Lienz between churches, peaks and hiking trails
Accommodation in Lienz
At the Sacred Heart Church in Lienz, the shell was completed in 1894; it was not until 1914 that the church could be inaugurated. Another ecclesiastical site is located in Bachfeld: the chapel there was built around 1670 by Johann Dähler out of gratitude and lies on the road from Lienz-Stocken to Furnis and onwards to Plona and Rüthi.
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Culture
In the hamlet of Plona, the Chapel of St. Anthony was built in 1955/56 and is particularly known for its mural by Ferdinand Gehr. St. Anna Kirchle is a church in the vicinity of Lienz. The religious sites therefore differ in terms of when they were built, their locations and the specific names or artistic associations explicitly connected with them.
Landscape
Ober Burg is a ruin in the vicinity of Lienz. The peaks Kreuzberg No. 4, Kreuzberg No. 6, Gätterifirst, Altmann and Drei Schwestern are also located in the vicinity of Lienz. The five peak names represent several distinct landscape references, while Ober Burg, as a ruin, denotes a different type of place.
History
In the wider regional area around Lienz, Nägelehötta is a ruin. In the wider regional area around Lienz, Magdenau Abbey is a monastery. The Stamp Museum is also located in the wider regional area around Lienz. Glopper Castle is a historic site there. The designations thus range from a ruin to a monastery and a museum, and finally to a historic site, without these places belonging to the same category.
Geographical setting
Altstätten lies in the St. Gallen Rhine Valley at the foot of the hills of the Appenzell region. This traditional market town has a historic old town, a diverse cultural offering, numerous shopping opportunities and plenty of nature across its extensive municipal area. The present-day Rhine bridge near Bangs was built in 1966/67 after a föhn storm on 27 November 1965 completely destroyed the previous bridge. Both details combine geographical and historical points of reference with their own place and time information.
For your stay in Lienz, you can compare travel dates, room categories and cancellation policies when choosing accommodation. Churches and chapels, peaks and ruins in the surrounding area, as well as the hiking trails described, stand alongside one another as distinct themes of your trip.
Hiking
One hiking route passes the village of Lienz, follows the gravel-trap embankment uphill to the second bridge and then continues along a footpath beside a deeply cut ravine to Bachfeld and Plona. Another route description leads along the stony old village road from Obweg and Unter Stein-Litten to Lienz. The two routes therefore each name their own stretches of trail and local connections, ranging from the sequence of embankment, bridge and ravine to the old village road. The first description leads from the village of Lienz via the gravel-trap embankment and the second bridge to Bachfeld and Plona; the other mentions the stony village road as well as Obweg and Unter Stein-Litten.
For the overarching travel overview: Altstätten.
