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Assisted Natural Renegeration demonstration plot.
Photo by Gabriel Mulenga/CIFOR
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Visit to IIAP Carbon monitoring site, Quistococha.
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Journalists visit in Yangambi - DRC.
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Wiring for the transport of air flows to the gas analyzer.
Photo by Junior Raborg/CIFOR-ICRAF
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Participatory 3 Dimensional Mapping of Kwaebibirem municipality in the Eastern Region of Ghana.
Photo by Yvonne Baraza/CIFOR-ICRAF
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Aguaje palms.
Photo by Junior Raborg/CIFOR-ICRAF
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Participatory 3 Dimensional Mapping of Kwaebibirem municipality in the Eastern Region of Ghana.
Photo by Yvonne Baraza/CIFOR-ICRAF
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Central station of the entire flow measurement system powered by batteries.
Photo by Junior Raborg/CIFOR-ICRAF
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Assisted Natural Renegeration demonstration plot.
Photo by Gabriel Mulenga/CIFOR
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An outstanding depiction, ca. 1966/67 of ALSEP deployment/“thumper” employment. Note the squat nature of the central station. The round-topped cylindrical object to its right is the passive seismometer. I have no idea what the two low-profile square devices in its immediate vicinity are. Confirmation of the year & devices are available at the following wonderful site:
www.lpi.usra.edu/lunar/ALSEP/pdf/31111000674190.pdf
Credit: LPI website
I didn’t expect the thumper to have already been under planning during this time period. Did YOU??? Along those lines, since I believe in going into the weeds…for my own edification & since it’s the primary activity being depicted:
“The Active Seismic Experiment apparatus is comprised of two parts, the seismic energy sources and the detection system. Two energy sources will be employed. One is a mortar device from which four explosive grenades will be launched to detonate at various distances up to one mile from the geophone detectors. The mortar package, including grenades and the explosives, will be armed and activated after about one year by earth command. The second energy source is a “thumper” device containing 20 explosive squibs which will be activated by the astronaut at specified locations along the geophone line as he returns to the ALSEP. The detection system will be a linear array of three geophones together with amplifier systems and necessary electronics.
The mechanical design of the Active Seismic Experiment is based on inputs from both Drs. Kovach (the Americanized version of Kovacs, it being the original Hungarian spelling) and Watkins. The design concerns two areas, the seismic energy sources and the common detection system. The thumper device is for investigation of the materials within about a 75-ft depth of the lunar surface. This device will be about 4 ft long, and stored in two sections for transportation. The upper section will contain necessary electronics for the firing mechanism, the squib barrel, and contact points. The lower section will be a hollow cylinder which will be bayonet-connected to the squib barrel. It will serve to couple the energy source to the lunar surface, and impart seismic waves to the surface materials for detection by the geophones.”
The above being an extract from the aforementioned document.
The ‘thumper’ was used on Apollos 14 & 16.
If this artwork isn’t by John Gorsuch, I’m a monkey’s uncle.
Classroom block at UNIKIS, Kisangani - DRC.
Photo by Axel Fassio/CIFOR-ICRAF
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Bootprints In Perpetuity
Again, for my edification, my crude photogrammetric(?) attempt at bringing together my photos with downloaded material from the ALSJ in order to identify and correlate surface features associated with the "Boot Print Soil Mechanics Experiment".
Included are pre-EVA photos, post-EVA photos and a 16mm DAC frame.
The pre-EVA, boot print labeled and 16mm DAC frame images can be found at the ALSJ:
Légende :Kanyabayonga, Nord-Kivu, RD Congo - Les contingents indiens déployés à la MONUSCO ont organisé à Kanyabayonga, divers cours et conférences de motivation à l’intention des écoliers, dans le cadre de la commémoration de la « Journée internationale de l’Education ». L'importance de l'éducation dans la vie personnelle ainsi que l'édification de la nation ont été expliquées au grand nombre d'élèves et d'enseignants présents. Photo MONUSCO / Force
Caption: Kanyabayonga, North Kivu, DR Congo - Indian Contingents deployed at MONUSCO organized various motivational classes and lectures for school children at Kanyabayonga to commemorate “The International Education Day”. Importance of education in personal life as well as nation building were explained to the large number of students and teachers present. Photo MONUSCO/Force
Community forestry awareness campaign in a secondary school of Ikongo - DRC.
