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:

We recommend that you travel by public transport!

By train: Arrival with the Almtalbahn 153 from Wels.

by bus: OÖVV bus line 533 Gmunden - Scharnstein - Grünau im Almtal - Almsee

with the Traunstein taxi:
Route 60 from the railway station to all sights in Grünau im Almtal.
Call the taxi office 1 hour in advance on 050-422 1691 or order on the otaxi app.

by bike: on the R 11 from Wels to Grünau im Almtal

by car: Motorway A1: Leave the Westautobahn A1 in Regau and follow the B145 to Scharnstein and Grünau im Almtal.
A9 motorway: Leave the A9 in Inzersdorf-Kirchdorf and follow the Austrian Romanikstraße to Scharnstein and Grünau im Almtal.

Please only use the parking spaces provided and be considerate of private property! Thank you for your fairness!

Meeting Point:

You can enjoy echo blowing from several locations:

• Echoplatzerl: Hike from the parking lot at the Seehaus inn to the Echoplazterl
• 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