Gmunden

Gmunden has a great history, was Emperor Maximilian’s favorite place for chamois hunting, focal point of the Peasants’ Wars, seat of the Habsburgs and Hanoverians, artists’ meeting place of the imperial and royal summer resorts. But this is not something to rest on. For more than a hundred years, the home of the world-famous Gmundner Keramik and the Laufen company has also been a hot spot for the ceramic art avant-garde. The Salzkammergut Festwochen are considered one of the hottest multi-genre festivals in the country, and the old Stadtgarten is currently being turned into an art quarter for the contemporary and the “gmunden.photo” and the Musical Frühling in Gmunden.