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Gingerbread Village Spital am Pyhrn
© Felsbildermuseum / Haijes
Family homes, farm houses with sheds, animals and tools, entire housing estates, kindergarten, school, hotels, fire brigade, public buildings and shops – about 200 buildings have been rebuilt to scale.
Furthermore the gingerbread copies of the abbey church and buildings, the St. Leonhard church and many small monuments can also be viewed.
Opening times:
1st May – 15th October und 1st December – 30th April
Tuesdays and Sundays from 14h00 – 17h00
Wednesdays and Thursdays from 10h00 – 17h00
Entrance Fees: (incl. Rock Art Museum)
Adults: € 4,40
Adults discounted (groups, seniors, students): € 3,60
Families: € 9,--
Kids: € 2,--
Gingerbread Village Spital am Pyhrn
Contact:
Austrian Rock Art Museum
Österreichisches Felsbildermuseum
Verein für Kultur und Geschichte
4582 Spital am Pyhrn, Stiftsplatz 1
Tel. and Fax: +43 7563 318
office@lebkuchendorf.at
www.felsbildermuseum.at
Größere Kartenansicht
The shop at the exhibition offers gingerbread and a DVD of the exhibition.
History and idea:
The idea was to build a village out of gingerbread. During the process it became clear how big the village actually was!
All objects were made with much love and imagination. The process was lots of fun and at the end all was put together. The inhabitants (of the real village) organised and engaged themselves independently to ensure that their individual habitats were copied as vividly as possible. The team spirit during the project was amazing and enhanced the entire village community. The entire family got involved and from baking the gingerbread with its enticing smell to constructing the various buildings and structures with skill and enthusiasm. Traditionally the building of a gingerbread house is part of the Christmas preparation ritual in Austria and fun for young and old.
In 1985 Spital am Pyhrn worked on a „snowman“ project. Even initially sceptical inhabitants were pulled into the enthusiasm of it all and in the end many snowmen and groups of snowmen stood everywhere – the project and the team spirit was the talk of the village for many years and brought the community much closer together.
In 2002 the idea of the gingerbread village was born. The head of the rock art museum agreed to contribute the space for the village. Both the tourism office as well as the municipality took up the idea and realised this great project in 2005!
Chronology:
Advent 2002: initial idea 2003 - 2004 contemplation phase Autumn 2004 the project was postponed, as the time up to Advent was too short. Summer 2005: detailed discussions at the local tourism council of the municipality of Spital am Pyhrn. August 2005: final decision to go ahead with the project September 2005: first introduction in the local news October 2005: meeting with 20 participants to work out a concept. Beginning of November: first houses are completed and the first experiences are exhanged; numerous meetings take place to complete the project. May 2006: decision to repeat the exhibition of the gingerbread village of Spital am Pyrhn during the winter of 2006/07. October 2006: 40 gingerbread houses are presented at the model trade show in Vienna with 53.000 visitors.
Furthermore the gingerbread copies of the abbey church and buildings, the St. Leonhard church and many small monuments can also be viewed.
Opening times:
1st May – 15th October und 1st December – 30th April
Tuesdays and Sundays from 14h00 – 17h00
Wednesdays and Thursdays from 10h00 – 17h00
Entrance Fees: (incl. Rock Art Museum)
Adults: € 4,40
Adults discounted (groups, seniors, students): € 3,60
Families: € 9,--
Kids: € 2,--
Gingerbread Village Spital am Pyhrn
Contact:
Austrian Rock Art Museum
Österreichisches Felsbildermuseum
Verein für Kultur und Geschichte
4582 Spital am Pyhrn, Stiftsplatz 1
Tel. and Fax: +43 7563 318
office@lebkuchendorf.at
www.felsbildermuseum.at
Größere Kartenansicht
The shop at the exhibition offers gingerbread and a DVD of the exhibition.
History and idea:
The idea was to build a village out of gingerbread. During the process it became clear how big the village actually was!
All objects were made with much love and imagination. The process was lots of fun and at the end all was put together. The inhabitants (of the real village) organised and engaged themselves independently to ensure that their individual habitats were copied as vividly as possible. The team spirit during the project was amazing and enhanced the entire village community. The entire family got involved and from baking the gingerbread with its enticing smell to constructing the various buildings and structures with skill and enthusiasm. Traditionally the building of a gingerbread house is part of the Christmas preparation ritual in Austria and fun for young and old.
In 1985 Spital am Pyhrn worked on a „snowman“ project. Even initially sceptical inhabitants were pulled into the enthusiasm of it all and in the end many snowmen and groups of snowmen stood everywhere – the project and the team spirit was the talk of the village for many years and brought the community much closer together.
In 2002 the idea of the gingerbread village was born. The head of the rock art museum agreed to contribute the space for the village. Both the tourism office as well as the municipality took up the idea and realised this great project in 2005!
Chronology:
