Shimmering alpine waters mirror dense fir forests and snow-dusted peaks in this luminous color-printed Austrian postcard depicting the Dürrn-See (Dürnsee), a serene mountain lake sitting at 905 meters elevation in the Hochschwab massif of Styria. The caption notes the surrounding Au-Seewiesen meadows and the dramatic Aflenzer Staritzen ridge rising to 1,989 meters — a beloved hiking destination in the Austrian Alps then as now. Sent in 1918 from a guest staying at the "Gasthof zum Hochschwab" inn at Au-Seewiesen, the card was addressed to Fräulein Helene at Thauer bei Hall in Tirol, carrying a 10 Heller Imperial Austrian stamp during the final year of the Habsburg monarchy's existence — a poignant detail given the empire's imminent collapse in November 1918.