The Goldgraeberdorf Heiligenblut near Heiligenblut reconstructs life in the medieval gold-mining camps of the Hohe Tauern, where miners worked the gold deposits in the glacial streams and rock faces of the Tauern range during its 14th and 15th century peak. The Tauern gold helped fund Habsburg expansion under Emperor Maximilian I. Demonstration village with guided tours in summer; admission fee; book in advance for demonstrations. Heiligenblut is 1 hour by bus from Lienz. Combines naturally with the Grossglockner view from the village and the gold panning demonstration at Goldwaschplatz Bodenhaus in Rauris.
museum in Hohe Tauern National Park
Goldgraeberdorf Heiligenblut
The Goldgraeberdorf Heiligenblut is an open-air demonstration village in the Hohe Tauern National Park area near Heiligenblut that reconstructs the life and work of the medieval gold miners who worked the Hohe Tauern range during the peak of alpine gold production in the 14th and 15th centuries.
- Type
- museum
- Destination
- Hohe Tauern National Park
- Cost
- Paid entry
- Address
- 5730 Hohe Tauern National Park
- Coordinates
- 47.0450, 12.9028