Would you have guessed that the tranquil area on Lake Millstättersee would be a rich ancient site? Apparently, ancient Rome already appreciated the region that lies in the immediate vicinity of Teurnia, the imperial Roman city in the area of today‘s St. Peter in Holz. The Roman road Via Julia Augusta, leading through the Drautal valley, crossed the Lieser at Lieserbrücke and the road station with the turnoff to Salzburg, the then Iuvavum, is said to have been in the Seeboden area.
The new Topotheque of Seeboden uses old postcards to show, among other things, what Lake Millstätter See looked like around 1900 and how undeveloped the lake shores were back then, even though tourism was already attracting many guests to them. The traditional set pieces used in early tourism architecture can be seen in some photos of the villas or the Hotel Tannenheim. Pictures of steam shipping and the planning of a narrow-gauge railway give an idea of how technology moved into the previously quiet world around 1900. Topothequer Katharina Worsche and initiator Ino Bodner are already happily preparing more pictures! It‘s worth taking a look at the Topotheque of Seeboden again soon.