Image: Volker Weihbold
Image: Volker Weihbold
“In a dictatorship you can’t choose who is responsible. / With us it is,” writes Leopold Schöllhuber from Wilhering on the subject of elections. He is one of those compatriots who know how to use the down-to-earth language. And because dialect poetry is deeply rooted in our country, it is one of the “99 things we love about Upper Austria”.
In book form, a “best of” from the popular OÖN series takes you through the special features, delicacies and beauties that make up our federal state – from the sweet secret of the Gramastettner Krapferl to the grinding of the farmer’s donuts, for which a love letter standard applies, to the aperschnalzers of the “Altstädter Bauerngmoa”, who have been welcoming the New Year in Linz for almost 100 years.
Old crafts, practiced by the last wax puller in Waldhausen or the young Goiserer cobbler, can be found, as well as cultural heritage worth preserving: the Sandler reverse glass painter Johann Pum also made a saint of Jacqueline, and Fritz Frühwirth eloquently explains how the pitch oil, the Mühlviertler, is Healing, burning is done.
Image: Volker Weihbold
22 authors have poured the fascination of home into 40 finely illustrated reports. This includes traditional things such as the horse market, which has been held in Ried im Innkreis since 1484, the customs of smoking and the Urfahraner fair. The stories lead to something unique: the little snout on the Grottenbahn, the poppy seed meal with salt, the culinary classic Leberschedl, the paddle steamer Gisela, which has been cruising on Lake Traunsee for more than 150 years, the Steyr Kripperl, in which the Christ child talks about the pranks of Bäckernazl and Liachtlausblaser smiles.
The scenic beauties include a king on the border (the Dachstein), the designated pilgrimage paths that lead to deceleration at walking pace, or the Kalkalpen National Park, where the chamois rut takes place. Fascinating reading material!
- “Things we love about Upper Austria”, OÖN edition by Trauner, 168 pages, 22.90 euros. Available directly from Trauner Verlag + Buchhandel GmbH, Tel. 0732/778241, [email protected], in bookstores or at nachrichten.at/shop
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I am an author and journalist who has worked in the entertainment industry for over a decade. I currently work as a news editor at a major news website, and my focus is on covering the latest trends in entertainment. I also write occasional pieces for other outlets, and have authored two books about the entertainment industry.
I am an author and journalist who has worked in the entertainment industry for over a decade. I currently work as a news editor at a major news website, and my focus is on covering the latest trends in entertainment. I also write occasional pieces for other outlets, and have authored two books about the entertainment industry.
