The WolfgangseeAbersee, also known by its older name Abersee, is one of the largest and best-known lakes in the Salzkammergut region at 13 km². Most of it lies in the north-east of the province of Salzburg, with a small part belonging to Upper Austria. The Salzburg municipalities of Sankt Gilgen and Strobl and the Upper Austrian municipality of Sankt Wolfgang im Salzkammergut are located on Lake Wolfgangsee. The only connection from St. Wolfgang to St. Gilgen on the north side of the lake is a footpath over the Falkenstein hill. The only island in Lake Wolfgangsee is the tiny Metzgerinsel with the Ox cross.
The area around Lake Wolfgangsee is a popular tourist region (Holiday region Wolfgangsee).
Lake Wolfgangsee has an area of 13 km². It lies at an altitude of 538 metres above sea level and is 114 metres deep at its deepest point.
Surrounding places:
- AberseeThe village is part of St. Gilgen, it lies in the southern centre of Lake Wolfgangsee and is divided by the Zinkenbach. The village is known for the Zinkenbach painters' colony that used to live there.
- Fürberg is a village belonging to St. Gilgen on the north-eastern shore of the lake. In this area there are bathing spots, catering establishments, the direct starting point of the footpath over the Falkenstein to Ried and a stop for the Wolfgangsee boat service.
- Ried is part of the municipality of St. Gilgen, but is separated from the main town by the Falkensteinwand. It can only be reached by road around the lake via St. Wolfgang. The castle-like main building of the Ferienhorts am Wolfgangsee, an association dedicated to children's welfare, built in 1902, is striking and visible from afar.
- GilgenThe municipality became famous as the frequent holiday destination of German Chancellor Helmut Kohl and as the home of Anna Maria Mozart, the mother of composer Wolfgang Amadeus. The municipality has been Salzburg's "foot in the door" to the Salzkammergut since the Middle Ages. Like Strobl, the village experienced its first heyday as a summer resort in the period after the Second World War.
- WolfgangThe village is named after St Wolfgang, who, according to legend, threw an axe and built a church where it landed. The village at the foot of the Schafberg became a place of pilgrimage and was the most important pilgrimage site in Central Europe in the Middle Ages. The church, built in the Gothic style, houses a well-known winged altar carved by Michael Pacher.
- StroblThe municipality is home to numerous artists, authors and actors. Several country villas from the imperial era still exist in the village.
Shipping and ferry services have been operating on Lake Wolfgangsee for a long time. Today, scheduled boat services operate in the summer months and in the run-up to Christmas. Like the Schafbergbahn railway from St. Wolfgang, the Wolfgangsee shipping service was
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