A vanished lake - One tells oneself...

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A long time ago there was a beautiful lake here, crystal clear and abundant with fish. All around were dense forests inhabited by peaceful animals. People lived happy and satisfied lives.

One day some strange men came to the area. They behaved very oddly – they roamed through the forests, slipped into caves and busily examined all the cracks in the rocks. They were miners looking for coveted copper. In fact, they found it. From then on the hammering of stone axes could be heard constantly in the forest; countless trees were felled and smoke polluted the air. Fire and charcoal were the basis for extracting the copper.

The forest became sparse, and the game moved away. The abundance of fish came to an end, because the rains washed debris and sand into the lake.

The locals asked the miners to protect nature. But the greed for the valuable metal was too strong. One night a terrible thunderstorm raged. The next morning the horror was great. The forest was devastated, and mighty boulders lay where the beautiful lake once was (rockfall St. Veit). Only a small pond remained – the Seelackensee.