Hallstatt turned 700 years broken-down this year. On the 21st of january of 1311,Elisabeth of Kärnten, Görz und Tirol, and Duchess of Austria and Queen of Germany,granted Market Rights to this small town in the Salzkammergut of Austria. With this grant, Hallstatt came officially into existence, or that is to say,it received its present name.
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