Photo by Axel Fassio/CIFOR-ICRAF
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Training on accounting and monitoring of greenhouse gas fluxes from peatlands, Peru.
Photo by Junior Raborg/CIFOR-ICRAF
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Community meeting in Mushindamo, Zambia.
Photo by Gabriel Mulenga/CIFOR
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Assisted Natural Renegeration demonstration plot.
Photo by Gabriel Mulenga/CIFOR
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Community meeting in Ngala, Zambia.
Photo by Gabriel Mulenga/CIFOR
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Enviromental awarness lesson at the ITAV technical school of Yangambi - DRC.
Photo by Axel Fassio/CIFOR
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It's hard for me to get photos of Belfagan, as I'm usually part of the band when they're dancing. Well, just you try playing a sax and taking photos at the same time! Now and again, though, I leave the music to the others for a minute or two and take some pics. On this occasion, outside the Ratty Arms at Ravenglass, I caught the girls dancing Eaglesfield, a dance originally created especially for the group. It involves garlands and a lot of very rhythmic ranting. (For the edification of those who are not immersed in morris lore, the rant is a dance step commonly used in morris of the North West tradition.)
Training on accounting and monitoring of greenhouse gas fluxes from peatlands, Peru.
Photo by Junior Raborg/CIFOR-ICRAF
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Assisted Natural Renegeration demonstration plot.
Photo by Gabriel Mulenga/CIFOR
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Hidden treasures deep inside the Alabama Hills, CA.
To take this I had to balance my tripod in a most precarious position, about 4 feet off the ground... and support my weight with my hands and one foot. Good times :)
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Le site de Beng melea est situé à 42 km à l’Est de Siem Reap.
Il aurait été construit sous le règne de Suryavarman II aux 12 eme siècle.
Il aurait servi de modèle pour l’édification d’Angkor Vat. C’est un temple Hindou mais quelques sculptures sont bouddhistes.Ce temple est le seul a n'avoir subit aucune restauration,.la passerelle en bois du film de jj Annaud les 2 freres permet aux touristes de le visiter par endroit sinon il faut ramper entre les blocs.
The site of Beng Melea is located 42 km east of Siem Reap.
It was built during the reign of Suryavarman II in the 12 th century.
It would have served as a model for the construction of Angkor Wat. It is a Hindu temple sculptures but some are bouddhistes.Ce temple is the only one not to have undergone any restoration. Wooden footbridge dd Annaud film 2 brothers permits tourists to visit some places if you have to crawl between the blocks.
Training on accounting and monitoring of greenhouse gas fluxes from peatlands, Peru.
Photo by Junior Raborg/CIFOR-ICRAF
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Assisted Natural Renegeration demonstration plot.
Photo by Gabriel Mulenga/CIFOR
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Assisted Natural Renegeration demonstration plot.
Photo by Gabriel Mulenga/CIFOR
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A sugar plantation; an abandoned investment property; a cattle ranch; a landscape of defiance in the face of the Army Corps of Engineers--Oak Alley has been many things in its over 200 years of history. Today it is a historic site, dedicated to preserving and interpreting each chapter of this plantation’s memory. Our mission, established by Mrs. Josephine Stewart is as follows:
Oak Alley Foundation is a 501(c)(3) public non-profit trust organized and operated exclusively for charitable, literary and educational purposes. Its trustees are charged with maintaining and preserving the mansion (Big House) and surrounding sixty-three (63) acre National Historic Landmark site for public exhibition as an historical monument to the times and area in which the property was built and for the instruction, education, enlightenment, information, edification and cultural benefit of the citizens of the State of Louisiana, the United States and the public generally.
Open to the public since 1976, our institutional values include complete respect for the National Landmark with which we have been entrusted. This not only is evident in our dedication to it’s preservation and maintenance but in our complete adherence to narrative integrity, in deference to this iconic historic site whose past includes serving as a place of enslavement even as it was celebrated for its stunning landscape. SOURCE: OAK VALLEY PLANTATION WEBSITE.
Community meeting in Mushindamo, Zambia.
