Harvest Festival in Filzmoos
from 17th August to 1st November 2020
Harvest festival time in Filzmoos means experiencing first-hand traditional Salzburg culture and customs. The annual herding down of the cattle and thanksgiving festivals are events not to be missed - plus you can bask in the golden autumn sunshine.
In the autumn the cattle are herded down from the summer pastures back to their farms in the village. The animals are decorated with flowers and bells. A magnificent sight not to be missed.
Admission fee: € 2,00. Children and Filzmoos guests with guest card have free admission.
on Sunday 27th September 2020 - 8.00 am
The focal point of this event is the Harvest Festival Crown which is beautifully hand-crafted by the Filzmoos farmers´wives and blessed in a special service. The colourful procession by the village band and locals proudly dressed in their traditional Austrian costume to the Parish Church is accompanied by carts full of harvest produce and flowers.
Experience traditional Austrian music, culinary delights, farmers´market stalls and handicraft demonstrations such as spinning, felt-making and wood carving at Harvest Festival events in Filzmoos.
| Date | Event |
| Sunday, 27.09.2020 from 8.00 am |
Filzmoos Thanskgiving Festival, Filzmoos clubs meet up, blessing of the Harvest Festival Crown, procession to the Parish Church, mass. |
| Harvest Festival Restaurant | Specialities |
| Hotel Bischofsmütze Family Mayr www.hotel-bischofsmütze.at Tel. 0043 6453 8224 |
Cream of calves´innards, lumberjack platter, blood and liver sausage platter, blood sausage rosti, roasted liver, Filzmooser farmers´rosti, Pongau cheese gnoochi, various types of dumpling, sausage and ham delicacies from our own butchers´ |
| Hotel Happy Filzmoos Family Mehler www.happyfilzmoos.at Tel. 0043 6453 8584 |
Cheese dumpling soup, cheese gnocchi, Tyrolean rosti, farmer´s delight, blueberry gnocchi and lots of other seasonal specialities. |
| Oberhofalm Family Bliem www.oberhofalm.at Tel. 0043 6453 8594 |
Chamois soup, local game specialities, meat fritters, cheese gnocchi, meat gnocchi, farmer´s roast, porcini-venison roast, lamb innards, lamb from organic farm, blueberry gnocchi and sweet curd. |
| Gasthof Reithof Family Ahornegger www.reithof.com Tel. 0043 6453 8203 |
Roux soup, cream of garlic soup, blood and fried sausage, blood sausage rosti, lumberjack platter, ribs, knuckle of pork, Salzburger nockerl (sweet soufflé), Grandma´s apple rings, Salzburger schnitzel. |
| Unterhofalm Familie Schörghofer www.unterhofalm.at Tel. 0043 664 3566751 |
Cream of potato soup, meat fritters, farmer´s roast, cheese gnocchi, alpine ox in aspic, fish and game specialities, Unterhofalm cutlet, Kaiserschmarren (chopped pancake dish), farmer´s doughnuts |
| Farms | Produce |
| Kirchgasshof - Eisstadl Family Rettenwender Neuberg 29 Tel. 0043 6453 8509 |
Farm ice cream, bacon, cheese, jams. Ice cream parlour open daily (except Monday) with small farmer´s market from 12.00 pm |
| Nestlerhof Family Rettenwender Neuberg 3 Tel. 0043 6453 8524 |
Trout |
| Reithof Family Ahornegger Oberberg 20 Tel. 0043 6453 8203 |
Rowan berry schnapps, elderberry schnapps, plum schnapps and farmer´s bacon. |
