At the Winter Olympics, held in Innsbruck in 1976, Karl Schnabl won a gold and a bronze medal. Another member of Achomitz ski club, Hans Wallner, came sixth.

Church fete soup is made with different types of meat and then transformed with sour cream into "sour soup". The recipe is carefully safeguarded by every housewife and also by our kitchen staff, so that Gail valley church fete soup remains a treat for special occasions. Do sample this delicious soup. It's available in our hotel.

Our acidic mossy meadows serve as a magnificent landscape for those in search of relaxation. Enjoy these open spaces away from the traffic noise, but at the same time appreciate the very special architecture of our harpfen.

Motto (V. Schoier / G. Mittergradnegger)

Wo der Wildbach rauscht vom Berg zur Gail ins Tal, dir Heimat, Heimat, dir ewig unser Lied erschall. (Free translation from the German: Where the torrent cascades into the Gail valley from the mountains, home for you, home, our song rings out for ever for you)

Bin a Feistritza i
(G. Gawischnig | G. Mittergradnegger)
Bin a Feistritza i, auf mein Singan kennst mi und beim Land is mei Sein, gheart a scheans Örtle mein. (Free translation from the German: I'm from Fesitritz, you know me from my songs and my life is on the land, I belong to a beautiful place)

Tam kjer te_e bistra Zila
(J. Katnik | the Zwitter family)
Tam kjer te_e bistra Zila, se po dolini lepo zvija, tega kraja jaz pozabim ne, kjer me zibka tekla je.
(Free translation from the Slovenian: There, where the clear river Gail winds its way through the valley, there where my cradle once stood, I'll never forget my homeland)

The women's costume consists of a blouse with a pleated collar, an underskirt, a hip skirt, a vest, knee-length bloomers, a smock, a skirt, a bib and scarf, a pinafore and a prized belt

You can hear the Oisternig singers performing Bueg nam daj te dober _as za prve rej

The still surviving tradition of barrel spearing was described for later generations in the writings of two well-known Gail valley priests. Urban Jarnik, a folklore expert and Slavonic historian, documented the custom in 1813. Descriptions by Matija Majar Ziljski date from 1865.
Other literature: Zablatnik, Pavle: Volksbrauchtum der Kärtner Slowenen (The traditions of the Carinthian Slovenes). Mohorjeva 1992; Makarovi_, Marija: Die slowenische Volkstracht in Wort und Bild (The Slovenian costume in words and pictures). Vol. V. Das Gailtal (The Gail valley). Tiskarna Novo mesto 1992

You are listening to the Oisternig singers performing Heit bin i a Gailtaler Reita