Photo by Gabriel Mulenga/CIFOR
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Participatory 3 Dimensional Mapping of Kwaebibirem municipality in the Eastern Region of Ghana.
Photo by Yvonne Baraza/CIFOR-ICRAF
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Training on accounting and monitoring of greenhouse gas fluxes from peatlands, Peru.
Photo by Junior Raborg/CIFOR-ICRAF
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Channel that contains thin pipes for the transport of air flows towards the gas analyzer
Photo by Junior Raborg/CIFOR-ICRAF
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Visit to IIAP Carbon monitoring site, Quistococha.
Photo by Junior Raborg/CIFOR-ICRAF
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Channel that contains thin pipes for the transport of air flows towards the gas analyzer.
Photo by Junior Raborg/CIFOR-ICRAF
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Pequeno templo, cuja matriz inicial remonta ao ano de 1698, tendo sido posteriormente reedificado no final do século XIX. A vila de Paço de Arcos, pela sua localização, esteve desde sempre ligada às actividades piscatórias, daí que esta capela tenha sido erguida em honra do
Senhor Jesus dos Navegantes, padroeiro das gentes do mar. A devoção local ao padroeiro desta capela é provavelmente anterior à construção da capela e estará relacionada com a proteção que a enseada de Paço de Arcos ofereceria aos navegantes que ali ocorriam procurando
abrigo das tempestades no mar.
A capela é constituída por uma só nave, rematada por uma abóbada de berço animada por painel de estuque de motivos geométricos (limitado à zona correspondente ao altar-mor), apresentando também muros revestidos por rodapé azulejar de padrão setecentista. Os muros da nave ostentam ainda a presença de figurações escultóricas, sobre peanhas, de São José (Epístola) e de São Sebastião (Evangelho). Este espaço é
enriquecido por alguns elementos do período barroco, nomeadamente o altar predominantemente em talha dourada.
Na zona central encontra-se uma imagem do padroeiro da vila – Senhor Jesus dos Navegantes.
Rua Travessa da Ermida
2770-161 Paço de Arcos
Tel: (+351) 214 432 145
Sábado: 9h00 - 11h00
Entrada gratuita
Estação de saída: CP Paço de Arcos
Senhor Jesus dos Navegantes Chapel
Small temple, whose origin goes back to 1698 being rebuilt at late nineteenth century.
For its location, Paço de Arcos has always been related to fishing activities, that is why this chapel has been devoted to Lord Jesus of Navigators, Saint Patron of seafarers. The local devotion of seafarers to this chapel Saint patron probably goes back before this chapel edification and shall be most likely connected to the shelter that Paço de Arcos cove offered to seafarers that went there looking for
shelter from the sea storms.
The chapel has a single aisle crowned by an arch barrel lightened by a geometric pattern stucco panel (confined to the high altar area) and also laying out walls covered by a seventeenth century tilled pattern outskirt. The aisle walls display also sculptural elements, upon pedestals of Saint Joseph (Epistle) and Saint Sebastian (Gospel). This space is still enhanced by some baroque elements, namely the altar predominately of gilt woodwork and at the central area with an image of this village Saint Patron - Lord Jesus of Navigators.
Saturday: 9:00 - 11:00
Free entry
Railway Station Exit: CP Paço de Arcos
IIAP GHG monitoring tower.
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A sugar plantation; an abandoned investment property; a cattle ranch; a landscape of defiance in the face of the Army Corps of Engineers--Oak Alley has been many things in its over 200 years of history. Today it is a historic site, dedicated to preserving and interpreting each chapter of this plantation’s memory. Our mission, established by Mrs. Josephine Stewart is as follows:
Oak Alley Foundation is a 501(c)(3) public non-profit trust organized and operated exclusively for charitable, literary and educational purposes. Its trustees are charged with maintaining and preserving the mansion (Big House) and surrounding sixty-three (63) acre National Historic Landmark site for public exhibition as an historical monument to the times and area in which the property was built and for the instruction, education, enlightenment, information, edification and cultural benefit of the citizens of the State of Louisiana, the United States and the public generally.
