Austria Travel Guide - Visiting Mariazell Basilica
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Since its beginning, the town and basilica of Mariazell have grown from a single small shrine and limited community, to immense basilica and sizable town.
To this day, they remain undeniable the most prominent pilgrimage destination in Austria.
The Mariazell Basilica, in its current form, dates back to the 17th century.
The earlier church was significantly smaller, and the one which predated that was a simple yet holy altar.
The greatest treasure of the basilica is a small, but supposedly miraculous wooden image of Mary.
One of Austria's greatest churches, the Mariazell Basilica is open to visitors and pilgrims.
Pope Benedict gives Mass outside Basilica in Mariazell
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1. Tilt-down from church to mass gathered to listen to Pope Benedict XVI's mass
2. Wide of choir singing
3. Priest carrying statue of Virgin Mary
4. Medium of pope inside church greeting the masses
5. Wide of pope walking out of church towards outside altar, greeting and blessing people
6. Wide of crowd waving
7. Various medium and close of pope going towards outside altar
8. Crowd cheering and waving
9. Pope blessing the outside altar with incense
10. Wide of choir
11. Medium of people sitting in rain
12. SOUNDBITE (German) Pope Benedict XVI:
I thank you for waiting in the rain and I thank you for celebrating the joys of faith and passing it on to each other. Vergelts Gott (Austrian way of saying thank you). But now to celebrate our faith, we will start to recollect ourselves.
13. Wide of crowd listening
14.SOUNDBITE (German) Pope Benedict XVI:
We need an anxious and open heart, it is the essence of our pilgrims. Even today, it is not enough to act and think like everyone else. Our lives are made to go on much wider paths. We need God.
15. Wide of mass
STORYLINE
Pope Benedict XVI made a pilgrimage on Saturday to a famous shrine to the Virgin Mary in Mariazell, Austria, where he celebrated an open-air Mass for more than 30,000 faithful and made a case that faith is still a force for good in Europe.
The pope was taken by car to Mariazell, about 150 kilometres (90 miles) southwest of Vienna, after more poor weather on the second day of his Austria visit prompted organisers to cancel plans to bring him there by army helicopter.
The Archdiocese of Vienna said 33,000 believers were ticketed for the event, and that scores from Eastern Europe, including 70 bishops, were among the crowd, which packed grandstands and a rain-slicked, fog-shrouded square.
Pilgrims in disposable plastic raincoats waved umbrellas and cheered as the pope made its way through Mariazell's cobblestone streets to take his place before an outdoor altar.
In his greeting to the crowd he praised their imperturbability.
I thank you for waiting in the rain, he said.
Although there have been no visions of Mary at Mariazell, it has drawn millions of pilgrims over the centuries, and Benedict said this year's 850th anniversary of its founding was the reason for my coming.
We need an anxious and open heart, it is the essence of our pilgrims. Even today, it is not enough to act and think like everyone else. Our lives are made to go on much wider paths. We need God, said Pope Benedict.
During his three-day pilgrimage, the pope is reaching out to disillusioned believers in this central European land, once the centre of a Catholic-influenced empire and now a wealthy but small nation that has seen considerable dissent against the church.
Thousands of Austrian Catholics have formally renounced their church affiliation, citing disgust with clergy sex scandals and a government-imposed church tax.
Benedict's visit concludes on Sunday with a Mass at Vienna's St. Stephen's Cathedral and a visit to the Heiligenkreuz abbey outside the capital.
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Pope arriving at Basilica in Mariazell, Mass
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1. Wide aerial of large crowd in Mariazell waiting for pope
2. Wide of Pope Benedict XVI's car arriving (sign on shed saying (German) a present from the sky)
3. Wide of cars and security around arrival
4. Medium shot of pope getting out of car and being greeted
5. Cutaway of photographers and security
6. Medium shot of pope being greeted by children with pope saying (German) We just put it there, this is for you
7. Wide of crowd waiting for pope
8. Zoom-in to crowd
9. Wide of cars and security
10. Medium of pope in Popemobile, waving
11. Wide arial of Popemobile driving off
12. Wide of Popemobile driving through Mariazell
13. Cutaway of church in Mariazell
14. Popemobile driving through town with zoom-in to pope waving
15. Cutaway of people waiting
16. Wide of pope entering into church
17. Pan from the ceiling inside the church to the arrival ceremony proceeding towards the altar
18. Close of pope greeting people inside church
19. Virgin Mary statue at altar
20. Wide of pope kneeling down in front of it
STORYLINE
Pope Benedict XVI made a pilgrimage on Saturday to a famous shrine to the Virgin Mary, where he planned to celebrate an open-air Mass for more than 30,000 faithful and make a case that faith is still a force for good in Europe.
