Maria Lankowitz: Gaberl - Westblick
Maria Lankowitz lies in the Kainach valley, where the wooded slopes of the Packalpe rise above western Styria. The municipality stretches from the settled valley floor into forest and pasture country in the uplands, giving it a distinctly mountain-fringe character. The pilgrimage church of Maria Lankowitz has made the community a longstanding destination for Catholic pilgrims. Nearby Piber Federal Stud breeds Lipizzaner horses for Vienna’s Spanish Riding School, linking the area to one of Austria’s best-known equestrian traditions. Local roads and tracks connect the valley communities with the surrounding hills, while the Packalpe provides higher terrain of conifer forest and open alpine grazing.
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Maria Lankowitz has served as a Marian pilgrimage centre in western Styria since the late Middle Ages. Set on the eastern slopes of the Stubalpe range, the municipality lies above the Kainach valley, where wooded hills give way to the Graz Basin. The pilgrimage church of Maria Lankowitz, dedicated to the Visitation of Mary, remains the community’s defining landmark and preserves its long devotional tradition. Lake Piberstein, an artificial lake close to the centre, provides a waterside contrast to the surrounding uplands. The area is also associated with nearby Piber Stud, where Lipizzan horses are bred for Vienna’s Spanish Riding School. Continue through nearby webcams to explore different parts of western Styria.
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The terrain of Styria ranges from Alpine ridges in the north and west to vine-covered hills in the southeast, giving Austria’s second-largest province a distinctly varied character. The Mur is its principal river, flowing through Graz, the provincial capital and largest city. Graz’s Old Town and Schloss Eggenberg are jointly inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List, linking Renaissance and Baroque architecture to the region’s urban identity. Southern Styria is known for vineyards and pumpkin-seed oil, while forests and pastureland shape much of the interior. Discover how Styria connects with the wider Austrian landscape by browsing webcams nearby.
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Austria stretches from the Bohemian Massif along its northern edge to the Carnic Alps on the Italian border, encompassing high Alpine ranges and the Danube lowlands. The Danube links cities including Linz and Vienna, while the Grossglockner, at 3,798 metres, is the country’s highest mountain. Vienna developed for centuries as the seat of the Habsburg court, leaving imperial architecture around the Hofburg and Schönbrunn Palace. Salzburg is closely associated with Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, who was born there in 1756. Alpine Tyrol, wine-growing areas east of Vienna and the lakes of Salzkammergut add markedly different regional identities. Browse other webcams across Austria to place this setting in a wider geographic context.
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