You only see what you know (Goethe)
The trail along the Mendlingtal is a path of about 3 kilometres. It leads from a theme park about logging up to a former Hammerherrenhaus (Home of the owner of a hammer mill). The scenery is changing several times. Sometimes one walk along a tame creek, sometimes one walk along footbridges high over a stream in full spate.
At the theme park Mendlingtal, log drivers can be watched at work. In the photo above, some workers are trying to put the logs through the last weir before they arrive at the timber mill.
Everybody knows the scenery of the American Old West. Can we see anything similar in Austria, too? Sure! This photo depicts a theme park in Mendlingtal. The park is all about logging in earlier times. The building in the background houses a Venetian saw dating back to 1907.
At the theme park Mendlingtal the former building for the young blacksmiths (Schmiedegesellen) serves as museum now. Inside one can learn about the life of the blacksmiths, woodcutters and the owners of the hammer mills named Hammerherren.
The festival ‘Gipfelklänge’ in Mostviertel offered two days of hiking through the landscape of nature park Eisenwurzen while listening to music at some places along the hiking tour. At the picture above one can see the group ‘Saxofour’
A nice finale for the Gipfelklänge 2013: Having a jazz brunch with Tini Kainrath and band. The concert took place on the grounds of a former Hammerherrenhaus (Building for the owner of a hammer mill), which is part of the theme park Mendlingtal.
The 2nd day of the “Gipfelklänge 2013” started with a concert by a brass band in front of the Hotel Fahrnberger. No chance to sleep any minute longer in the cosy “Genießerzimmer” of the hotel. The Genießerzimmer are upgraded rooms offered in the Austrian state of Lower Austria.
At the end of a long day of hiking we listened to the Florianer Tanzlgeiga sitting inside an inn and having some pigling for dinner. The group played pretty lively so some guests started to dance spontaneously.
The Floriani Tanzlgeiga offered an interesting mix of music. They played classic pieces as well as local ballads. The ladies sung the local songs in a broad dialect which made the event even more cosy.
Next station of the festival ‘Gipfelklänge’, next surprise: Klaus Trabitsch and his band are playing together with the a capella trio Insingizi next to a mountain hut named Kitzhütte. After several very humorous and spirited songs a local joined the group with an odd instrument.
Next station of the ‘Gipfelklänge’: After climbing up a steep path we were rewarded with several songs performed by the a capella trio Insingizi from Zimbabwe.
The hiking tour with music named ‘Gipfelklänge’ has started. After a small hike along fodder meadows and fruit trees, we came across the group ‘Saxofour’. While having local tidbits bought at a nearby farmer’s house as lunch, we all enjoyed listening to their spirited music.
Jelena Popržan and Rina Kacinari playing at the opening of the festival ‘Gipfelklänge’. A duo who plays Balkan folk in a very fun way.