The pope was taken by car to Mariazell, about 150 kilometres (90 miles) southwest of Vienna, after more poor weather on the second day of his Austria visit prompted organisers to cancel plans to bring him there by army helicopter.
The Archdiocese of Vienna said 33,000 believers were ticketed for the event, and that scores from Eastern Europe, including 70 bishops were among the crowd, which packed a rain-slicked, fog-shrouded field.
A ripple of excitement went through the crowd as the pope arrived.
Although there have been no visions of Mary at Mariazell, it has drawn millions of pilgrims over the centuries, and Benedict said the 850th anniversary of its founding was the reason for my coming.
On Friday, Benedict acknowledged Europe's tragic past and warned of its uncertain future as he honoured Jews killed in the Holocaust, and urged the continent to accept its Christian heritage.
He said abortion must never be considered a human right, urged European political leaders to encourage young married couples to have children and said the continent's greying population must not become old in spirit.
During his three-day pilgrimage, which ends on Sunday, the pope is reaching out to disillusioned believers in this central European land, once the centre of a Catholic-influenced empire and now a wealthy but small nation that has seen considerable dissent against the church.
In his condemnation of abortion, Benedict said he was speaking out for those unborn children who have no voice.
Benedict's visit concludes on Sunday with a Mass at Vienna's St. Stephen's Cathedral and a visit to the Heiligenkreuz abbey outside the capital.
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Pilgrims arrive at cathedral in Mariazell
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1. Wide pan of pilgrims gathered outside cathedral
2. Various of pilgrims wearing raincoats and holding umbrellas
3. Pilgrims walking up hill to reach Mariazell
4. Tilt-up to spires of cathedral
5. Mid shot of guards dressed as soldier of the old Austrian-Hungary empire
6. Guards on street, pilgrims standing behind barriers
7. Wide of pilgrims walking up street
8. Mid shot of young pilgrims standing behind barrier
9. Various of guards lining street
10. Various of pilgrims behind barriers
11. SOUNDBITE (German): Sister Michaela Pfeiffer, pilgrim:
I am very happy that he's coming here, that he is a pilgrim like us. Most of all I am happy that he's coming to share the faith with us. I am here to show my happiness on my faith.
12. Guards outside cathedral
13. SOUNDBITE (German): Sister Michaela Pfeiffer, pilgrim:
I am coming form Linz and we have been walking for four kilometres (2.5 miles) from Erlaub (lake nearby) to get up here.
14. Wide shot of pilgrims watching video screen on wall
15. Soldiers looking on
16. Plastic sheeting being attached to stage area to protect it from the rain
STORYLINE
Thousands of Christian pilgrims arrived in Mariazell, Austria on Saturday for an open-air Mass attended by Pope Benedict XVI.
The mass is to commemorate the 850th anniversary of the founding of Mariazell, a famous shrine to the Virgin Mary about 150 kilometres (90 miles) southwest of Vienna.
The pope was to be taken by car to Mariazell after more poor weather on the second day of his Austria visit prompted organisers to cancel plans to bring him there by army helicopter.
But the persistent rain didn't dampen the spirits of the thousands of pilgrims.
I am very happy that he's coming here, that he is a pilgrim like us. Most of all I am happy that he's coming to share the faith with us. I am here to show my happiness on my faith, said Sister Michaela Pfeiffer.
The Vienna Archdiocese said 33,000 pilgrims were ticketed for the event and that 70 bishops, mostly from Eastern Europe, would join in.
Benedict's Austrian visit concludes on Sunday with a Mass at Vienna's St. Stephen's Cathedral and a visit to the Heiligenkreuz abbey outside the capital.
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Nuestra Señora de Mariazell - Patrona de Austria [HD] [Widescreen]
Mariazell es el principal santuario mariano de Austria, Hungría y Bohemia. El Santuario está localizado en el poblado de Mariazell en los montes de Estiria, Austria, a unos 160 kilómetros al sudoeste de Viena y es uno de los más populares de Europa, recibiendo un millón de peregrinos al año.
