Leisach

The church hill of Lavant with the roman excavations:

On the rocky hill are the two pilgrimage churches of St. Ulrich (baroque building) and St. Peter and St. Paul (gothic nave, carved winged altar), and stations of the cross with a crucifixion group. Next to it are the uncovered remains of an early christian episcopal church (2nd - 5th century) and a medieval refuge castle. In the small museum findings from several centuries can be watched (eg roman marble stones, grave slabs, household effects, jewelery, coins, weapons, tools, ceramics, etc. - most of them date from the 3rd - 6th century). A model of the settlements on this hill explains its exposed location surrounded by deep canyon, that are only accessible from the northeast. Opening times 2022: daily from Easter till All saints’ Day, all day long

Leisach 710 m

The small holiday-village with inns, guesthouses and private rooms, 2 km in the south of Lienz (900 inhabitants) is the starting point for many hiking and mountain tours up to the Hochstein and in the Lienz Dolomites - eg in the untouched Kerschbaumer valley, where mountain hikers and climbers will find relaxation and adventure. From the village also starts the panoramic road „Pustertaler Höhenstraße“. Attractions: The gothic parochial church of St. Michael with its high surrounding wall reminiscents of an fortress church. She was first mentioned in documents by the year 1308 and became renovated gothically in the years 1910-1912. Remarkable are the three winged altars by Josef Bachlechner from Hall in Tirol. About 2 km from

Leisach the ruins of the Lienzer Klause are located – an old valley and road fortress from the middle ages. In earlier times, the entire traffic from and to the Pustertal moved through this hermitage (see infobox below). A paradise to relax and rest is the leisure center Leisach, with the forestside swimming pool near the river Drau, the adjacent sports facilities and the children‘s adventure playground.

hotel Municipal Office: 9909 Leisach 10 Tel. +43 4852 62660, www.leisach.gv.at info Tourismusverband Osttirol, Ferienregion Lienzer Dolomiten 9900 Lienz, Mühlgasse 11, Tel. +43 50 212 212, Fax -2, info@osttirol.com, www.osttirol.com

Utensils Gastronomy - Leisach

warehouse Hotels / Guesthouses ... with restaurant

Gasthof Leisacherwirt

Utensils Restaurants

Leisach 6, Tel. +43 4852 64422

Kegelstadel Restaurant Pizzeria Leisach 98, Tel. +43 4852 61999, www.kegelstadel.at Cheeseburger Snacks

Waldschwimmbad Leisach

Leisach 101, Tel. +43 4852 62660

BINOCULARS Tourist attractions in Leisach

The Lienzer Klause (Leisach - Burgfrieden) was built in 1240 by the bishop of Bressanone in fear of the counts of Gorizia as a barrier and defensive system (fortress) on the way through the Pustertal. However, soon the fortress falls into the hands of the Gorizian counts. Expanded and strengthened later, the hermitage was meaningful one last time ... at the time of the French wars. French millitary general Rusca Lienz was successful stopped here on its march through the Pustertal and thereafter he was also forced to leave Lienz.