2018). Starting clockwise and north of the lake, these are: Archkogl (227) Bräuhof (370) Gößl (335) Mosern (196) Underrides (71) There is no village called "Grundlsee", because the community owes its name to the lake of the same name. The main town of the municipality is the village Bräuhof. Grundlsee has five neighboring communities, the communities Grünau im Almtal and Hinterstoder are located in the Upper Austrian district of Gmunden, all others in the Styrian Salzkammergut. History Name History The name Grundlsee comes from standard German [ grundlseː ]. The name was first mentioned in 1188 as Chrungilse. The spelling of the name varied over time, until finally enforced the current spelling: Chrungilse (1188)> Chrungelse (1300)> Chrungelsee (1386)> Krungelsee(1450)> Crungelsee (1479)> Grunglsee (1493) > Lake Chrundel & Grundelsee (1494)> Krunglsee (1496)> Lake Crungl (1566)> Grundelsee(1665)> Grundlsee (today). The name of Grundlsee is derived from the name of the lake. This probably originated in the Old Slavic krągl jezero ( round lake ). However, instead of the Krungelsee this original form changed to today's Grundlsee. This was probably done by a folk etymological effect of the Middle High German grundel, grundelinc ( the gudgeon ). Prehistoric times, Celts and Roman times The earliest evidence of human settlement activity in Grundlseer community area form Paleolithic finds in the Salzofen cave in the Dead Mountains. Charcoal remains of a Paleolithic hearth found there were dated to around 34,000 years ago. Numerous relics from the Bronze Age and the Iron Age, as well as a Bronze Age settlement were found along the natural transport line of Koppentales in the neighboring community Bad Aussee. These findings can be explained in the context of Hallstatt only 20 km away, which was due to its archaeological significance eponymous for the early Iron Age (800-450 BC). The younger Iron Age / La Tène period (500-100 BC), which was carried by the Celts, left no archaeological traces. Only the river name Traun (from Celtic druna, the running one) indicates Celtic settlement. As witnesses of the Roman rule in Noricum late Roman traces of settlement were discovered during excavations in Bad Aussee and the Altausseer Michlhallberg ( Sandling -Massiv). According to the previously retrieved finds, the settlement in Altaussee may have existed from the end of the 2nd century AD until the late 4th century. It is believed there a Roman salt mining. Slavs and Bavarians The epoch of migration