Holiday Country Austria - Austria / II. Republic of Austria 2002 - 73 Euro Cent

The border mountains between Pinzgau and Bavaria are called the Steinerne Meer. The nature reserve comprises a 160 km2 high plateau, a strongly karstified calcareous plateau, which in the south by higher elevations such. the 2653 m high Schönfeldspitze is limited. North of the mountain range in Berchtesgadener Land lies the legendary, picturesque Königsee. South of the mountains lies the Pinzgau, which is identical to the political district Zell am See. The area can almost only be reached on all sides by means of passes: from the north over the Steinpass, from the west via the Grießenpass, the Strub pass, the Thurn pass, the Gerlospass and from the south over the Felber Tauern (tunnel) and the Grossglockner high alpine road. Probably just because of this geographical situation, a very specific construction of farms has emerged. In addition to the Paarhof (separate commercial and residential buildings), there is often the one-man house with a chapel and smaller outbuildings. The ground floor or the kitchen are bricked, the upper floor is almost always a block building with wraparound balcony. Above the entrance there are often fresco medallions, on the roofs are wooden bell towers, at the top of a cock indicates the wind direction. Very often fires destroyed old buildings. The reconstruction took place then especially after the wars because of lack of money only very much simpler. A careful processing of the farm forms can be admired in the Salzburg Open Air Museum in Großgmain near Salzburg.