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Wayside Shrine "Jesu Namen"

Bad Mitterndorf

The old wayside shrine is on the local mountain "Kampl". According to a legend a boy lost orientation in the west area of the summit. 

In his desperate situation he tried to find shelter by the spirit of god and cut the holy letters "IHS" in the grass. Shortly after that he found his way home. The myth says, that this name was visible almost until the second half of the 20th century. Therefore nowadays there is a cross and once a year people celebrate a mountain fair there. 

At the time this legend was recorded (1925), the narrator Franz Egger, who was about eight years old at the time, stated that his grandfather had seen the apparition on the Kampl himself. However, the two legends of the Salzschwärzerbande and Jesus' name on the Rötelstein tell the same story in different contexts in the same alpine pasture area and are most likely older. It can therefore be assumed that this is an older legend that Franz Egger had heard from his grandfather and, in his childlike faith, associated with his grandfather.

01/05/2026 - 31/10/2026
Monday - Sunday
all day

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Bildstock Jesu Namen
Obernbergwald
8983 Bad Mitterndorf
Hiking at Zirbitzkogel

What the weather will be like Bad Mitterndorf (800m)

Today, 11.08.2026

Dry and fair in the early morning, then variable with frequent showers.
Morning
sunny
19°C
sr.Regenwahrscheinlichkeit 0%
sr.Windstärke 0 km/h
Noon
cloudy
26°C
sr.Regenwahrscheinlichkeit 55%
sr.Windstärke 10 km/h
Night
cloudy
22°C
sr.Regenwahrscheinlichkeit 55%
sr.Windstärke 5 km/h

Tomorrow, 12.08.2026

Dry and sunny throughout the day with hardly any clouds.
Morning
very sunny
16°C
sr.Regenwahrscheinlichkeit 0%
sr.Windstärke 0 km/h
Noon
very sunny
27°C
sr.Regenwahrscheinlichkeit 15%
sr.Windstärke 5 km/h
Night
very sunny
24°C
sr.Regenwahrscheinlichkeit 5%
sr.Windstärke 5 km/h

Forecast

13.08.2026
very sunny
11°C 29°C
14.08.2026
very sunny
10°C 31°C
15.08.2026
very sunny
11°C 33°C