Along a gorge next to Millstatt, you find a fun trail (Klangschlucht Millstatt), which invites hikers to listen to the sounds of the gorge and the water. At this waterfall, I was impressed to hear two completely different sounds: The roar of the waterfall and the gurgle of a brook named Riegenbach at the same time.
Tag: Carinthia
Villenweg in Millstatt
At the end of the 19th century, Millstatt became famous as the Austrian Nice. Many people from Vienna and abroad – even from Russia – loved to stay for a summer vacation at Millstatt Lake. From this time, a lot of villas are still to be seen.
Coat of arms of Millstatt
The emblem of Millstatt seen at the ‘Hall of Coat of Arms’ (Wappenstüberl) at the family hotel Post in Millstatt. The emblem reminds of the legend that Domitian of Carantania throw 1.000 pagan idols into the Millstatt Lake. At the emblem you can see three idols representing a goat, a lion and a donkey.
Sundial at Millstatt Abbey
Sundial displaying the martyrium of Saint Sebastian seen at the inner court of Millstatt Abbey.
Sculptures in Millstatt
According to a legend Domitian of Caratania throw 1.000 pagan sculptures into Millstatt Lake. I guess people of Millstatt would love to get them back. Especially along the lake there are a lot of modern sculptures often created by artists who stayed in Millstatt for a while.
Sundial at the cloister of Millstatt Abbey
Sundial seen at the Romanesque cloister courtyard of the former Millstatt Abbey in the Austrian state of Carinthia.
Deborah Sengl in Millstatt Abbey
At the Forum Kunst contemporary in the former Millstatt Abbey, I came across an exhibition of works created by Deborah Sengl. In these works, she shows the plot of the theatre play ‘The Last Days of Mankind’ (Die letzten Tage der Menschheit) written by Karl Kraus using the bodies of rats instead of figurines of humans.
Cheese platter at Millstatt Lake
At the Alexanderhütte, a hut high over Millstatt Lake (Millstättersee) I had this faboulous cheese platter with a glass of elderberries sirup. All the cheese was made by an alpine diary attached to the hut. In Austria there are many alpine diaries where dairy(wo)men take care for the cows and produce such cheese and butter the whole summer round.
Infobox about Koralm Railway in Klagenfurt
Inside Hauptbahnhof Klagenfurt (Klagenfurt Central Station) there are two small rooms showing information about a railway line project between Graz and Klagenfurt generally known as Koralmbahn (Koralm Railway). The focus is on the Carinthian part of the line between Lavanttal and Klagenfurt.
The Trojan boot in Friesach
On my walk through Friesach I came across this fun shop sign at the storefront of a shoe shop. It shows a ‘Trojan Boot’ (Der trojanische Stiefel)
A typical Carinthian dish: Kasnudeln
Before I joined a guided tour through the oldest city of Carinthia named Friesach I had a typical Carinthian dish: Kasnudeln. It was a thinly rolled noodle dough that was shaped into a pocket filled with quark and spiced with mint and chervil.
Bäckertauche in Friesach
While walking along the city walls of Friesach, I came across this reconstruction of a medieval installation. The German inscription describes it as Bäckertauche. Literature told me this used to be a tool for punishment in earlier times.