メットニッツのおすすめ登山＆山歩きルート

Place of power with a very long history

At this point, the hiker encounters another small sacred monument. A fieldstone enclosure combined with wooden beams creates a small "sacred area." The wooden crucifix—a cross with the body of the crucified Christ—is topped with a protective gabled roof and a diamond-shaped back wall. It also bears the frequently seen INRI inscription above Christ's head, with another at his feet.

In front of this summit cross that crowns the Frauenalpe, the following thoughts from Pope Francis may be helpful to one or another who lingers at the top after the climb: "In the resurrection of Christ, each of our destinies finds its place in the infinite horizon of eternity. Only from his death and resurrection can we be certain that nothing will be able to separate us from the love of God [as the Apostle Paul writes in his letter to the Romans, chapter 8]. From this great hope comes every other glimmer of light with which we can overcome the trials and obstacles of life. And not only that: the Risen One also walks with us and becomes our companion, as with the disciples of Emmaus."

Very nice hike

The "cucumber jump" is a really cool name. I'm going to head over there now so I can see where our cucumber springs from 😅.

Hochrindl, white cross, Lattersteig…bicycle ban / mountain rescue notice

The monastery was founded in 1076 by the Carinthian Margrave Markwart von Eppenstein. His son, Duke Henry III of Carinthia (who is buried here in the founder's crypt), completed and completed the foundation of the monastery until his death in 1122, when the Eppenstein family died out. He endowed the convent with a rich endowment for the maintenance and cultivation of art and science. It is not known from which Benedictine mother monastery the first monks came. The first church in the 11th century was the "Church of Saint Lambert in the Forest", in the immediate vicinity of which the monastery was built before 1076. In the 12th century it was replaced by a Romanesque basilica, which was consecrated in 1160. It was almost the size of today's collegiate church. In 1157, the place of grace Mariazell in Upper Styria was founded by the Benedictines of St. Lambrecht and, after an interruption from 1949 to 1992, is now again looked after by St. Lambrecht.

The St. Lambrecht Abbey, officially the Benedictine Abbey of St. Lambrecht (Latin Abbatia Sancti Lamberti or Monasterii Sancti Lamberti), is a Benedictine abbey located at 1,028 meters above sea level in Sankt Lambrecht in the Austrian federal state of Styria. The name goes back to the monastery's patron saint, Saint Lambert.