Raising the Maypole municipal area Bad Goisern

Raising the Maypole

"Maypole setting" - an old spring custom

Traditionally, a maypole is erected every year on April 30th in many parts of Bad Goisern on Lake Hallstatt.

The annual erection with the ribbon-decorated wreaths on the maypole is a traditional celebration for locals and guests.

The donated maypole is traditionally erected by hand with the help of long poles.

Here are a few suggestions:
17:00 Maypole erection with the Friends of Nature on the market square, cozy get-together with music and refreshments
17:00 Maypole raising with the Untersee music band at the Schützenheim Untersee, indoor bar, bratwurst, draught beer and much more.
17:00 Maypole erection at the Weissenbachwirt with music

Crafts, tradition and customs

Preserving old crafts, customs and traditions is important to the locals in Gosau, Bad Goisern, Obertraun and Hallstatt.
In Hallstatt, the Corpus Christi procession on Lake Hallstatt is a well-known custom, in Obertraun there is the so-called "Oaradln", in Bad Goisern the old craft is still practiced, e.g. by the Goiserer shoemaker, in Gosau the annual sheep mustering & alpine pasture cattle drives are still carried out.
Traditions, crafts and customs that are lived out in everyday life and at events.


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