In Dörfla, trails and historic sites offer different ways to explore the village’s history: the Legends Trail connects stories with the places where they originated, the Old Fire Brigade Depot displays historical equipment from the founding year of 1904, and Haus Lukas-Hydn can be dated in relation to the Franciscan Cadastre. These topics give travellers specific points of reference for exploring the landscape, storytelling tradition and architectural history individually.

The Legends Trail and other routes

The St. Martin im Sulmtal Legends Trail connects stories with the places where they originated and with the village’s history. It passes through an appealing natural landscape and significant historic settlement areas in the cadastral municipalities of Dörfla, Sulb and Aigen. The stories are thus linked to specific places; the three cadastral municipalities also define the landscape setting of the trail.

The Legends Trail is classified as moderately difficult. Another named route is the Ölspur-große Familientour No. 727. At Dörfla, it leaves the main road and then continues to Dietmannsdorf. The Legends Trail focuses on stories and its moderate difficulty level; for Route No. 727, the turn-off and onward route to Dietmannsdorf are specified. Conditions on both routes may change; check the latest route information before setting out.

Historic traces in Dörfla

The Old Fire Brigade Depot of the St. Martin im Sulmtal Volunteer Fire Brigade at Dörfla 20 displays and presents historical equipment from its founding year, 1904. The year links the equipment on display to the brigade’s founding and gives the subject a specific historical context. As visiting arrangements may change, check the latest visitor information in advance.

Haus Lukas-Hydn at Dörfla 28 was built three years after the Franciscan Cadastre was compiled in 1828; the year refers to the cadastre, not to the construction of the house. The house and the fire brigade equipment therefore represent two clearly distinct historical time references: the interval after the 1828 cadastre and the founding year of 1904.

Church and culture in St. Martin im Sulmtale

The parish church in St. Martin im Sulmtale is first mentioned in records in 1244. Its exterior is that of a simple Baroque church; only a few remnants of the Gothic church remain. The first mention is a historical reference point, not a stated construction year. These details provide different ways to place historic buildings in context: for the church, the first mention and architecture are relevant; for the house, it is the time interval after the cadastre.

The “Styrian Singers’ and Musicians’ Gathering” has been held in the cultural hall in St. Martin for decades as an activity of the St. Martin folk dance group, on a biennial basis. If you would like to take this gathering into account when planning your visit, check the specific event dates. “Charley’s Aunt” has a different time reference: the VTG-Bühne St. Martin i. S. staged the play on several dates in January 2023 in the cultural hall. This makes it possible to distinguish the recurring musicians’ gathering from this specifically dated run of performances.

Discover more destinations: Sankt Martin Im Sulmtal, Groß Sankt Florian, Soboth, Trahütten, Lamberg, Deutschlandsberg, Gundersdorf, Pölfing-Brunn

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