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マターズブルクのペスト記念碑の台座にある彫像は、中世に壊滅的な疫病に対する守護聖人として崇拝されていた4人のペスト聖人を表しています。聖セバスティアヌスは伝統的に矢で射抜かれた殉教者として描かれ、疫病に対する最も重要な守護聖人の一人とされています。彼の隣には聖ロクスがおり、通常は巡礼者の衣装と太もものペストの腫れ物で識別でき、食べ物を運んでくる忠実な犬を伴っています。聖バルバラは、塔や聖杯などの象徴で識別できます。彼女は死にゆく人々を守り、突然の死から守ります。最後に、聖マグダラのマリアは、しばしば香油壺や頭蓋骨とともに、儚さを示唆する悔い改める聖人として現れます。これらの彫像は、ペストによる苦難の時代の保護と希望を象徴しており、マターズブルクのペスト記念碑の芸術的デザインの中心的な要素です。

A church in present-day Antau was first mentioned in 1390. It was elevated to a parish church before 1402. In 1641, a wooden belfry with two bells was added. During the Second Turkish Siege of Vienna, the old church burned down in 1683. Using older masonry, the church was rebuilt in 1809 and 1810. After a fire in 1853, the church was rebuilt in 1854. A church tower was added in 1898. It was restored in 1966. The church was extensively renovated again in 1984 and 2009.

Opposite the Catholic church is the Protestant bell tower. During the Reformation, Walbersdorf was a Protestant stronghold in Burgenland. After the Edict of Toleration in 1781, when Protestant Christians were again allowed to publicly profess their faith, a dispute arose over whether the bells of the Catholic church should be rung at Protestant funerals. It is said that the issue was also about money, as was the possibility of a fee being paid for the ringing. The people of Walbersdorf could not agree. So, in 1800, the Protestants finally built their own bell tower, because no one should embark on their final journey without hearing the sound of the bells. They built it as a small, self-assured symbol directly opposite the local Catholic church. Shortly after its construction, the tower began to lean. Today, it is more crooked than the Tower of Pisa, yet it still doesn't fall over. (https://evang.at/der-schiefe-turm-von-walbersdorf/)

beautifully landscaped natural swimming pond in quiet surroundings

Many of the houses were obviously built in the middle of the 19th century and are surprisingly well preserved and maintained.

The Protestant parish (founded in 1783) encompasses most of the Mattersburg district. The neo-Gothic parish church in Pöttelsdorf is often referred to as the "Cathedral of the Wulka Valley."

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