Graz und Umgebung

"El castillo de Eggenberg en Graz es una obra de arte barroca única y un sitio del Patrimonio Mundial de la UNESCO con un parque histórico y jardines en flor", según el sitio web del castillo. Sin embargo, las salas estatales no volverán a abrir hasta el 1 de abril (no hay calefacción ni luz eléctrica… Leer más

On the way to the train station, I took a little tour of the city, looked for a few highlights in the cathedral, made sure that the famous late Gothic double spiral staircase was still standing and strolled through the Neue Galerie in the Joanneum quarter. Amazingly, as a member of the Salzburg Museum… Leer más

Emperor Friedrich III HRR had the Graz castle built and put up a plaque with the inscription "1453 AEIOU", ie the year of completion of the castle together with Friedrich's motto, which is interpreted as "Austriae est imperare orbi universo".

Encouraged by the stone tablet on my tour in Hallein on Tuesday… Leer más

Confucius was a major philosopher who lived in China around 500 BC and had a great influence on Chinese culture.

Most of us experience his saying, "The journey is the goal" on every tour.



But this is not about the philosopher, but about my favorite Chinese restaurant, which is located in Graz and is called… Leer más

The Lustbühel is a 489 meter high hill in the east of Graz. It is best known for the early Baroque summer palace of the same name and is very popular as a local recreation area.



A pleasure palace is a palace that was not built for the purpose of public administration, but was used for private retreat… Leer más

The terraced house settlement of St. Peter in Graz is an outstanding example of residential construction in the 1970s. When I stood in front of it for the first time a few years ago, I was really shocked by the brutal force of the sight. This form of architecture is actually referred to as "béton brut… Leer más

Hoy descubrí un tesoro escondido en Graz: el hotelero Anton Wiesler encargó al artista Art Nouveau Leopold Forstner (que había creado el Friso de Beethoven junto con Gustav Klimt en Viena) que embelleciera su hotel en Graz con un mosaico. El mosaico de la pared del salón representa a Venus/Afrodita… Leer más

First I tried to find the lost charging cable for my power bank. I knew roughly where I plugged my cell phone into the power bank yesterday and the charging cable might have fallen out. I searched a few benches along the Mur. Unfortunately unsuccessful. Unfortunately, without a power bank, my battery… Leer más

On the Schlossberg in Graz there is a 3.5 meter round steel plate with strange signs. A robot welded these symbols into the plate on the basis of alienated acoustic parameters of the Danube waltz. What is special about it is that the alienation was triggered by the Austrian spaceman Franz Viehböck when… Leer más

In the 9th century, Pope Gregory IV put All Saints' Day for the Western Church on November 1st. The earlier close reference to Easter was thereby abandoned and replaced by the thought of dying nature.



We took out the reference for Easter and went to Graz on the Kalvarienberg (calvaria = skull) on the… Leer más

Al oeste de Graz, detrás de la cresta de Plabutsch, se encuentra el pequeño Thalersee, una importante área de recreación local para la gente de Graz. El nuevo y moderno restaurante de excursiones "Waldcafé Thalersee" se inauguró el verano pasado. Internet no enumera buenas críticas, pero te sientas muy… Leer más

The Platte is a 651 m high elevation in the city of Graz. The summit forms a plateau, in the middle of which stands the Stephanienwarte, a former weather station. Today there is a modern environmental and air quality monitoring system on the tower.



Today's very sunny, but also very cold hike led first… Leer más

Surprisingly, sightseeing in the state hospital was on the agenda today: In the book "111 must-see places in Graz" I found a reference to the Church of the Redeemer, which the architect Karl Hupfer had built on the site of the state hospital, based on Otto Wagner's model Steinhof Church. Not only the… Leer más

In 1872 the construction of a fertilizer factory (Poudrette factory) was approved, which was to process the faeces of the city of Graz into fertilizer. A beautiful brick building was erected on the Mur for this purpose. In the years that followed, there were repeated difficulties due to odor nuisance… Leer más

El "Fauno con visión" es una escultura interesante en el Landhaushof en Graz, cuyo objetivo es advertir a los actores políticos para que actúen de manera desinteresada y con visión de futuro. El Fauno fue creado en 2010 por el artista Martin Karlik de Kapfenberg.



Un fauno es una figura de la mitología… Leer más

The Lebenspark in Raaba south of Graz is a nice little park with winding paths, lush vegetation, various trees, ponds and benches to relax (when it's warm).



That's where my tour began today, which took me back to Graz on small roads, many forest paths and even through a small jungle. In this jungle there… Leer más

Siempre hay algo nuevo por descubrir en Graz: por ejemplo, la Andräkirche con inscripciones significativas en el exterior y elementos artísticos creativos en el interior (altar y columna con espejos, pinturas interesantes y diseños de ventanas), o el moderno edificio de consagración del dúo de arquitectos… Leer más

The Frauenberg near Leibnitz south of Graz is one of the most historic places in Styria. Numerous finds testify to the life of the people for 6000 years. The finds are exhibited in the temple museum.



The Seggau Castle, which was built by the Archbishops of Salzburg in the 12th century, is within sight… Leer más

Las mujeres que trabajaron en las instalaciones de recolección y clasificación de Erzberg entre 1912 y 1967 y que separaron a mano el mineral en bruto de la roca muerta en medio del polvo, el ruido y el aire viciado en la cadena de montaje o en el puesto de recolección se llaman Klauberfrauen. Una exposici… Leer más

En primer lugar: sólo caminé 13 km. Un viaje en autobús con la línea 33 sumaba unos 3 km y mucha velocidad.



Gernot se tomó tiempo para hacer una caminata hoy y sugirió Buchkogel, una colina de 656 m de altura al oeste de Graz, para este hermoso pero frío día de finales de otoño. La agradable caminata… Leer más