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Resort area in Austria
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Salzkammergut spans the federal states (Bundesland) of Upper Austria (Oberösterreich), Salzburg (Salzburgerland), and Styria (Steiermark). The Styrian part is also called Ausseerland.
Landhaus Koller
The regional train has a comprehensive service running through the heart of the Salzkammergut and on into Styria.
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Hallstatt is a small town overlooking the Hallstätter See (Lake Hallstatt) in the Salzkammergut, in Upper Austria. Hallstatt is spectacularly picturesque, due to its location on a narrow rocky west bank of the lake with the sheer rising mountains behind it.
Bad Aussee is located in Salzkammergut in the federal state of Styria, Austria.
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