Echoblasen at lake Almsee (music performance)

Every year four musicians of the musical society Grünau gladden many visitors with their performance at lake Almsee.You can hear the echo sounds from the end of June until the beginning of September on wednesdays 19:30 pm at the "Echoplatzl" if the weather is fine.

Every year, four wind players from the Grünau im Almtal music club delight visitors with their performances at the Almsee from the end of June to the beginning of September every Wednesday at 7.30 p.m. when the weather is fine.

From the so-called "Echoplatz'l" they put their musical skills to the test and enchant the audience with their clear echo sounds. A special kind of enjoyment of nature, music and the soul, especially since the unique ambience - formed from the majestic mountain backdrop of the Dead Mountains and the colorful, shimmering Almsee lake at the head of the valley, which is idyllically embedded in the landscape protection area - puts you in an idiosyncratic mood.

Please arrive in good time as the road is closed during the event.
Take advantage of the new Salzkammergut Shuttle Service on Route 60 from Grünau train station to the Almsee!
Arrival from Grünau im Almtal train station at 19:00, return journey from Almsee in the direction of Grünau im Almtal shortly after 20:00. Please book at least 1 hour in advance, either by calling 050 422 1691 or using the O-Taxi app.
Costs: € 6.00 per person and direction of travel. Family ticket (e.g. 2 adults and 2 children) € 9.00 per direction.

The Grünau echo blowers
The Grünau echo blowing in its current form was founded in 1967. Fritz Drack sen., Josef Gierlinger, Erwin Seidel and Franz Moser started at a concert of the Grünau am Almsee music association to try to elicit an echo from the rock walls with the melody of the "Almsee-Echo". The attempt was successful and since then the club's musicians have been performing echo blowing every Wednesday in the summer months. The traditional line-up of the wind quartet are two flugelhorns, a tenor horn and a bass. In addition to the “Almsee Echo”, other traditional pieces such as “D'Gamsjagerei” or “da Alpera” are performed by the wind players.

The region
The area around the Almsee with its almost untouched nature is certainly one of the most important and most beautiful landscapes in Austria and is also imaginative extensive nature reserve. Already in the founding deed of the Kremsmünster Abbey by Duke Tassilo III. In 777 the area up to the mountains was transferred to the monastery for administration. To this day, the Almsee and a large part of the surrounding forest area are owned by the monastery. In addition to Kremsmünster Abbey, it was mainly the aristocracy who secured forest holdings in the area. Best known are probably the Dukes of Cumberland - the House of Hanover, to whom Emperor Franz Joseph gave a hunting and forest area in Grünau as a thank you for the help was made available and who are based here to this day. For centuries, forests, hunting and fishing formed the basis of life for the people in the inner Almtal and are still the most important economic factors alongside tourism.

Arrival Information:

Accessibility / Getting here

We recommend travelling by public transport or by bike, or even on foot along the beautiful Almuferweg ‘Genuss am Almfluss’ trail.

By train:
The nearest Intercity stop is Wels Hbf (ÖBB and Westbahn), change to the regional trains towards Grünau im Almtal ‘Almtalbahn’ (ÖBB, line 153). By bus: Bus line 533/535 Gmunden - Grünau im Almtal - Almsee.

Or simply leave your car at the car park at the train station in Grünau and take the bus or walk along the hiking trail.

Salzkammergut Shuttle Service:
The Traunsee-Almtal Tourist Board offers the Route 60 from Grünau train station to lake Almsee if the bus service is not available.

Call at least 1 hour before departure with caller ID +43 (0) 50 - 422 422 to book!

By bike:

Take the Almtal cycle path R11 (Wels - Pettenbach - Scharnstein - Grünau im Almtal - Almsee), from Grünau im Almtal, follow Almseestraße for the first few kilometres, then the cycle path turns left over a bridge (near Pension Wanderruh) onto a farm track. In Heckenau, carefully cross the road diagonally to the right and continue along the gravel road along the Alm to Fischerau, then back onto the road to Almsee.

By car:

A1 motorway from Vienna via the Voralpenkreuz junction onto the A9 towards Graz and from Graz or Passau, take the Ried im Traunkreis exit towards Pettenbach and follow the B120 to Scharnstein.

Take the A1 motorway from Salzburg to the Regau exit, then take the B 145 to Gmunden. You can also take the B145 from Bad Ischl to Gmunden, then continue on the B120 to Scharnstein.

Continue on the Almsee Landesstraße to Grünau im Almtal and on to Almsee.

Take advantage of the bus and Traunstein taxi service from Grünau im Almtal railway station.

Parking:

The two car parks at the start and end of the lake are subject to a charge.

The marked parking spaces along the road are free of charge. Please only use the designated and marked parking spaces.

Thank you for your cooperation!

Meeting Point:

You can enjoy echo blowing from several locations:

• Echoplatzerl: Hike from the parking lot at the Seehaus inn to the Echoplazterl - the car park ist subject to a charge.
• Street: You can also enjoy the echo blowing from the street, which is specially closed during the event
• Almsee: Enjoy the sounds of the echo blowers on a walk around the lake