Se dice que en la noche del 21 de diciembre de 1157, un monje benedictino llamado Magnus caminaba por el bosque buscando un lugar para construir un monasterio. En su camino encontró una inmensa roca que le impedía el paso. Magnus se arrodilló a rezarle a la Virgen que lo guiara. El monje oyó un gran ruido y la roca se partió en dos, permitiendo seguir su camino. En una rama junto a la roca, Magnus dejó una pequeña estatua de madera de la Virgen. Poco después, junto con personas del área, construyó una pequeña capilla para la estatua y una celda monástica. La fama de la estatua milagrosa de la Virgen pronto se propagó.
En el siglo XIII, el príncipe Enrique Ladislao de Moravia construyó la primera iglesia a la Virgen en agradecimiento a su curación. Los húngaros estaban entre los primeros en peregrinar a Mariazell. Pronto siguieron peregrinos de Croatia, Slovakia, Bohemia, Alemania y otros países.
En 1377, Luis el Grande de Hungría, construyó la Capilla de las Gracias (Gnadenkappelle) en agradecimiento por la victoria sobre los invasores turcos. Allí se venera la estatua románica de la Virgen, envuelta siempre en un manto según la tradición.
En 1907 durante el 750° aniversario de la fundación del monasterio, el Papa Pío X la constituye basílica menor y en 1908 la imagen de la Virgen, Nuestra Señora de Mariazell, recibió la corona papal. El santuario recibió a Juan Pablo II como peregrino el 13 de septiembre de 1983.
El 8 de septiembre de 2007, celebró sus 850 años con la visita del Benedicto XVI, quien dijo: Es uno de los símbolos del encuentro de los pueblos europeos en torno a la fe cristiana... Desde hace 850 años vienen aquí personas de diversos pueblos y naciones que rezan trayendo consigo los deseos de sus corazones y de sus países.
Mariazell, poutní místo v Rakousku
Mariazell, poutní místo v Rakousku leží nedaleko hranic Česka. Je nejslavnější mariánskou svatyní ve střední Evropě, duchovním a náboženským střediskem katolických národů Dunajského prostoru.
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From Ybbs to Mariazell - Austria HD Travel Channel
Our journey begins in Ybbs on the Danube, at the power plant Ybbs-Persenbeug. The run-of-the-river hydroelectricity plant is the oldest of the Austrian Danube power plants and was put into operation in 1959.
On a rock next door you can see Persenbeug Castle, the birthplace of the last Emperor Charles I of Austria.
We drive south. In the valley of the river Erlauf we arrive at Scheibbs, a small town with a medieval character. Scheibbs was the secular administration center of the monastic dominion of Gaming Charterhouse.
In the 16th century, the region experienced an economic upswing by the privilege to supply the miners at the Erzberg (ore mountain) with food. Here begins one of the Eisenstraßen (iron trade roads). Through the Eisenwurzen, as the region is called, it leads to the Erzberg in Styria. Hammer mills, small iron processing enterprises, were built along the street. In the 19th Century, this development led to the settlement of the most significant and most modern iron works and sheet metal works in the Imperial and Royal Monarchy.
1332, Duke Albrecht II of Austria, grandson of Rudolf I the Roman-German king and ancestor of the Habsburg Empire, founded the Gaming Charterhouse, which was temporarily the largest Carthusian monastery in Europe and acquired special significance when Albrecht II. relocated his family tomb from Königsfelden Abbey in the Argovia, to strengthen his territorial lordship. He, his wife Joanna of Pfirt and his daughter Elisabeth of Luxembourg are buried in Gaming. 1797, the Charterhouse was rescinded and fell under Joseph II. Since 1983, it was renovated by architect Walter Hildebrand and now houses some branches of various universities.
The pre-Alpine landscape is dominated by Oetscher. At its foot lies the crystal clear mountain lake called Erlaufsee. The region is a popular winter sports area. The Natur Park Oetscher-Tormäuer and Wildalpener Salzatal are among the most pristine landscapes in Austria. The last great virgin forest of Central Europe served once as a hunting ground for the Rothschild Family.
Mariazell, Styria, in the far north, is the most important place of pilgrimage in Austria. The statue of Magna Mater Austriae annually attracts about 1 million visitors every year.
