"Olta/Oida"

New place name sign in Millstatt is a mystery

Millstatt is currently home to an unusual plaque.(Bild: zvg )

Millstatt has a slightly different place-name sign than usual. According to this, the town is called "Olta/Oida."

Road users are quite astonished when they drive past the new place name sign in Millstatt. Because the sign doesn't say the name of the town, but "Olta/Oida." And we Austrians know these two words only too well. Drivers and passers-by are puzzled. "No educational work has been done, but it has to do with art," reveals Mayor Alexander Thoma.

A call to rapture
The man behind it is Gert Resinger from Carinthia, who lives in Vienna. In the installation, the artist refers to his two places of residence and their use of language. And "Olta/Oida" can also be understood - now written down - as a call to rapture in the face of the beautiful view from the location. In any case, an information board is still to be installed to provide information about the art installation. The work was created as part of the millstART art association and is part of the "schön!_dasleben" exhibition.