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title: Woodcutters museum Bad Goisern at Lake Hallstatt
url: "https://wolfgangsee.salzkammergut.at/en/oesterreich-poi/detail/402256/woodcutter-museum.html"
description: The woodcuttermuseum shows how wood farmhands lived and worked and shows the enormous importance of the raw material wood to the Salzkammergut region.
date: 2014-07-29
modified: 2026-06-10
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# Woodcutters museum Bad Goisern at Lake Hallstatt
Woodcutter museum
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Bad Goisern am Hallstättersee, Oberösterreich, Österreich
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Auskeiweg 11
4822 Bad Goisern am Hallstättersee
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**The wood-cutters museum in [Bad Goisern at Lake Hallstatt](https://dachstein.salzkammergut.at/en/bad-goisern-at-lake-hallstattt.html?utm_campaign=tourdata&utm_medium=text&utm_source=tourdata) not only shows its visitors in the old so-called “Holzknechtstube” how the wood farmhands had lived and worked, it also explains the enormous importance of the raw material wood for the Salzkammergut.**
The wood-cutters museum
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An old Salzkammergut so-called “Holzknechtstube”, **the “Dürrenholzstube”**, was **removed in the Weißenbachtal in 1977** and **repositioned** by the Bad Goisern hometown club **in the Müllnerwäldchen of Bad Goisern**, close to the city center. The building made of round wood in which the workers had their bed, the so-called "Grat", is now a museum.
It was **furnished with old equipment and tools** and **illustrates with pictures and other objects the arduous and dangerous work** as well as **the deprived life of the wood farmhands**, far away from romantic clichés.
However, **the museum** not only **shows how the wood farmhands lived and worked**, it also **explains the enormous importance of the raw material wood** for the Salzkammergut and **shows the great role** that **forestry** had and has for this region.
**Until today events** in the wood-cutters museum **takes place** for example to the **["Goiserer Gamsjagatage"](https://dachstein.salzkammergut.at/en/summer-events/artikel/detail/3204/goiserer-gamsjagatage-traditional-event.html?utm_source=tourdata&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=tourdata)**. On these festive days, **the famous “Holzknechtnocken” are prepared** with love **by the ladies of the traditional “Goldhauben” community**. Then it smokes again like it did back then from the time-honored "Rauchkuchel".
The wood farmhands
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Since the **approach routes were far too long**, the wood farmhands had to start walking to the high-altitude workplaces on Sunday afternoon. The wood farmhands **lived and worked** away from their family **in the so-called “Holzknechtstuben” in the forest during the working week**.
The spartan wood farmhands had their **food supplies** for the entire working week with them. This usually **consisted of flour, lard and bacon**. At the **large open fireplaces**, everyone cooked their own **strong, high-calorie dishes** such as “Holzknechtnocken” and other strong dishes from lard.
Learn more about the **[traditional food,](https://dachstein.salzkammergut.at/en/culinary-delicacies.html?utm_source=tourdata&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=tourdata)** the **[crafts and customs](https://dachstein.salzkammergut.at/en/goisern-gosau-hallstatt-obertraun/craft-customs-and-tradition.html?utm_source=tourdata&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=tourdata)** of the Holiday Region Dachstein Salzkammergut.
[**Experience a 360° panorama tour through Bad Goisern at Lake Hallstatt…**](https://dachstein-panorama.at/?startscene=62&startactions=lookat(4.85,18.5,79.37,0,0);)
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**Woodcutter museum**
Auskeiweg 11
4822 Bad Goisern am Hallstättersee
Phone [ +43 6135 8961 ](tel:+4361358961)
mobile [ +43 664 5513661 ](tel:+436645513661)
E-Mail [r.zahler@eduhi.at](#mailto)
Web [www.holzknechtmuseum.at/](http://www.holzknechtmuseum.at/ "New window")
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**Contact person**
Mr Kustos Robert Zahler
Auskeiweg 11
4822 Bad Goisern am Hallstättersee
Phone [ +43 6135 8961 ](tel:+4361358961)
mobile [ +43 664 5513661 ](tel:+436645513661)
E-Mail [r.zahler@eduhi.at](#mailto)
Web [www.holzknechtmuseum.at/](http://www.holzknechtmuseum.at/ "New window")
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**Legal contact information**
Holzknechtmuseum
Robert Zahler
Auskeiweg 11
AT-4822 Bad Goisern am Hallstättersee
r.zahler@eduhi.at
http://www.holzknechtmuseum.at/
Vertretungsverhältnisse:
Kustos
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**We speak the following languages**
German
[ Opening hours ](#ttgCollapseOeffnungszeiten)
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**Opening times:**
**Holzknechtmuseum Bad Goisern** June17 till September 14, 2025
Daily except Monday 10.00 a.m. till 12.00 a.m.
**Closed on public holidays**
**Note**
Closed on Mondays!
- by arrangement
**Closing day**- Monday
[ Arrival ](#ttgCollapseAnreise)
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**Elevation**504 m
**Accessibility / arrival****The Bad Goisern woodcutter museum is located in the "Müllnerwäldchen" in the center of Bad Goisern at Lake Hallstatt near the outdoor pool and the park. The parking lot of the outdoor pool Bad Goisern can be used for parking.**
**by car**
**from Salzburg:**
Exit Thalgau via federal road B158 towards Bad Ischl, in Bad Ischl drive onto Salzkammergut Street B145 towards Bad Goisern
**from Linz:**
Exit Regau via federal road Salzkammergut street B145 towards Gmunden and Bad Ischl to Bad Goisern
**from Vienna/Graz:**
Exit Liezen via federal road B320, in Trautenfels drive onto Salzkammergut street B145 towards Bad Goisern
**from Villach:**
Tauern motorway to exit "Eben im Pongau", via B166 Pass Gschütt federal road through Gosau, at the Gosaumühle junction turn towards Bad Goisern
**by train**
**Attnang-Puchheim - Stainach-Irdning lines
stop train station Bad Goisern**
keep to the left - past the Parkbad Bad Goisern and then left again towards the Müllnerwald.
**by bus**
**Bus 542 (Bad Ischl - Gosausee) - stop Bad Goisern Mitte/B145**
on foot in the direction of the Kurpark - over the bridge in the direction of the Müllnerwald.
Detailed information on the respective train and bus times can be found at (train) and (bus).
**Parking**- Parking space: 50
**Parking fees**free of charge
[ Equipment ](#ttgCollapseAusstattung)
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- Toilet facility
**Service**- Guided tour
[ Prices ](#ttgCollapsePreise)
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**General price information**Adults € 8,00
Children € 4,00
**Payment methods** Cash payment
**Discounts (Age-related / Groups)**- Groups
from 6 persons
Adults € 5,00
Children € 2,50
**Discounts (Memberships)**- Salzkammergut Sommer-Card
Guided tour (min. 20 min)
Normal price / special price
Adults € 8,00 / € 6,00
Children € 4,00 / € 3,00
Group (min. 5 adults) € 5,00
Group (min. 5 children) € 2,50
[ Suitability ](#ttgCollapseEignung)
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- All weather
- Suitable for groups
- Suitable for schools
- Suitable for teenagers
- Suitable for seniors
- Suitable for single travelers
- Suitable for friends
- Suitable for couples
- Suitable for children
**Season**- Summer
[ Accessibility ](#ttgCollapseBarrierefreiheit)
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