Krimml INFO Winter 2013-14.cdr - Zillertal Arena

History
09
WINTER IN
KRIMML/HOCHKRIMML
AND THE
ZILLERTAL ARENA
With the opening of the Gerlos Alpine
Road by the Großglockner Hochalpenstraßen
AG on 2 December 1962, which
opens up the ski areas Hochkrimml/
Gerlosplatte in winter and is the starting
point for many hikes in the Hiking Paradise
Hochkrimml the Plattenkogel could be
extended as a winter sport centre.
As early as on 10 December 1963 the then
second longest drag lift in Austria was
opened, leading fro the Sporthotel Gerlosplatte
to the summit of the Plattenkogel.
On 23 December 1963 a drag lift at the
Filzsteinalm followed. Today the most
modern facilities are located in the region
along the Plattenkogel, and with the winter
season 2002/2003 it was also connected
to the Zillertal Arena.
A cross-ski run of 12 km altogether and
beautiful hiking paths are also part of the
well-rounded offerings, as are a winter
sport academy and catering businesses.
CUSTOMS
AND TRADITIONS
The "Alperern", a tradition where the boys
run from house to house on 11 November,
the day of St. Martin, wearing featheradorned
hats and bells around their bellies
in order to announce the "Gras aus", a
darker and more dangerous time of the
year from a pagan point of view is only still
celebrated in Krimml.
Another old pagan custom is the "Lesseln",
which is only celebrated at rare occasions
on individual farms in the "Night of St.
Thomas" (21 December), the longest and
most dangerous night: Nine symbols such
as a key, a ring, a doll, etc. are hidden
under nine hats. While one family member
leaves the room, the symbols under the
hats are exchanged. If the same symbol is
found under the lifted hat this indicates
that this "destiny" will become true the
coming year. The ring predicts a wedding,
the key the foundation of a new home, the
doll a child and a piece of thread a long life.
THE COAT OF ARMS
OF KRIMML
The coat of arms of Krimml is a speciality,
because with its initial "K" it refers to its
historic origin and today's name "Krimml".
The "K" over the three waves, which
symbolize the Krimmler Waterfall, is taken
from the coat of arms of the imperial abbey
"Kaisheim" near Donauwörth in Germany,
which sold the Krimmler Property to the
convent Salzburg in 1224.
THE PARISH CHURCH
Archbishop Eberhard II, the founder of the
Salzburg Land acquired the property 1244
from the Kaisheim Abbey, it is already
mentioned "in der Khrumbe bi der
khirchen". Over the portal a hovering glass
clear crucifix from acryl, created in 1973
by the local artist Prof. Helmut Zobl, a
reminder for Günther Breuninger, who
died in an avalanche Eastern 1962.
The core of the main altar is a wooden
Madonna with child. She is the oldest
piece of art in this church (1480). The
frescoes discovered in 1957 (from the
mid-17th century) show the triumph arc of
the Day of Judgement between simple
architectural paintings.