Raising the Maypole

"Setting the maypole" - an old spring custom

Traditionally, the Maypole will be set up on the market square in Bad Goisern at Lake Hallstatt on April 30th.

The annual setting up with the ribbon decorated wreaths on the Maypole is a traditional festival for locals and guests.

The donated Maypole is traditionally set up by hand using long poles

Crafting, tradition and customs

To preserve the old crafts, customs and traditions is an important concern for the locals in Gosau, Bad Goisern, Obertraun and Hallstatt.
In Hallstatt, a well-known custom is the Corpus Christi procession on Lake Hallstatt, in Obertraun there is the so-called "Oaradln", in Bad Goisern the old craft is still carried out, e.g. at the Goiserer shoemaker's, in Gosau the annual sheep sorting and bringing home of livestock from the mountain pastures is still carried out.
Traditions, crafts and customs that are lived in everyday life and at events.