Rettenbachalm, Mountain pasture in Bad Ischl, Austria.
Rettenbachalm is a 190-hectare alpine pasture in the Rettenbachtal valley, in the western Totes Gebirge, at 640 m above sea level. It is a servitude pasture with 10 farmers grazing about 100 cattle on 56 hectares. The pasture is reached by a 6 km public road from Bad Ischl and has many huts and two inns.
The Rettenbachalm is a servitude pasture owned by the Austrian Federal Forests, with grazing rights held by 10 farmers who run about 100 cattle on 56 hectares. It lies at 640 metres in the Rettenbachtal valley, in the western Totes Gebirge, and is reached by a 6 km public road from Bad Ischl.
The name Rettenbachalm comes from the Rettenbach stream whose middle course the pasture follows. It is a servitude pasture: ten farmers hold grazing rights while the land belongs to the Austrian Federal Forests, and around 100 cattle graze 56 of its 190 hectares. Two inns and numerous huts stand on the pasture.
The pasture lies in the Rettenbachtal valley at 640 m, reached by a 6 km mountain road from Bad Ischl that is open to public traffic. Two inns stand among the many huts on the alp. From here trails lead to the Ischler Hütte and the Schönberg, and via the rear Rettenbachtal to the Blaa-Alm and Altaussee.
The Rettenbachalm is a servitude pasture: the land belongs to the Austrian Federal Forests, while 10 farmers hold grazing rights and keep about 100 cattle on 56 hectares. The remaining area of the 190-hectare alp is not grazed.
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