Culture & Tradition

Cultural specialities await you summer and winter here. On a visit to the Waggerl-Haus Museum you tread in the footsteps of one of Austria's most importan poets. The story of the flea that tickled the Jesus child? That's one of Karl-Heinrich Waggerl's stories.

In the Farm Museum you'll find out all about hard and honest handicrafts of bygone days. During Advent, the numerous "Silent Night" events and the Silent Night Museum in the Pflegerschlössl will put you in a special Christmas mood. You have certainly never felt so close to Christmas.

Whether it's the hearty Harvest Festival or the unique flair of Advent: experience the lively culture and traditions of Wagrain-Kleinarl during your holiday in the SalzburgerLand.

Close to the Karl Heinrich Waggerl Haus Museum, Joseph Mohr, the former pastor in Wagrain, and the song "Silent Night" created by him are now also commemorated. The Pflegerschlössl - an architectural jewel in the Baroque style - has been sensitively restored, made barrier-free and supplemented by a modern event centre.

Joseph Mohr, vicar of Wagrain and author of a world-famous carol. Probably no other Christmas carol is as deeply rooted in people's consciousness as "Silent Night, Holy Night". Joseph Mohr, born in Salzburg in 1792, wrote this poem in 1816 and had it set to music by Franz Xaver Gruber to create an atmospheric Christmas carol. Since then it has been part of every Christmas ceremony.

In 1837 Joseph Mohr came to Wagrain. From then on, as parish vicar, he looked after the needy in the Wagrain-Kleinarl region and had a primary school built. Mohr died in 1848 in Wagrain, where he is also buried.

• Silent Night Museum in the Pflegerschlössl
• Joseph Mohr School
• Joseph Mohr grave
• "Silent Night" - children from the Primary School in Wagrain sing Christmas carols
• "Silent Night" - carol singing in Advent
• "Silent Night" - traditional Joseph Mohr memorial concert

Karl Heinrich Waggerl is considered one of Austria's most important poets and writers. At his former place of work, guests in Wagrain-Kleinarl can indulge in a literary journey into times gone by in today's museum.

Follow in the footsteps of the great Salzburg poet and author during a guided cultural walk or a reading at his former place of work.

The gifted writer was born in Bad Gastein in 1897. After his return from captivity in Italy, he took up a teaching post in Wagrain in 1920. 3 years later, Waggerl retired as a teacher due to a chronic lung disease and began writing.

More than 7 million copies of Waggerl's books have been sold and translated into over a dozen languages. His best-known works are the novels "Brot", "Schweres Blut" and "Mütter". Today, the Waggerl Haus Museum is located at the site of his former work at Kirchboden in Wagrain.

The Edelweiss-Alm in the Wagrain-Kleinarl holiday region attracts families in particular in summer with its authentic farm museum. Easily accessible next to the Daarmoossee lake and the middle station of the "Rote 8er" cable car at 1,200 metres, many exciting experiences await guests at the Edelweiss-Alm in the midst of the mountains of SalzburgerLand.

Pet animals and let off steam in the playground: Treat your children to a trip to the children's paradise at the Edelweiss-Alm.

From the end of May to the beginning of October (closed on Fridays), families can learn about the hard and honest work and traditional crafts of times gone by at the Salzburg Farm Museum.

The exhibition in the rustic museum at the Edelweiss-Alm teaches guests how the locals produced food and managed the alpine pastures decades ago.