Beautifully peaceful
September 8, 2008
The Monastery
So, this trip was a birthday/christmas gift from my aunt and I went along with my cousin. The location is a very windy valley in Styria and a very old farmhouse-turned-hotel. Very peaceful, very quiet and very healthy. They specialised in the FX-Mayr-Diet, but I did not take part, but had normal meals. Everybody except us was way over forty, but that was okay... Except one guy, who had a weird way of staring at me, all the people were extremely nice.
Can't tell you all we did, but here are pictures of Neuberg.
The Monastery
Murz
The ex-railstation
Seems like there has been no tra...
Dam
Pretty house with Kalavarienberg...
Original styrian farmersgarden
The Church of the Monastery
Early morning
Wood being kept wet
Church
Nature-Museum
Alpine World
The Hotel
A sheep type that named Dalli, m...
In the Church, Altar
Prettiest house in town
On Kalavarienberg
Small, but pretty museum
The Naturmuseum Neuberg is a collection of stuffed animals, butterflies and other insects. It also has some stones as exhibits.
The story behind the Museum is this: Professor Schliefsteiner, who was a talented painter painted a lot of animals and all the time he collected stuffed animals from all over the world. Sometimes people offered him their animals for paintings. And since he was from Neuberg, the Museum is there.
Some of the animals are almost extinct, and I have never seen some of them up close. It was amazing to see how small wolves are, and how large Capricorns are. The exhibits are sorted by their habitat-area, i.e. the alpine animals, the african savannah and so on.
The Lady who works there is really informed and knows everything about each bird and mouse... and she is really nice. They also sell some souvenirs, like animal shaped pens and prints of Mr.Schliefsteiners paintings.
The entry costs 4 euros for grown-ups and there are reductions for students. The museum is open from april to november. And if you are in the area, its really worth a visit.
The story behind the Museum is this: Professor Schliefsteiner, who was a talented painter painted a lot of animals and all the time he collected stuffed animals from all over the world. Sometimes people offered him their animals for paintings. And since he was from Neuberg, the Museum is there.
Some of the animals are almost extinct, and I have never seen some of them up close. It was amazing to see how small wolves are, and how large Capricorns are. The exhibits are sorted by their habitat-area, i.e. the alpine animals, the african savannah and so on.
The Lady who works there is really informed and knows everything about each bird and mouse... and she is really nice. They also sell some souvenirs, like animal shaped pens and prints of Mr.Schliefsteiners paintings.
The entry costs 4 euros for grown-ups and there are reductions for students. The museum is open from april to november. And if you are in the area, its really worth a visit.
Medieval Feelings
This Monastery has been built by the Zisterziensermonks in 1327. The biggest part of it, i.e. where the monks lived, has now been turned into apartements, but you can walk around in the garden and into the church.
The Church itself is doesn't have typical church-windows, but clear glass, so you can see the surrounding landscape... giving a bit of earthly feel. Inside its always quite cold, like in most european churches and pictures with the last journey of christ on it.
What is more stunning, are the "Sponsored by:" signs, in medieval language of course. One picture captured me especially, saying this guy died and shows his whole family, wife, four daughters and three sons, with names and all. I guess, they sponsored a lot.
Oh, and the church has a large wooden roof, the largest in central Europe, they say. Its been there since fifteenhundressomething.
Well, in my opinion its truly stunning and gives you that special feeling that only really old buildings can give.
The Church itself is doesn't have typical church-windows, but clear glass, so you can see the surrounding landscape... giving a bit of earthly feel. Inside its always quite cold, like in most european churches and pictures with the last journey of christ on it.
What is more stunning, are the "Sponsored by:" signs, in medieval language of course. One picture captured me especially, saying this guy died and shows his whole family, wife, four daughters and three sons, with names and all. I guess, they sponsored a lot.
Oh, and the church has a large wooden roof, the largest in central Europe, they say. Its been there since fifteenhundressomething.
Well, in my opinion its truly stunning and gives you that special feeling that only really old buildings can give.
Organ
Deko on the ceiling
Altar
Modell of the roof
The monastery from above
