OF CELTS, ROMANS, AND MUSICAL “ANCESTORS”

    When we look towards the east, we see the Totes Gebirge. People lived in this region as far back as 30,000 years ago. In the Salzofen Cave—not far from here—a very old bone flute was even found from that time. How might the earlier inhabitants of this region have made music.

    The Salzkammergut has been surrounded by a special myth for centuries. The ancestors of today's Hallstatt residents were already mining salt, trading, and had a relatively advanced culture 7,000 years ago. Salt—the "white gold"—has always been considered incredibly important and was weighed against real gold. Hallstatt has been a significant mining site for many millennia, as well as a trade hub with connections as far as the Orient.

    Even in Roman times, the Salzkammergut was a central hub for the empire. Walk along the themed path Via Salis, and you will find the largest site of hipposandal (horseshoe) discoveries in the Northern Alpine region.

    Many centuries passed, bringing with them many different peoples. The seclusion of the landscape, wars, plagues, poverty, but also wealth, shaped the region and merged its people into a proud yet somewhat peculiar and stubborn character.

    More information and a few tips:
    * https://www.salzwelten.at/de/blog/altaussee-via-salis
    * https://www.kammerhofmuseum.at/
    * https://www.salzkammergut.at/oesterreich-poi/detail/401023/heimatkundliche-sammlung-der-familie-strick.html


    O Keltech, Římanech a muzicírujících „předcích“
    Když se podíváte směrem na východ, uvidíte mrtvé hory. Před 30 000 lety zde už lidé žili. V jeskyni Salzofen „Salzofenhöhle“ – nedaleko odtud – byl dokonce nalezen starý kostěný (příčný) flétnový nástroj z této doby. Jak asi muzicírovali tehdejší obyvatelé této oblasti? Salzkammergut je již po staletí obklopeno zvláštním mýtem. Předci dnešních obyvatel Hallstattu těžili sůl již před 7 000 lety, obchodovali a měli vyspělou kulturu. Sůl – „bílé zlato“ – byla vždy nesmírně důležitá a byla vyvažována pravým zlatem. Hallstatt je po tisíciletí nejen důležité hornické místo, ale také obchodní uzel s vazbami až na Orient. I v době římské bylo Salzkammergut centrálním uzlem pro světovou říši (vydejte se na tematickou cestu VIA SALIS a najdete zde největší naleziště koňských podkov v oblasti severních Alp). Staletí plynula a s nimi přicházely různé národy. Uzavřenost krajiny, války, epidemie, chudoba, ale i bohatství formovaly tuto oblast a proměnily její obyvatele v hrdý, avšak svérázný a vzdorovitý národ.

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