--- title: Hans Machata Kreuz St. Lorenz Mondsee Salzkammergut url: "https://www.upperaustria.com/en/oesterreich-poi/detail/430022376/hans-machata-cross.html" description: The Hans Machata cross commemorates a tragic diving attempt in St. Lorenz on the Mondsee in the Salzkammergut. date: 2017-02-22 modified: 2026-03-18 --- # Hans Machata Kreuz St. Lorenz Mondsee Salzkammergut Hans Machata cross ==================== St. Lorenz am Mondsee, Oberösterreich, Österreich ![](https://assets.tourdata.at/260x195/220605/02BC633143C90AB1243713973378D3721FF602497A3FB2683E989A1C2B252154/hans-machata-kreuz.jpg) © Open copyright © Annelu Wenter Close copyright [ ![View of a cross in the middle of bushes](https://assets.tourdata.at/x550/220605/02BC633143C90AB1243713973378D3721FF602497A3FB2683E989A1C2B252154/hans-machata-kreuz.jpg "© Annelu Wenter") ](https://assets.tourdata.at/1920x/220605/02BC633143C90AB1243713973378D3721FF602497A3FB2683E989A1C2B252154/hans-machata-kreuz.jpg) B 154 5310 St. Lorenz am Mondsee [ open in Google Maps ](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=B%20154%2C%205310%20St.%20Lorenz%20am%20Mondsee "Link will open in a new window") [ Open in Apple Maps ](https://maps.apple.com/place?address=B%20154%2C%205310%20St.%20Lorenz%20am%20Mondsee "Link will open in a new window") ![](https://static.ecmaps.de/staticmap.jpg?experience=webarchitektur-meta&lat=47.805931047681042&lon=13.379217982292175&width=991&height=450&project=ttg-basemap&zoom=2000&server=meta.tourdata.at) The cross is still there, the inscription no longer exists. She said: "Hans Machata, student, founder and director of the Salzburg Underwater Sports and Research Group found a tragic end to a diving attempt in the Mondsee on April 25, 1953. "The lake became a grave for him at this point. The primus inter pares erected by his comrades in honor of his remembrance and his own admonition. " [ Contact ](#ttgCollapseKontakt) ---------------------------------- **Hans Machata cross** B 154 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")