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Salzach River at Burghausen

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Salzach River at Burghausen

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Salzach River at Burghausen

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Location: Burghausen, Altötting, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany

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1. Christoph Gate – Burghausen Castle (Main Castle) loop from Burghausen (Oberbay)

7.87km

02:07

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2. Burghausen Castle (Main Castle) – Pilgrimage Church of Marienberg loop from Burghausen

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03:27

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3. View of Burghausen – Burghausen Castle (Main Castle) loop from Burghausen

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00:54

60m

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Söhni 🏃

June 6, 2020

The Salzach is a right-hand tributary of the Inn and, at 225 kilometers in length, is the longest and has the most water. Shortly before it flows into the Inn, the Salzach offers a wildly romantic natural spectacle between Burghausen and Hochburg-Ach, the Salzach Gorge.

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Moonbeam🌜

October 15, 2024

When the water of the Salzach flows past Burghausen, it has already traveled a good 200 kilometers: from the source in Pinzgau high above the Gerlos Pass and the Krimml Waterfalls, past famous mountains such as the Großvenediger, Großglockner and Hochkönig, its journey takes you to Salzburg, from where the Salzach is the border river between Germany and Austria.

The Salzach was of great importance in Burghausen not only as a political border, but also as a waterway for the salt trade from Hallein. It was only here that the white gold was allowed to be loaded onto wagons and transported overland to Bavaria. For over three centuries, until the nationalization of salt production and trade in 1595, salt helped Burghausen and the salt makers there to become rich and prosperous.

With trips on the reconstructed salt barges, you can get a feel for times long past and experience and enjoy the originality of the charming landscape formed by the Salzach over centuries.

The Salzach floodplains not only offer idyllic views, but also a habitat for some protected animal species. One of these is the highly endangered Aesculapian snake, which only occurs in four populations in southeast Bavaria - including in Burghausen, where with a bit of luck you can watch one of the snakes, which can grow up to 1.80 m long, sunbathing on a walk along the Salzach.

But other, sometimes rare and endangered animals also roam the Salzach and the surrounding forests: for example, the tracks of the beaver can be found again and again on the trees along the banks of the Salzach. A particularly colorful inhabitant of the Salzach habitat is the "Spanish flag", a black, yellow and orange butterfly that particularly likes to stay at the Salzach gorge in the so-called "Burghauser Enge".

Source: visit-burghausen.com/freizeit-erlebnis/natur/die-salzach

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Andreas

May 26, 2020

The flood protection wall was completed here in 1971. In 2016, devices for modular aluminum planks were installed, which increase the flood protection by a further 60 cm.

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Location: Burghausen, Altötting, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany

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Salzach River at Burghausen

1. Christoph Gate – Burghausen Castle (Main Castle) loop from Burghausen (Oberbay)

2. Burghausen Castle (Main Castle) – Pilgrimage Church of Marienberg loop from Burghausen

3. View of Burghausen – Burghausen Castle (Main Castle) loop from Burghausen

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