Review article

Bathing in the Drava – »going with the flow«

Karin Lorber ; Landesmuseum Kärnten, Klagenfurt, Austria
Martin Stermitz ; Landesmuseum Kärnten, Klagenfurt, Austria

Abstract

This paper takes a look into the past, being by way of a first step, as it were »dipping a toe in the cold water«, creating a few waves and then taking us up to the present day, with some ideas for the future of »bathing in the Drava«. We associate various things with the word »bathing«: washing and hygiene, recreation and leisure, sport and fitness. All these things were once possible in the river Drava (Drau) and certainly could be again, at least in certain selected locations. In Carinthia too, the »land of 1,000 lakes« – and not just in Carinthia – bathing in the river would be a meaningful and attractive addition to existing tourism facilities, and need not be regarded as being in competition with them.

Keywords

Drava river; bathing

Hrčak ID:

190681

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/190681

Publication date:

1.6.2017.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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