own.
How do I collect a stamp in Upper Austria?
Open LOQAH at the place and get its stamp. LOQAH checks where you are once, at that moment; at the place itself the stamp is confirmed on site, with a gold badge.
I have been to places in Upper Austria before. Can I add them?
Yes. In Earlier trips, choose Upper Austria and swipe through its stamps, or import your Google Timeline. Each one goes into your volume with the date, if you know it.
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