Day Seven

Today involved a good deal of travelling as we ended up just a few kilometers from the Czech border.

We started in Ansfelden and visited the Anton Bruckner Museum in the Bruckner Geburthaus. Next we went to the Village of Hoershing, where Bruckner received some of his early musical instruction.

As we headed north, we stopped at the Weinberg Brewery/Restaurant in Kefermarkt for a hearty meal. In Kefermarkt, there is an amazing wood carved altar that goes back to the Middle Ages that has become a famous landmark. Our bus stopped there for a guided tour.

Finally we stopped in the small village of Windhaag where Bruckner had his first, and not very pleasant, experience in his early career as a teacher. We visited the parish church, the schoolhouse and the house where he lived.

In the evening, we attended the final concert of the BrucknerTage Festival with Remy Ballot conducting the Altomonte Orchestra in the music of Debussy and the Ninth Symphony of Bruckner.

Statue of Bruckner at the Birth House

The church in Ansfelden where Bruckner was baptised

Bruckner's Father's grave

Old organ console from St. Florian

Back of Gerburthaus

Bruckner plaque in Hoershing

Brucknerplatz in Hoershing

Weinberg Brewery in Kefermarkt

Prof. Carragan with beer, a dumpling and venison

Our Bruckner guide, Helmut

The wood carved alter at Kefermarkt

The church at Windhaag

One of two plaques on the Windhaag schoolhouse

Schoolhouse at Windhaag

The second of two plaques on the Windhaag schoolhouse

Building plan of the schoolhouse

Rear of schoolhouse

Windhaag Strret

Plaque on house where Bruckner lived while in Windhaag

House where Bruckner lived. He was given a VERY small room

Parish church in Windhaag

Our tour bus

Concert at the Basilika