Holzstraßenkirchtag

From wooden spoons to wooden houses

Olympic champion Franz Klammer planted a birch tree with Mayor Gerhard Altziebler and Günter Sonnleitner.(Bild: Gemeine Fresach)

On Sunday, July 14, visitors will be attracted to Fresach by a fair dedicated to trees and everything that can be made from them, as well as spectacular shows.

The Carinthian Timber Road Nockberge Region Association already has 18 member municipalities. Fresach is a new member, and the municipality with a population of around 1250 is hosting the 28th Carinthian Timber Road Church Day on Sunday, July 14 (from 10 am).

Full of anticipation for the Holzstraßenkirchtag: Günter Sonnleitner, the chairman of the Carinthian Timber Road Association, Anna-Sophie Pirtscher, the director of the Ossiach Forestry Training Center, Gerhard Altziebler, the mayor of Fresach.(Bild: Regionalmanagement Mittelkärnten)

Chairman Günter Sonnleitner expects thousands of visitors to come and see products from the forest and wood professionals on the topics of forests, wood, building, living and energy, as well as art made of wood. The motto is "Power through wood". The Carinthian Forestry Work Championships, organized by the Ossiach Forestry Training Centre, will be spectacular. The Litzlhof technical college offers a timbersport show. Culinary delights and music are of course part of the event, for example from the Fegerländer, the Kirchheimer Bauernmusik and the Singkreis Fresach.

A tree was planted even before the Kirchtag: Olympic champion Franz Klammer, the most famous son of the community, Mayor Gerhard Altziebler and Sonnleitner planted the birch.