One of Europe’s most picturesque and particular regions is located exactly in the geographic centre of Austria: the Ausseerland. It is said that also the inhabitants are quite special in this Styrian part of the famous Salzkammergut Lake District. People are marked by this isolated region. On the western foothills of the Totes Gebirge mountain range has developed a marvellous landscape with numerous lakes, moors and forests, with massive mountains with a hidden cave system, fascinating because of its mystic secrets.