In a small village

Carinthian plays “Mr. Holle” for the children

This snow cannon is located in the middle of the municipality of Dellach in Gailtal and guarantees a white Christmas for the children in Gailtal.(Bild: zVg)

The Gailtal valley is actually known for its snowy winters. However, climate change is making it snow less and less often down to low altitudes. So a man from Dellach has come up with something unusual to bring joy to the children of the village. 

Hannes Steiner from Dellach im Gailtal has a big heart for children. In his opinion, "children should play in the snow in winter, run around and have fun, just like I used to as a child". In times of global warming, however, this is becoming increasingly difficult, as it is simply snowing less and less often down to the valley.

Hannes, the Managing Director of Installationen Steiner GmbH, has therefore given it some thought and bought his own snow cannon and set it up in the middle of a meadow in the Gailtal village of Dellach. "It's now the fourth snow cannon and the snow lance works really well," says a delighted "Mr. Holle" in an interview with Krone. And the children are having fun playing in the snow thanks to Hannes Steiner.

I just want to make the children in the village happy so that they can play and romp around in the snow despite the climate change.

Hannes Steiner, Installateur-Meister und „Herr Holle“

"Simply a great campaign with a role model effect," was the consensus in the village. Hannes Wallner