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駐車場とフサレンテンプルへの出発点に向かう途中、必ず水道橋が見えます。かなり大きく、印象的です。

非常に小さく、しかし素晴らしいメニューで、オーストリアの一般的な観光地の料理だけでなく、国際的な雰囲気も漂っています。私たちはいつも喜んでここに来ます。

ただただ感動的な建造物です

マリアの聖窟は、地面より低い場所にある森の開けた場所の木立の中にあり、入り口は杭で囲まれているか、小さなコンクリートの壁で補強されています。聖窟の内部は、大部分が自然のままです。入り口には小さなテーブルと座席があり、紐で小さな鐘を鳴らすことができます。聖窟の右側には、ゴシック様式のマドンナを模した、彩色された聖母マリア像が設置されています。木造の切妻屋根で入り口を覆い、保護しています。彫刻された、額縁のない聖母マリア像は、シュッツマンテルマドンナ（保護のマントのマリア）の様式です。

オトマルク教会の建設は、1454年5月13日にヨハネス・ヒンデルバッハ牧師の下で始まりました。正面玄関の上の碑文がそれを伝えています。それ以前には、現在のオトマルク教会の場所にすでに6つの前身教会が存在していました。最も古い記録にある前身教会は、9世紀の小さな聖歌隊席を持つ教会形式のカロリング朝時代の教会でした。

The Gaaden Uphill is one of the official routes to the Anninger summit. The trail follows a wide forest road throughout and is only moderately steep, but it still feels long. It's definitely less crowded than the Anninger Uphill itself, so perhaps it's the better option.

This cafe is located in the middle of the pedestrian zone, right next to the church; it's no coincidence that the outdoor seating area is packed. Unfortunately, card payments aren't accepted, but there's an ATM a hundred meters away, and on the way there, you'll pass the Stolpersteine. https://www.stolpersteine.eu

One can approach a church as a person interested in history, as a tourist interested in art history, or as a believer. One will see a variety of things. Those interested in history will be impressed by the fact that churches have stood on this site, on the slope of the Kalenderberg (= bare land), for more than 1,000 years, and that the current building is the seventh church in an unbroken succession on this site. They will think of the destruction of the Romanesque church by the Hungarians in 1252 and the horrors of the Turkish Wars of 1529 and 1683. Tourists interested in art and art history will see the late Gothic hall church built between 1454 and 1523, the Baroque furnishings, the Neo-Gothic windows and Stations of the Cross paintings, and the examples of contemporary art in the chancel. To the believer, the Othmarkiche appears like a ship anchored halfway between plain and height to welcome people. Twelve pillars – the twelve apostles – support its vault. The floor is level. This church is not a castle – defiant, dark, and forbidding. Its bow extends into the distance. Like Noah's Ark, it offers refuge and security. It stands on this earth. It still has walls. But its higher regions are translucent, are light. The splendor of heaven can be glimpsed. Two of the windows are of particular significance: the window in the east as the window of creation and resurrection, and the window in the west as the window of sunset, the Last Judgment. The world stands between the resurrection of Jesus and his return. Every visit to church, every service, becomes a call for the congregation to treat God's creation and creatures in such a way that one need not fear his judgment. Taken from https://www.moedling.or.at/kirchen/st_othmar/st_othmar.html