Category: Austria

October 9, 2023

Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter (by Sophie Havard) – (English)

Once upon a time there was a tree, it lived peacefully. But he had something that the others didn’t have. It had green leaves all year round. But he wanted to be like everyone...

October 9, 2023

Frühling, Sommer, Herbst und Winter (von Autorin und Illustratorin Sophie Havard)

Es war einmal ein Baum, er lebte friedlich. Aber etwas hatte er, was die anderen nicht haben. Er hatte das ganze Jahr über grüne Blätter. Er wollte aber wie alle anderen sein. Darum ging...

May 10, 2020

THE ALPINE HORSE-PHANTOM (TALES AND LEGENDS OF THE TYROL) COLLECTED AND ARRANGED BY MADAME LA COMTESSE A. VON GÜNTHER

On the high Alp, called Els, in the Hinderdux, resides a mountain spirit, which the inhabitants of[100] the surrounding country are unable to paint horribly enough. It is described as a terrible horse-phantom, which nobody dare...

April 16, 2020

Chasing away elephants

A man is walking down the street, clapping his hands together every ten seconds. Asked by another man, why he is performing this peculiar behavior, he responds: “I’m clapping to scare away the elephants”....

December 25, 2017

Silent night (1818) by Franz Xaver Gruber

“Silent Night” (German: Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht) is a popular Christmas carol, composed in 1818 by Franz Xaver Gruber to lyrics by Joseph Mohr in the small town of Oberndorf bei Salzburg, Austria. It was declared an intangible cultural heritage by UNESCO in 2011. The song...

October 29, 2017

The Powerpoint to Java Converter by Patrick Schmöllerl

… or why we need Requirements Engineers Long, long time ago in a distant country lived an ambitious senior manager. He was one of the CEO’s favorites senior managers due to his prowess to...