Extensive church construction works started around 1500, in order to protect these stone buildings - the only ones at that time - from hostile attacks. The inhabitants of the Bucklige Welt protected their goods and possessions and, naturally, also their lives in the defence churches of Edlitz, Krumbach, Hochneukirchen, Bad Schönau, Kirchschlag, Lichtenegg, Hollenthon, Wiesmath, Hochwolkersdorf, Bromberg, Pitten, Ofenbach and Katzelsdorf.
Information and folders at the tourism association Bucklige Welt
Tel.: 0043 (0)2643/7010-19
E-mail: buckligewelt@EUnet.at
www.buckligewelt.at
Raimund festivals in Gutenstein
Spend a mild evening in the summer theatre of the Raimund festivals in Gutenstein in the Piesting valley.