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Unsere Reise beginnt in Ybbs an der Donau, am Kraftwerk Ybbs-Persenbeug. Das Laufkraftwerk ist das älteste der österreichischen Donaukraftwerke und wurde 1959 in Betrieb genommen. Auf einem Felsen nebenan liegt Schloss Persenbeug, Geburtsstätte des letzten Kaisers Österreichs Karl I.
Wir fahren Richtung Süden. Im Erlauftal treffen wir auf Scheibbs, eine kleine Stadt mit mittelalterlichem Charakter. Damals war Scheibbs weltliches Verwaltungszentrum der Klosterherrschaft von Gaming.
Wirtschaftlichen Aufschwung erlebte die Region im 16. Jahrhundert durch das Privileg, die Bergleute am Erzberg mit Lebensmitteln zu versorgen. Hier beginnt eine der Eisenstraßen durch die Eisenwurzen, wie die Region genannt wird. Sie führt zum Erzberg in der Steiermark. Entlang der Straße wurden Hammerwerke errichtet, Eisen verarbeitende Kleinbetriebe. Diese Entwicklung führte im 19. Jahrhundert zur Ansiedlung der bedeutendsten und modernsten Eisen- und Walzblechwerke der k.k. Monarchie.
Herzog Albrecht II. von Österreich, Enkel von Rudolfs I., des römisch-deutschen Königs und Stammvater des Habsburgerreichs, gründete 1332 die Kartause Gaming, das zeitweise das größte Kartäuserkloster Europas war. Besondere Bedeutung erlangte es, weil Albrecht II. damit auch seine Familiengruft vom Kloster Königsfelden im Aargau hierher verlegte, um seine Landesherrschaft zu stärken.
Er, seine Frau Johanna von Pfirt und seine Schwiegertochter Elisabeth von Luxemburg liegen in Gaming begraben. 1797 wurde die Kartause unter Joseph II. aufgehoben und verfiel. Seit 1983 wurde sie von Architekt Walter Hildebrand renoviert und beherbergt heute einige Außenstellen verschiedener Universitäten.
Die voralpine Landschaft, wird vom Ötscher überragt. An seinem Fuß liegt der kristallklare Erlaufsee. Im Winter ist die Region ein beliebtes Wintersportgebiet. Die Naturschutzgebiete Ötscher-Tormäuer und Wildalpener Salzatal gehören zu den ursprünglichsten Landschaften Österreichs. Der letzte große Urwald Mitteleuropas diente einst den Rothschilds als Jagdrevier.
Mariazell, im äußersten Norden der Steiermark, ist der bedeutendste Wallfahrtsort Österreichs. Das Gnadenbild „Magna Mater Austriae zieht jährlich etwa 1 Million Besucher an.
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Mariazell is a small city in Austria, in Styria, well known for winter sports, N. of Graz. It is picturesquely situated in the valley of the Salza, amid the north Styrian Alps.
It is a site of pilgrimage for Catholics from Austria and neighboring countries. The object of veneration is an image of the Virgin Mary reputed to work miracles, carved in lime-tree wood. This was brought to the place in 1157, and is now enshrined in a chapel adorned with objects of silver and other costly materials. The large church of which the chapel forms part was erected in 1644 as an expansion of a smaller church built by Louis I, King of Hungary, after a victory over the Turks in 1363.
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Of the myriad of day trip possibilities (or overnight) from Vienna, one of the best is to head into the picturesque Alps and visit the charming mountain shrine town and ski resort of Mariazell. Mariazell is splendidly situated in the eastern Alps of Austria, right across the border of Lower Austria in the province of Steirmark (Styria). It is Central Europe's most revered religious destination for its famous shrine and basilica. Yet it also is a top-notch ski resort in winter. Of course Alpine hiking and biking can be undertaken through much of the year. And there is always local beer and other specialties.
To get there, one travels to the lovely capital city of Lower Austria - St. Pölten - on a choice of trains from Vienna's Westbahnhof. In St. Pölten, one changes to the classic narrow gauge mountain railway called the Mariazellerbahn. This is still a working train route, operating several times daily, every day of the year. The trains are very old and proceed slowly but they carry you through some gorgeous valley and mountain scenery. It is not a tourist train; it's a real train operated by Austrian National Railways.
And if you have time, why not make a stop in St. Pölten. Its maze of pedestrian streets and plazas in the old town, complemented by some striking modern architecture in the government quarter make for a pleasant stroll.
