We would like to thank...
Schwaiger Joe
The initiator of the Sebaldusweg is Josef Schwaiger, who has been known as Joe since his school days. The farmer and school bus operator from Gaflenz used to take patients who were undergoing rehabilitation in Weyer on excursions in the region on Sundays. The unanimous opinion of his passengers was: "You live in paradise. They were fascinated by something we hadn't even seen before!" - that, says Joe, was his inspiration to create this route.
It took a few years and some fellow travellers from the region for the idea to fall on fertile ground. But someone like Joe is as tenacious as he is persistent. Just as it should be for someone who has spent 55 years travelling on extreme rock and ice. He doesn't talk much about his mountaineering achievements. You have to ask a few questions to find out how many times he climbed Mont Blanc and the Glockner or that he climbed in the Gesäuse with the Weyr eight-thousander legends Sepp Larch and Sepp Hinding.
The path of appreciation - a very special path. And Joe is also appreciated. Because without his commitment and tireless endeavours, the Path of Appreciation would not exist!
THANK YOU, Joe!
Not to forget:
In addition to Joe Schwaiger, the initiator of the Path of Appreciation, we would also like to thank the Sebaldusweg working group - Angela Ahrer, Alois Wick, Georg Blasl, Andreas Forster, Maria Seyerlehner, Klaus Riedler, Herbert Matzenberger, Rosina Bürscher and Ute Steininger for their commitment, which made the creation of this path possible in the first place.
Special thanks also go to all the landowners through whose meadows and forests the Sebaldusweg leads for their co-operation. Without them, the route of the Sebaldusweg would not have been possible.
