Telfs Travel Guide

 globetrott Says:  Dont miss to take a look around for some really great buildings with interesting local architecture in the centre of Telfs.All of these buildings are in the main street through the old part of Telfs, where also the parade of Schleicherlaufen will go through."Lüftelmalerei"... 

 lotharlerch Says:  In Telfs the valley of the river Inn is wider than anywhere else in Tirol. And at both sides of the dominating mountain Hohe Munde are two Plateaus accomanying the valley above and below Telfs. Below (East) from Telfs it is the Saddle of Seefeld, a wide area between the... 

 globetrott Says:  This sculpture with a lantern in front of my main photo shows the "Sun" , that is always the first character in the parade of the participants of the "Schleicherlauf" This character is representing the sunlight coming back after the strong local winter and in my 2nd and 3rd... 

 globetrott Says:  Moesern is just a few km outside of Telfs and Albrecht Duerer loved that place with a perfect view of the inn-valley so much that he came here quite often and also made a painting of this great view, see my 2nd photo !It is a pity that the weather was not totally clear that... 

 globetrott Says:  I would not say that the mosque of Telfs is really a very special sight, but of course it once was a "sensation" as the first mosque in Tirol and it even has a minarett, that is one of the only 3 mosques in Austria with a minaret. A lot of people talk about this mosque... 

 globetrott Says:  This single "Wild Man" at a roundabout in the very centre of Telfs stands for the wild men who will always be part of the Schleicherlaufen-parade. They have a small wagon, torn by a donkey and on top of that wagon is a vat, where a man in a red dress is sitting insideand... 

 lotharlerch Says:  The restaurant is situated in Bairbach, a 200 meters above the valley on the road from Telfs to Mösern and Seefeld, and it is a very scenic location. Just to mention that two former German Bundeskanzlers (K.G. Kiesinger and Willy Brandt) had once their X-mas holidays only a... 

 globetrott Says:  People from Telfs are Telfer, no Telfser, and it is also important to say the Telfer Fasnacht and Telfer Schleicherlaufen !The tradition of the Schleicherlauf goes back at least to the 15th century as it was mentioned in old documents already in 1571. But the way it is... 

 globetrott Says:  The Laninger-familyclan is another typical row of characters of the "Schleicherlaufen" and they are decendants of local farmers whose brothers had herited the farms and they had to search for jobs somewhere else and were mostly living in wagons like vagabonds, offering all... 

 globetrott Says:  These Big-game-hunters were my favorite characters at Schleicherlaufen. There is an elephant and a camel, there is an orang utan in a cage, there are apes and bears running wild, a lama with 2 riders, an oistrich with a rider and a giant turtle as a part of the parade of... 

 lotharlerch Says:  This event takes place every fifth year in the carnival (most recent was on 30 January 2005). The origin are probably pre-christian myths around the fight of darkness and light or winter and spring. A lot of various fantastically masked groups (more than 500 actors, no... 

 lotharlerch Says:  "My home is my castle" and therefore off the beaten path. But if you, my dear VT friends, are in the area just let me know it, I would like at least to meet you for coffee or wine here in case I am not travelling myself . If I have time I can show you around and help you... 

 lotharlerch Says:  Skiing started in the Alps in late 19th century - without skilifts and funiculars, of course. But the more the Alps are exploited with all these means of transport the more people detect the charme of the "off-piste" skiing where you climb the tops on your own skis and can...