Piber Travel Guide

 inawic Says:  Even if you are not interested in horses, a visit to this Stud is enjoyable. The surroundings are calm and quiet, the horses are just stunning, and it's just an experience to visit such a place. If you check in advance, it's possible to see the riders train their horses. The... 

 globetrott Says:  Professor Ernst Fuchs is one of the most famous contemporary Austrian painters and artists and he made a really interesting Moses-brunnen (Moses-fountain) not far from Hundertwasserkirche.In the centre of the fountain you will see Moses, covered with 400 pieces of gold and... 

 globetrott Says:  Baernbach was the village, where Wolfgang Seidel was living, a well-known designer for stamps and it was his idea to bring Hundertwasser to Baernbach. B.t.w. Hundertwasser did not only take no money at all, he even gave some of his own money in order to finance the church... 

 globetrott Says:  The Prozessionsweg (procession-path) around the church was Hundertwassers idea and so he had built 12 gates and dedicated them to the main religions of this world. Unfortunately the path through these gates is quite un-even again at many places, one of the few details I hate... 

 globetrott Says:  The churchtower is my favorite part of Hundertwasserkirche in Baernbach. Take a closer look for the fine details in the decorations. Friedensreich Hundertwasser was born in december 15th, 1928 as Friedrich Stowasser. His mother was jewish and 69 members of her family were... 

 globetrott Says:  Hundertwasserkirche in Baernbach is an important sight for all fans of Hundertwasser's architecture : It is his only church worldwide, the old church of the village was re-decorated by Friedensreich Hundertwasser is his own special style between 1984 and 1988. The original... 

 globetrott Says:  Did you ever see a washing-street for horses ? In Piber you may see one : a road filled with water, half a meter deep and the horses will walk through that road, before they will return to their stables. At the end of this water-road there is a sculpture of a flying horse... 

 globetrott Says:  Lipizzanerwelt in Piber is the place, where you may watch the young ponies of the White Horses of the Vienna Riding School doing their first lessons of training and spending the first 3 years of life, before they are taken to Vienna in order to participate in the... 

 globetrott Says:  Lipica in Slovenia is the place where the White horses originated and where also their name comes from. This place is maybe 200 km south of Piber, close to the city of Triest / Trieste - click on my link below and see some VT-tips about this place._____________________In... 

 globetrott Says:  Schloss Eggenberg in Graz is another place that you might want to visit, while on vacation in Piber or Baernbach : It is for sure the most beautiful palace in Graz, dating back to the year 1623. The architect of Schloss Eggenberg had a certain concept for the construction :... 

 globetrott Says:  Strassengel is a small village in a distance of just 19km from Piber and Baernbach and it might be a good idea to combine it with a visit of Stuebing, Rein and Piber. The main attraction of Starssengel is the pilgrim-church dateing back to the 14th century. It was built on... 

 globetrott Says:  Stuebing with a great open-air-museum is in a distance of just 19 km from Piber and it might be a good idea to combine them, when you drive around the area in your own car.You will need at least about 2-3 hours to see the most important buildings of this museum, a full day...