Open to the public since 1976, our institutional values include complete respect for the National Landmark with which we have been entrusted. This not only is evident in our dedication to it’s preservation and maintenance but in our complete adherence to narrative integrity, in deference to this iconic historic site whose past includes serving as a place of enslavement even as it was celebrated for its stunning landscape. SOURCE: OAK VALLEY PLANTATION WEBSITE.
Channel that contains thin pipes for the transport of air flows towards the gas analyzer.
Photo by Junior Raborg/CIFOR-ICRAF
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Development is claimed to accompany jatropha has raised often unrealistic hopes about improvements in schools, roads, water supply, and rural health care, Zambia.
Photo by Jeff Walker/CIFOR
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Visit to IIAP Carbon monitoring site, Quistococha.
Photo by Junior Raborg/CIFOR-ICRAF
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En face de La Statue du Bouddha Dordenma...
La statue du Bouddha Dordenma siège sur les hauteurs d'une colline à Thimphou, au sommet d'une salle de méditation, et fait partie des emblèmes de la capitale du Bhoutan. Il s'agit de la plus grande statue assise du Bouddha. Du monument se dégage une atmosphère magique baignant les touristes dans la sérénité.
Histoire
La statue du Bouddha Dordenma a été construite en 2006 en Chine, pour 100 millions de dollars américains, par Aerosun Corporation de Nanjing. Elle commémore le 60e anniversaire de Jigme Singye Wangchuck, quatrième roi du Bhoutan.
L'édification de cette grande représentation de Padmasambhava a été prophétisée par le célèbre yogi Sonam Zangpo au XXe siècle. Le monument a également été mentionné dans l'ancien terma de Guru Rinpoché.
Pour embellir le décor, le parc naturel Kuensel Phodrang a vu le jour en 2011 sous les yeux de la statue de Bouddha. Cette réserve compte plus de 9 hectares de forêts et deux gymnases publics ouverts en 2015.
La statue du Bouddha Dordenma surplombe l'entrée sud de la vallée de Thimphou. Elle domine le parc Kuensel Phodrang dans les montagnes du Bhoutan. L'édifice marque l'accomplissement d'une prophétie datant du VIIIe siècle. Son rôle consiste à amener une aura de paix et de bonheur dans le monde entier.
Cette représentation de Shakyamuni s'élève à une hauteur de 51.5 mètres, ce qui fait d'elle est la plus grande statue de Bouddha dans le monde. Fabriquée en bronze et en or, elle intègre plus de 125.000 petites statues de Bouddha. Le monument montre également le trône sur lequel le Bouddha Dordenma est assis.
Étant donné qu'elle a été prophétisée par deux grands prophètes, la statue du Bouddha Dordenma s'entoure de mythes et légendes. Comme tous les villageois qui s'y recueillent, recevez les bons présages du site lors de votre visite. Cette escale pourrait bien changer votre destinée.
The Dordenma Buddha statue sits high on a hill in Thimphu, atop a meditation hall, and is one of the landmarks of Bhutan's capital. It is the largest seated Buddha statue. The monument exudes a magical atmosphere, bathing tourists in serenity.
History
The Dordenma Buddha statue was built in 2006 in China at a cost of US$100 million by Aerosun Corporation of Nanjing. It commemorates the 60th birthday of Jigme Singye Wangchuck, the fourth king of Bhutan.
The construction of this great image of Padmasambhava was prophesied by the famous yogi Sonam Zangpo in the 20th century. The monument was also mentioned in Guru Rinpoche's ancient terma.
To enhance the scenery, Kuensel Phodrang Nature Park was established in 2011 under the gaze of the Buddha statue. This reserve includes over 9 hectares of forest and two public gymnasiums that opened in 2015.
The statue of Buddha Dordenma overlooks the southern entrance to the Thimphu Valley. It dominates Kuensel Phodrang Park in the mountains of Bhutan. The building marks the fulfillment of a prophecy dating back to the 8th century. Its role is to bring an aura of peace and happiness throughout the world.
This representation of Shakyamuni stands 51.5 meters tall, making it the largest Buddha statue in the world. Made of bronze and gold, it incorporates over 125,000 smaller Buddha statues. The monument also displays the throne on which Buddha Dordenma sits. Given that it was prophesied by two great prophets, the Dordenma Buddha statue is surrounded by myths and legends. Like all the villagers who worship there, receive good omens from the site during your visit. This stopover could well change your destiny.
