Overview
- Visitors discovered wartime explosives on the exposed bottom of the Nussensee late Saturday evening and reported the find to police.
- The Bezirkshauptmannschaft Gmunden issued a Platzverbot that covers the lake and nearby paths and ordered specialist removal work.
- A Bundesheer explosive‑ordnance disposal unit is on site examining and recovering material as the area remains closed for systematic searches.
- Media reports citing ORF say about 200 kilograms of munitions were found and that EOD teams recovered two 1‑kg TNT charges, and officials expect inspections to last several days.
- The Nussensee is a popular bathing spot and protected nature area, so the discovery has immediate impacts on recreation and tourism and highlights broader risks from long‑buried wartime ordnance that can resurface during droughts.