Christkindl Travel Guide

 globetrott Says:  In the same building, but one floor up you will find Pöttmesser-crib, one of the biggest existing cribs in the worldIts 58 square meters and consists of 778 figures, carved in wood and fully dressed 

 globetrott Says:  Karl Klauda was a simple locksmith for bicycles and still found a way to have his figueres make different movements one after the other.These small puppets of 15 cm may move their hands, take down their hat, bow... 

 globetrott Says:  Klauda was working for more than 40 years on this crib, constructed everything by himself and all these figures are MOVING their head, hands and tools 

 globetrott Says:  This crib is put into a former stable - and you may sit there like in a small theatre and watch the figures of the crib move through the artificial landscape300 figures, all carved in wood by Karl Klaude (*1895-1977)On this pic you may also see the big dimensions of the crib 

 globetrott Says:  every year there is another cancellation for the stamps - mostly for the special Christmas-stamp-edition You may post the letters in the postbox in Christkindl or in any other postoffice in Austria - when you add the sticker " Über Christkindl " - and your mail will be sent... 

 globetrott Says:  Since 1950 a special postoffice is installed every Christmas-time and you get a special canellation for your stamps This postoffice is conveniently set up in a sideroom of the restaurant just behind the churchAnd when you click on the pic you will see, there is also a small... 

 globetrott Says:  The dome shows great baroque frescoes I made all these pics with my new digital camera, thats why this pic looks a bit pale 

 globetrott Says:  Have a look for this special kind of tabernacle - made as a globe, even showhing the different continents ...and plenty of angels of all sized around the Christkind 

 globetrott Says:  All over the church you see plenty of different great statues or sculptures showing the Christkind Have a look for the lovely small angels in the decoration of this vitrine 

 globetrott Says:  Very rarely you will ever see an altar with only angels-figures besides the holy trinity In the middle of the altar - but seen only at a very few places - there is still the tree, and the Christkindl was surrounded by great ornaments 

 globetrott Says:  The Christkind is normally the earliest thing & event people in Christian countries will remember The Christkind will bring the presents to the children on the evening of December 24th.The Livingroom will be locked the whole afternoon already - as the Christkind, assisted... 

 globetrott Says:  Plenty of people made a pilgrimage to that tree in order to pray and so finally there was a church built around the tree This church seems to be a bit oversized for the small village of Christkindl with not more than a few hundred inhabitants - but it is a very popular... 

 globetrott Says:  About 1695 a musician from Steyr called Ferdinand Sertl got a small wax-figure from a monastery in Garsten - He put this small figure into a hole in a tree and came there every day in order to pray to get healing from his epileptic attacs After a certain time the illness... 

 dannebro Says:  every year on Dezember 6th ( St. Nikolo ) a hot air balloon will start in Christkindl 

 dannebro Says:   every year at christmastime we have a special cancellation-stamp for the stamps in our postoffice and many collectors are collecting them 

 dannebro Says:   Every year at christmas we have many tourists here, our church looks very nice covered with snow