What is Gmunden (district)?
{{no sources|date=April 2015}} [[File:Karte Aut Ooe GM.png|thumbnail|The position of Gmunden (marked red) in Upper Austria]] The '''Gmunden District''' ([[German language|German]]: ''Bezirk Gmunden'') is a [[district]] of the state of [[Upper Austria]] in [[Austria]]. It is the largest district of Upper Austria with 1433 square kilometres (553 square miles). Gmunden has borders in the north with the districts of Vöcklabruck, Wels-Land and Kirchdorf an der Krems. In the south it has a border with the [[Styria]]n district Liezen. In the west it has borders with the following districts of the [[Salzburgerland]]: Sankt Johann im Pongau, Hallein and Salzburg-Umgebung. The administrative center of Gmunden is in the town of [[Gmunden]]. The district of Gmunden consists mostly of forests (54%). 17% of the area are used for agriculture. 3.8% of the area are bodies of water, like the [[Traunsee]] or the [[Hallstätter See]]. == History == The district was formed in 1896 from the juridical districts of [[Bad Ischl]] and [[Gmunden]]. == Places == Gmunden is divided into 20 towns. * [[Altmünster]] * [[Bad Goisern]] * [[Bad Ischl]] * [[Ebensee]] * [[Gmunden]] * [[Gosau]] * [[Grünau im Almtal]] * [[Gschwandt]] * [[Hallstatt]] * [[Kirchham, Austria|Kirchham]] * [[Laakirchen]] * [[Obertraun]] * [[Ohlsdorf]] * [[Pinsdorf]] * [[Roitham]] * [[Sankt Konrad]] * [[Sankt Wolfgang im Salzkammergut]] * [[Scharnstein]] * [[Traunkirchen]] * [[Vorchdorf]] == Pictures == <gallery> File:Gmunden - Schloss Ort.jpg|Schloss Ort in Gmunden File:Hallstatt 300.jpg|[[Hallstatt]] File:Traunstein (soutwest side).jpg|Traunstein, [[Traunsee]] and Traunkirchen File:Austria august2010 0218.jpg|Bad Ischl </gallery> [[Category:Districts of Upper Austria]]