Download or read book Christmas Nativity Hallstatt written by Cristina Berna and published by Missys Clan. This book was released on 2019-01-18 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The small town of Hallstatt is a unique place of beauty and utility. It is on the shore of the Lake Hallstatt in Austria, ringed by the Dachstein mountains. In Hallstatt you find a wonderful tradition of hand carved Christmas Nativity scenes and figurines that will utterly please you. It used to be accessible only by boat and a small trail over the mountains. The first road was only built in 1890, using rock blasting. But Hallstatt has been active with salt mining since prehistoric times. A special Celtic culture lived here from 800 BC to 450 BC, the Hallstatt culture, which disappeared for unknown reasons. The salt mining continued in Roman times but was likely already then supplemented by exclusive tourism - Roman baths were found under the Janu sport shop, where there is a fantastic exhibition of Christmas Nativity scenes in the Advent period. In 1997 UNESCO declared the Hallstat-Dachstein/Salzkammergut Cultural Landscape a World heritage. There are abt 750 inhabitants on a whole year basis.