FROM THE TEUFELSGRABEN TO THE UNTERSBERG

Director: Hermann Peseckas , camera: Stefan Sternad

Production: ORFIII & ipFILM

Documentary: 43 min./2018

The almost 2000 meter high Untersberg, surrounded by legends and myths, is the final stop of a "land of mountains" foray through the Flachgau Alpine foothills with its enchanting lake landscape.

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The city of Salzburg's large drinking water reservoir is also located on the Untersberg; the water comes crystal clear directly from the mountain. The journey continues via the Großgmain open-air museum, the largest farm museum in the Eastern Alps, over the Voggenberg, the Haunsberg and the Buchberg.

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It is Salzburg's youngest nature park with numerous places of power and panoramic views of more than 120 rugged limestone Alpine peaks. The Obertrumersee, Mattsee, Wallersee and Grabensee lie idyllically at your feet.

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One of the most modern observatories in Europe was built in 2018 on Haunsberg - just a stone's throw from the historic "Kaiserbuche" square. A vintage car ride takes Salzburg's painter prince Hans Weyringer to his "studio" on Tannberg. The Teufelsgraben near Seeham and Henndorf, which has been a summer retreat for many artists since the 19th century, are stops on the journey.

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Carl Zuckmayer formed the “Henndorfer Circle” with the writers Stefan Zweig, Ödön von Horvath and others, based in the famous “Wiesmühl”.

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As we travel through this landscape of contrasts with its many viewpoints, magical places and captivating stories, we meet geologists, wild women, painters, poets, a vintage car collector, a mountain owner, a musician and one or two mountain spirits.