THE WOODEN MAN ON THE COUNTRY ROAD

THE TATARMAND'L

The Middle Ages were a turbulent time, and today's Carinthia also knew a thing or two about it. Bloody Turkish wars and peasant uprisings alternated. These hordes invaded Carinthia five times, twice reaching as far as Sirnitz - that was in 1476 and 1478. These hordes invaded Carinthia five times, twice reaching as far as Sirnitz - that was in 1476 and 1478. The wooden Tartar wall on the Hochrindl road marks the point to which a "Tartar pile" advanced!