Category Archives: Austria

Weekend Mountain Rail Blogging

Posted on 11/02/2017 by kcosumano

Tyrolean omniscient and Friend of the Blog Paschberg sends a photo of greeting from the Seefelder Sattel, a little pass over the most easily navigable part of the Karwendel Mountains, and known as a point along the alignment of the … Continue reading →

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Rooftop Blogging: Final Edition

Posted on 29/06/2015 by Marcellina

When I began the blog nearly 8 years ago, I wanted to do some kind of photoblogging that could be done on a regular, perhaps weekly basis with ease. A lot of people were doing “Saturday cat blogging”, which I … Continue reading →

Posted in Austria, current events, history, Innsbruck, Life Abroad, memory | 7 Comments

Weekend Mountain Blogging: Maria Tax – Wolfsklamm

Posted on 18/06/2015 by Marcellina

A half-day hike above Stans to the Maria Tax Chapel. Taxen  is an old regional word for Tannen, or fir tree. Legend has it that the Virgin Mary made an appearance here in 1616,  leaving behind her handprint on a … Continue reading →

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Weekend Mountain Blogging: Mittenwald, Scharnitz, Seefeld

Posted on 17/05/2015 by Marcellina

I needed to go to Mittenwald because of something I’d promised to do, and since I had the day free it seemed like a good idea to get some hiking in along with some sights. As there’s only so much … Continue reading →

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In Memory Of A Girl

Posted on 28/02/2015 by Marcellina

In memory of Ilse Brüll Born 28 April 1925 Died 3(?) September 1942 and in memory of all those children of Innsbruck who were victims of this time Ilse Brüll, a Jewish girl, attended school here in Wilten from September … Continue reading →

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Teriolis ≠ Tirol

Posted on 23/01/2015 by Marcellina

Continuing in the looking-up-one-thing-and-finding-the-tip-of-the-iceberg vein, I recently began looking into an assumption I had made a while back — that the name Tirol was derived from the Roman fortress Teriolis (from which the village of Zirl takes its name). It … Continue reading →

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The Odd (and Beautiful) Nikolauskirche in Hall // Die seltsame (und schöne) Nikolauskirche in Hall

Posted on 14/12/2014 by Marcellina

Dear Reader, I did this little trip to Hall in Tirol more for me than for you, as I knew I needed to get out of the house. Three straight months of rehearsals for three different productions, plus teaching private … Continue reading →

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Notburga of Rattenberg

Posted on 04/10/2014 by Marcellina

First, a bit of background on Notburga (pronounced Note-boor-ga). She was born in Rattenberg, a small town east of Innsbruck, around 1265 to a couple of hatmakers, and proved to be an extraordinarily intelligent and competent woman. She hired herself … Continue reading →

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A Chapel in Axams

Posted on 28/09/2014 by Marcellina

A free Sunday afternoon and it happens to be Tag des Denkmals in Austria. This is a day for  cultural and historical monuments across the country, and often there is the chance to see something not normally open to the … Continue reading →

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Forgotten Innsbruck: The Irrwurzel

Posted on 17/08/2014 by Marcellina

Fellow-blogger Paschberg has posted the following 1966 article from Innsbruck’s local newspaper, about a mysterious root found in certain places  which, should you step on it, will send you wandering through the mountains, completely disoriented. Here is an English translation … Continue reading →

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