So sit back and breathe in the mountain air while you travel to Mariazell, listening to Josef Haydn's Emperor Quartet. This music by Haydn is a set of variations based on the Imperial Austrian Anthem that he had earlier composed to rally the peoples of the Austrian Empire and to honor the Habsburgs in their heroic battles against the forces of Napoleon. Peace!
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Die Bürgeralpe
Der 1266 m hohe Hausberg von Mariazell bietet einen prachtvollen Ausblick in das Mariazeller Bergland. Die Bürgeralpe hat eine dicht bewaldete Bergkuppe und auf dem Gipfel befindet sich die Erzherzog-Johann-Warte (25 m hoch, mit bezeichnetem Panorama!). Daneben findet man das Gipfelkreuz und die Edelweißhütte. Auffahrtsmöglichkeit mit der Seilbahn, daher eher als Bergabwanderung empfehlenswert!
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WRAP Pope arrival, Mass outside Basilica in Mariazell; reax from pilgrims
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1. Wide pan of pilgrims gathered outside church in Mariazell
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2. Medium shot of pope being greeted by children with pope saying (German) We just put it there, this is for you
3. Cutaway of church in Mariazell
4. Popemobile driving through town with zoom-in to pope waving
5. Cutaway of people waiting
6. Wide of pope entering into church
7. Wide of arrival ceremony proceeding towards the altar
8. Close of pope greeting people inside church
9. Virgin Mary statue at altar
10. Wide of pope kneeling down in front of it
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11. Wide of choir singing
12. Priest carrying statue of Virgin Mary
13. Wide of pope walking out of church towards outside altar, greeting and blessing people
14. Medium of people standing in rain
15. Various medium and close of pope going towards outside altar
16. Crowd cheering and waving
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17. SOUNDBITE (German) Pope Benedict XVI:
Our faith condemns the resignation following the notion that there is no such thing as an absolute truth and that men can't find truth. This resignation in front of the truth is the essence of the crisis in Western Europe.
18. Wide of pope reading his speech
19. SOUNDBITE (German) Pope Benedict XVI:
Europe has become child-poor. We want everything for ourselves, and place little trust in the future.
20. Very wide of very large crowd
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21. Medium shot of pope walking and shaking hands with pilgrims
22. SOUNDBITE (German) Sebastian Otschinzki, VoxPop:
It was great, I was shaking hands with the pope. I was completely out of myself, I could not say anything. I totally ran out of words
23. Close of pilgrims talking to each other
24. SOUNDBITE (German) Manfred Plank, VoxPop:
My whole life, I have been an active Catholic. This (seeing the pope) is the climax of my life as a Catholic so far. I'm happy I was alive to be here.
25. Wide of pope greeting pilgrims
STORYLINE
Pope Benedict XVI made a pilgrimage on Saturday to a famous shrine to the Virgin Mary, where he celebrated an open-air Mass in the rain for more than 30,000 believers and called on Europeans to embrace faith.
The pope was taken by car to Mariazell, about 150 kilometres (90 miles) southwest of Vienna, after more poor weather on the second day of his Austria visit prompted organisers to cancel plans to bring him there by army helicopter.
The Archdiocese of Vienna said 33,000 believers were ticketed for the event, and that scores from Eastern Europe, including 70 bishops, were among the crowd, which packed grandstands and a rain-slicked, fog-shrouded square.
In his homily, Benedict said the Catholic faith condemns the notion that there is no absolute truth.
This resignation in front of the truth is the essence of the crisis in Western Europe, the pope said.
Although there have been no visions of Mary at Mariazell, it has drawn millions of pilgrims over the centuries, and Benedict said this year's 850th anniversary of its founding was the reason for my coming.
Security was heavy for the pope's visit, with more than 3,500 police officers and soldiers deployed to protect him.
Pilgrims in disposable plastic raincoats waved umbrellas and cheered as the popemobile made its way through Mariazell's cobblestone streets and Benedict emerged, wading through the crowd to take his place before an outdoor altar.
Sebastian Otschinzki, who shook hands with the pope after the mass, spoke to AP Television in a state of excitement:
I was completely out of myself, I could not say anything. I totally ran out of words, Otschinzki said.
Another pilgrim, Manfred Plank, described the occasion as the climax of my life as a Catholic so far.
Benedict began his trip by condemning abortion.
The pope expanded on that theme on Saturday.
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