--- title: Cross of the Drachenwand in St. Lorenz url: "https://www.upperaustria.com/en/oesterreich-poi/detail/430022369/cross-of-the-drachenwand.html" description: The first cross on the Drachenwand was built in 1929 in St. Lorenz am Mondsee in the Salzkammergut. date: 2017-02-22 modified: 2026-03-18 --- # Cross of the Drachenwand in St. Lorenz Cross of the Drachenwand ========================== St. Lorenz am Mondsee, Oberösterreich, Österreich ![](https://assets.tourdata.at/260x195/220595/47A481989383B5543BAFD4E4855CDF9EC4801B4E60B80037D8B0D31A81B271F4/drachenwandkreuz.jpg) ![](https://assets.tourdata.at/260x195/220596/A0B9D42368217988956EC124CCF1EF0A8DCB1E5015F8CC0B46621CFC4F8B1D94/drachenwandkreuz.jpg) © Open copyright © Annelu Wenter Close copyright [ ![view of the cross, mountains and the lake in the background](https://assets.tourdata.at/x550/220595/47A481989383B5543BAFD4E4855CDF9EC4801B4E60B80037D8B0D31A81B271F4/drachenwandkreuz.jpg "© Annelu Wenter") ](https://assets.tourdata.at/1920x/220595/47A481989383B5543BAFD4E4855CDF9EC4801B4E60B80037D8B0D31A81B271F4/drachenwandkreuz.jpg) © Open copyright © Annelu Wenter Close copyright [ ![Men mount a cross on the mountain](https://assets.tourdata.at/x550/220596/A0B9D42368217988956EC124CCF1EF0A8DCB1E5015F8CC0B46621CFC4F8B1D94/drachenwandkreuz.jpg "© Annelu Wenter") ](https://assets.tourdata.at/1920x/220596/A0B9D42368217988956EC124CCF1EF0A8DCB1E5015F8CC0B46621CFC4F8B1D94/drachenwandkreuz.jpg) 1. 2. Drachenwand 5310 St. Lorenz am Mondsee [ open in Google Maps ](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=Drachenwand%2C%205310%20St.%20Lorenz%20am%20Mondsee "Link will open in a new window") [ Open in Apple Maps ](https://maps.apple.com/place?address=Drachenwand%2C%205310%20St.%20Lorenz%20am%20Mondsee "Link will open in a new window") ![](https://static.ecmaps.de/staticmap.jpg?experience=webarchitektur-meta&lat=47.813377870656005&lon=13.354815244674681&width=991&height=450&project=ttg-basemap&zoom=2000&server=meta.tourdata.at) Already on June 29, 1929, Franz Bratka and Martin Weiss from the Alpine Club Mondsee erected a 6-meter high wooden cross on the Drachenwand. Three years later, it was destroyed and removed by unknown assassins. In April 1936, the Mondseer asked to build the cross again. Fuschl spoke against it, so the project had to be postponed for the time being. On May 8, 1949, August Meindl, with the help of friends (Mr. Adam - USA) brought a wooden cross to the summit again. Destroyed by lightning, it had to be renewed in 1976. Again, August Meindl was at work. The inauguration took place on June 12, 1977. In 1986, a lightning strike destroyed this wooden cross. This time it was replaced by a metal cross donated by the Meindl family. Kaplan Mag. Ortner inaugurated it on October 9, 1988 as part of a mountain mass. ​ In winter 2006/07 violent storms demolished the crossbeams. In the spring of 2007 Herbert Meindl dismantled the broken cross, repaired it and returned it to the summit with the help of his sons. [ Contact ](#ttgCollapseKontakt) ---------------------------------- **Cross of the Drachenwand** Drachenwand 5310 St. Lorenz am Mondsee Phone [ +43 6232 4166 ](tel:+4362324166) E-Mail [info@ortedesglaubens.at](#mailto) Web [www.ortedesglaubens.at/mondsee](https://www.ortedesglaubens.at/mondsee "New window") https://www.ortedesglaubens.at/mondsee --- **Contact person** Pfarre Mondsee Kirchengasse 1 5310 Mondsee am Mondsee --- **We speak the following languages** German [ Arrival ](#ttgCollapseAnreise) ---------------------------------- [ Accessibility ](#ttgCollapseBarrierefreiheit) ------------------------------------------------- Please get in touch for more information. [To the website](https://www.ortedesglaubens.at/mondsee "New window") powered by [TOURDATA](https://www.tourdata.at "New window") [ ![TOURDATA Logo](https://www.upperaustria.com/fileadmin/templates/global/images/Logo-Tourdata.png "TOURDATA Logo") ](https://www.tourdata.at "New window")