A sugar plantation; an abandoned investment property; a cattle ranch; a landscape of defiance in the face of the Army Corps of Engineers--Oak Alley has been many things in its over 200 years of history. Today it is a historic site, dedicated to preserving and interpreting each chapter of this plantation’s memory. Our mission, established by Mrs. Josephine Stewart is as follows:
Oak Alley Foundation is a 501(c)(3) public non-profit trust organized and operated exclusively for charitable, literary and educational purposes. Its trustees are charged with maintaining and preserving the mansion (Big House) and surrounding sixty-three (63) acre National Historic Landmark site for public exhibition as an historical monument to the times and area in which the property was built and for the instruction, education, enlightenment, information, edification and cultural benefit of the citizens of the State of Louisiana, the United States and the public generally.
Open to the public since 1976, our institutional values include complete respect for the National Landmark with which we have been entrusted. This not only is evident in our dedication to it’s preservation and maintenance but in our complete adherence to narrative integrity, in deference to this iconic historic site whose past includes serving as a place of enslavement even as it was celebrated for its stunning landscape. Source: Oak Valley Plantation Website.
Pisciculture workshop in Yangambi - DRC.
Photo by Axel Fassio/CIFOR
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Munich's Old Town Hall ("Gothic Town Hall" in former days, before edification of the New Town Hall) - was built by Jörg von Halspack between 1470 and 1480. After ongoing modifications in accordance with the taste of the day in the Late Renaissance and Baroque periods, the "Alte Rathaus" was reconverted to the Gothic style in 1861-64.
It was badly damaged during the Second World War, restoration beginning shortly afterwards. The archway and passage for pedestrians date from the 19th century. The 55m/180ft tower of the Old Town Hall, rising prominently in the southeast corner of the Marienplatz, was rebuilt in 1975.
The interior is a masterpiece of medieval design. It has a barrel-vaulted timber roof with decorated beams and golden stars, a frieze of coats of arms (1478) and the celebrated figures of Morisco dancers by Erasmus Grasser (originals in Municipal Museum).
The steeple on the right is of the Heilig-Geist-Kirche ("Holy Spirit Church").
See more informations here.
(further pictures and information you can see by clicking on the link at the end of page!)
Chronicle of the parish | parish church | parsonage
Parish Centre | Lourdes Chapel
History of the parish
1187, Wolkersdorf was for the first time as "Wolfkersdorf" in a deed of donatio by Manhard and Ulrich von Hintperch (= Himberg) mentioned. The parish Wolkersdorf appears in 1328 for the first time as a manorial establishment. The parish has always been limited to the local area. Over the centuries, the residents of the parish brought it through diligence and thrift to a modest prosperity. As to infestations, natural disasters and two plague epidemics are mentioned. The parish, located in the eastern border area of Austria, in times of war through occupation and looting had to suffer much. Mention should be made in this respect of the Turkish threat, the incursion of the Swedes during the 30 Years War, the plundering by the French under Napoleon as well as the Prussian army, which had advanced after the defeat of Austria in Hradec Králové in 1866 to the Rußbach (brook); finally the difficult time of the Soviet occupation after the Second World War should be mentioned. By order of the Lower Austrian Provincial Government of 14th November 1968 Wolkersdorf was conferred upon it the town charter. By the archbishop of Vienna the deanery Pillichsdorf on 1st January 1996 was renamed into the deanery Wolkersdorf. The parish has about 3,000 Catholics.
Parish Church
The parish church was built by Stephan von Slaet 1341-1350 and dedicated to Saint Margaret. This small gothic church (9.40 m long, 5.45 m wide, about 9 m high) is the presbytery for the today's parish church. 1727 Emperor Charles VI. the house of God by the Baroque nave had to its present size expanded (21.8 m long, 9.9 m wide, 12.5 m high). Despite the uniform external facade design, the two phases of construction are still recognizable, the Gothic presbytery and the Baroque ship. In 1754 Empress Maria Theresa the tower had built (37 m high).
