We start our Linz tour with the rain. So I finally decide to stop my tour at this bakery café and sample the Linz Torte which is considered the oldest known cake in the world. It was already mentioned by name as early as 1653. Yet who named or invented the cake will always remain a mystery.
The Gmunden Rathaus with a ceramic glockenspiel.
Gmunden is on the shores of Lake Traun, surrounded by countless mountains. A chapter of world history was written in Gmunden. Important treaties that changed the shape of Europe were concluded here. Emperor Maximilian, the last knight, signed a wedding agreement with Bianca Maria Sforza of Milan. This marriage was the incentive for Milan being incorporated into Austria. In 1514 Maximilian concluded a friendship and peace treaty with the tsar Wassilij Ivanovitch II, which meant that after the Battle of Mohac, in 1526, Hungary came to Austria through the Gmunden alliance.
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Seeschloss Ort. The castle has achieved recent fame through being portrayed as a hotel in a German-language TV series, Schlosshotel Orth – fan of the series often ask to stay there, though there are no bedrooms!
This little town, Mondsee, looks as if it was just painted before our arrival.
The “Wedding Church” (Pfarrkinche St. Michael) that "Maria" was married in (in the "Sound of Music") is in the center of this town. It is beautiful on the outside and inside. The church began as the former Benedictine monastery which was reason the town was founded way back in the 8th century.
After strolling through the town for a little while, we then walk to the lake.
4 comments:
Nice pic kha.
Hope u finish ur blog-photo soon na kha.
There are a lot of pictures from all four of us. Thank you for visiting my blog na ka.
I have really enjoyed looking at your blog and pictures from Austria and Germany. It brings back so many good memories for me. It is gorgeous there. Thanks for sharing your photos and feelings.
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