Feuerkogel is a mountain located in Gmunden District and the state of Upper Austria , in the central part of the country, 200 km west of the capital Vienna . The summit of Feuerkogel is 1,592 meters above sea level. Feuerkogel forms the eastern end of the Höllengebirge, which stretches between Lake Attersee and Lake Traunsee and protrudes towards the southern shore of Lake Traunsee. Höllengebirge belongs to the Northern Limestone Alps.
12-443: The terrain around Feuerkogel is mountainous to the south, but to the north, it is hilly. The highest point nearby is Alberfeldkogel, 1,707 meters above sea level, 1.3 km west of Feuerkogel. The nearest major community is Ebensee , 4.3 km east of Feuerkogel. In the surroundings of Feuerkogel, primarily consists mixed coniferous forest . Around Feuerkogel, it is quite densely populated, with 65 inhabitants per square kilometer. The area
24-463: A 1447 deed. From 1596 on Emperor Rudolf II had a salt evaporation pond erected near the settlement, supplied with brine being delivered via a 40 km (25 mi) long pipeline from the salt mines around Hallstatt . Ebensee therefore was the primary production centre for salt in Austria. Historically, the site was chosen because of the rich forests, whose wood was used to boil the salt out of
36-446: Is part of the hemiboreal climatic zone. The average annual temperature in the area is 6 °C. The warmest month is July, with an average temperature of 17 °C, and the coldest is January, with -8 °C. The average annual precipitation is 1,801 millimeters. The rainiest month is August, with an average of 213 mm of precipitation, and the driest is March, with 89 mm of precipitation. Since 1927, a cable car has been running from Ebensee up to
48-636: The Peenemünde research centre after the RAF Operation Hydra attack. It was part of the Mauthausen network . Slave laborers were worked to death digging tunnels for armaments storage. The camp was liberated by American soldiers in May 1945. Due to the extremely high death rates, Ebensee is considered one of the most horrific Nazi concentration camps. Used as a Displaced Persons camp after
60-762: The Feuerkogel's wind measuring station, attributable to its high elevation. Ebensee Ebensee am Traunsee ( Austrian German: [ˈeːbn̩seː am ˈtraʊnseː] ; Central Bavarian : Emsee ) is a market town in the Traunviertel region of the Austrian state of Upper Austria , located within the Salzkammergut Mountains at the southern end of the Traunsee . The regional capital Linz lies approximately 90 km (56 mi) to
72-559: The brine. In 1883 the Belgian chemist Ernest Solvay established soda works of the Solvay company at Ebensee. Although a former industrial center in the larger Salzkammergut region, it has recently fallen on bad fortunes with the closure of some of the larger factories. In 1943, the SS established Ebensee concentration camp (codename "Zement") near the town, a planned emergency location for
84-475: The highest wind speed ever measured in Austria, 220 km/h, was recorded on the summit of the Feuerkogel. Due to its altitude, the wind measuring station on the Feuerkogel continues to register record-breaking values. During Cyclone Kyrill in January 2007, Austria experienced its highest wind speed from the cyclone, measured at 207 km/h. This event further emphasizes the ongoing record-breaking wind speeds observed by
96-593: The mountain down to the built-up area at Ebense. On the occasion of the 80th birthday of the cable car, a big party and a traditional Nostalgia ski race were held between March 3 and 4, 2007. The sporting highlight is the Feuerkogel Mountain Race, which takes place every August. It is the most popular mountain race in Austria. In 1997, the European Mountain Running Championships were held. On December 26, 1999,
108-517: The mountain to the Feuerkogel hotel. The cable car facilitates hiking access to get up to the mountain and thus enables tours to Großer Höllkogel or crossing the Höllengebirge to Hochleckenhaus, including the intermediate station Rieder Hütte. As early as 1936, there was a ski lift for about 8 people. Today, however, there are lift facilities totaling 12 kilometers to the ski slopes. A very demanding 6 km long ungroomed descent leads directly from
120-650: The north, nearest towns are Gmunden and Bad Ischl . The municipality also comprises the Katastralgemeinden of Langwies, Oberlangbath, Rindbach, Kohlstatt and Roith. With the Traunviertel, Ebensee since 1180 belonged to the Duchy of Styria held by the House of Babenberg from 1192, until in 1254 King Ottokar II of Bohemia finally allocated it to his Austrian duchy . Ebensee itself was first mentioned in
132-594: The shore of the Langbathsee is a 19th-century hunting lodge erected at the behest of Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria . Since 1927 an aerial tramway built by the Bleichert engineering company runs up to the summit of the Feuerkogel mountain. Other tourist attractions include the Gasselhöhle show cave and a small skiing area with about ten lifts. Parts of the 1968 Where Eagles Dare film were shot in
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#1732793601094144-471: The war, the area is today site of a memorial and a museum. Seats in the municipal assembly ( Gemeinderat ) as of 2021 elections: Ebensee is surrounded by three picturesque lakes, the Traunsee , the Offensee and the Langbathsee. The Traunsee is large enough to be used for boating, while the other two lakes are smaller, surrounded by mountains, and used only for bathing; both are protected natural areas. On
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