Advent & Christmas
Advent - the most beautiful time of the year!
The picturesque district of Christkindl gives the 1000-year-old town of Steyr the resounding name of Christkindlstadt. The Christkindl region has developed around Steyr in recent years. Old, often only regional customs and traditions are lovingly cultivated here and amaze guests and locals alike!
Advent in the Christkindlstadt
Shift down a gear and immerse yourself in the romantic atmosphere of the Christmas town of Steyr. Marvel at the Christmas Museum, explore the wintry old town with the night watchman and enjoy the festive atmosphere at the Advent blowing in the town square.
Place of pilgrimage Christkindl
The pilgrimage site of Christkindl has always been the centre of Christmas life in Steyr.
In the idyllic, baroque church, you can still see the wax Jesus child in the altar above the tabernacle, to whom the village owes its foundation.
The Christkindl post office was built directly behind the pilgrimage church in 1950. Every year, over 1.5 million letters are sent here with a Christmas stamp and special postmark, and the numerous children's wishes to the Christ Child are of course gladly answered.
The nativity scene rarities in the old vicarage are unique.
The mechanical nativity scene by Karl Klauda with around 300 figures moves thanks to a unique mechanism made from bicycle chains and the Pöttmesser nativity scene is one of the largest oriental landscape nativity scenes in the world with 778 figures carved from lime wood.
Advent markets in the Christmas town of Steyr
On the way to the Advent calendar village of Steinbach an der Steyr
Perchten, nativity scenes and the Christ Child in the Christkindl region