Interior equipment: When you enter the church through the main gate under the tower, you are received by a bright, in cheerful colors decorated space. In the vertex of the presbytery wall the mighty Habsburg imperial eagle can be seen. The heart shield of the double eagle is surrounded by the insignia of the Order of the Golden Fleece and bears the monogram Emperor Charles VI . - CVI. In the claws the eagle holds sword and scepter, while a banner the motto of the Emperor and the year of the expansion of the church shows: "Constantia et Fortitudine" (with steadiness and fortitude) 1727.
The Baroque high altar was built in 1768 in imitation marble. The structure has over the tabernacle yet a Drehtabernakel (revolving tabernacle) for exposure of the Blessed Sacrament. Above it forms a plastic, the apocalyptic Lamb of God representing, flanked by two adoring angels, the conclusion. The retabel structure fits organically into the Gothic choir. Right of the altar is on a high pedestal saint Rochus represented, on the left, in the same way the holy Sebastian. In the middle part is behind the high altar in a picture larger than life the church patron, saint Margaretha represented (the painting is signed "FB 1832" - painter unknown). The saint stands upright and holds in her left hand a cross against the dragon (symbolizing the temptation to apostasy), while Schwurhand (oath hand) and look to our Heavenly Father are elevated, which appears above her. In the right wall of the presbytery there are seating niches with small ribbed vaults in the Gothic style (around 1350) with the coat of arms of the Counts of Nuremberg worked off.
On the side altars are two late Baroque wood-carved figures (1760), saint Joseph and the most blessed Virgin Mary, erected. The pulpit in the Rococo style dates back to 1770. The Stations of the Cross - by Viennese artist Eduard Kerschbaum 1968 of basswood carved - are attached to the side walls of the nave. The organ was built in 1897 by the Viennese organ builder Johann M. Kauffmann as a mechanical cone chests organ with 16 registers.
From the church square the church staircase on a bridge (flying buttress) above the Mittelstraße (central road) leads to the parish church. In 1727, this staircase was decorated with six life-sized Baroque stone sculptures. This is probably an expression of gratitude for the successful baroque church reconstruction under Emperor Charles VI. Initiator of the edification of the saints was the then minister Christoph Leopold Edler von Guarient and Raall. The work was financed by donations from the guilds and by donations from individual citizens.
On the right side of the ascent there are statues
of saint Charles Borromeo, who was regarded as the patron saint against the plague.
of saint John of Nepomuk, who as a "bridge saint" was very revered among the people, and above
of st. Florian, who was popular as a patron of the fire and the forge.
On the left side there are the statues
of st. Joseph, who was called on as a patron for a good hour of death, and as a protector against an unprepared, sudden death,
the Mother of God as immaculately received Virgin who crushes the serpent's head, and above
of saint Leopold, the country's (Lower Austria) patron saint, who is represented as founder of churches and monasteries (church on the right arm).
Vicarage
The vicarage was built around 1727. The building with a Gothic core in 1797 was increased and adapted as parsonage. During the March battles against Napoleon, Emperor Franz I had from 16th May to 6th July 1809 here his headquarters installed. In 1997, the exterior facade was renovated.
Parish centre
By 1970 the parish center was built as a meeting place. Inside is an auditorium and seminar rooms which are used by the parochial groups. The parish center was built from 1971 to 1973 under Pastor Karl Ponweiser as a meeting place. The house is intended for cultural and pastoral events. It is used by all parish groups and for individual events (eg lectures, concerts, theatrical performances, balls) also leased.
Lourdes Chapel
At the point where yet in 1783 a cross was erected "to the glory of God and the consolation of the poor souls", the chapel was built in honor of Our Lady of Lourdes in 1890. 1909 this church was enlarged in the neo-Gothic-Romanesque style, so this first chapel is forming the presbytery for the present chapel.
In the curvature of the chancel 1971 a by Viennese artist Eduard Kerschbaum of basswood carved statue of Mary (1.3 m high) was erected. The statue is carved in the style of "lovely Madonnas" of the Gothic. The Mother of God carries in her right arm the Infant Jesus and in her left hand she holds a bunch of grapes, and she is therefore worshiped as "Wine-Producing Country Madonna", too.
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Visit to IIAP Carbon monitoring site, Quistococha.
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Peat soil.
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