{"id":8292,"date":"2021-10-10T11:37:24","date_gmt":"2021-10-10T09:37:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lofer.com\/the-kuehkranz-is-my-place-of-strength\/"},"modified":"2022-08-25T16:30:47","modified_gmt":"2022-08-25T14:30:47","slug":"the-kuehkranz-is-my-place-of-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lofer.com\/en\/the-kuehkranz-is-my-place-of-power","title":{"rendered":"\u201dThe K\u00fchkranz is my Place of Power\u201c"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Breaktime Chat<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>When he needs a break, he goes up to the K\u00fchkranz, says J\u00f6rg Zisler. There, the delicatessen proprietor from&nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lofer.com\/en\/salzburger-saalachtal\/weissbach\/\">Wei\u00dfbach<\/a> can recharge his batteries and regain his energy. We accompanied him along part of his way.<\/strong>\n\n<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201dFor me it is a real place of power up there\u201d, says J\u00f6rg and smiles while he gets his touring skis out of the car. We meet the owner of&nbsp; \u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/oafochguat\/\">Oafach guat<\/a>\u201c at the starting point for today&#8217;s <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lofer.com\/en\/things-to-do-in-winter\/ski-tours\">ski tour<\/a><\/strong>. Just a few metres above his shop, he has unpacked his equipment and got ready for his tour to the K\u00fchkranz. He will set off straight away to tackle the 1,811 metre high summit of the K\u00fchkranz. \u201cUp there I can really recharge my batteries.\u201d J\u00f6rg&#8217;s blue eyes twinkle and we notice that actually he wants to be on his way already. In just over 2 hours he will be up on the K\u00fchkranz, his power place. \u201cI enjoy the peace most of all. I have a little place there and when I hike up in summer and lie down in the grass, I fall asleep within a minute\u201d, explains J\u00f6rg and blinks in the sun.&nbsp; \u201cThere are spots on this planet which have something very special, something that you can&#8217;t really explain. For me, the K\u00fchkranz is such a place.\u201d&nbsp; He can&#8217;t get enough of the panorama from the summit either, says J\u00f6rg. \u201cAlthough the K\u00fchkranz isn&#8217;t that high, you have an almost 360 degree panorama \u2013 over the alms, the Leoganger Steinberge, the Loferer Steinberge, the Seehorn and the Kammerling Horn. Amazing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n<style>#kt-layout-id_1c0f31-48 > .kt-row-column-wrap{align-content:start;}:where(#kt-layout-id_1c0f31-48 > .kt-row-column-wrap) > .wp-block-kadence-column{justify-content:start;}#kt-layout-id_1c0f31-48 > .kt-row-column-wrap{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);row-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);padding-top:var( --global-kb-row-default-top, 25px );padding-bottom:var( --global-kb-row-default-bottom, 25px );padding-top:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 1.5rem);padding-bottom:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 1.5rem);grid-template-columns:repeat(2, minmax(0, 1fr));}#kt-layout-id_1c0f31-48 > .kt-row-layout-overlay{opacity:0.30;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){#kt-layout-id_1c0f31-48 > .kt-row-column-wrap{grid-template-columns:repeat(2, minmax(0, 1fr));}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){#kt-layout-id_1c0f31-48 > .kt-row-column-wrap{grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-rowlayout alignnone\"><div id=\"kt-layout-id_1c0f31-48\" class=\"kt-row-layout-inner kt-layout-id_1c0f31-48\"><div class=\"kt-row-column-wrap kt-has-2-columns kt-gutter-default kt-v-gutter-default kt-row-valign-top kt-row-layout-equal kt-tab-layout-inherit kt-m-colapse-left-to-right kt-mobile-layout-row\"><style>.kadence-column_530c3d-d0 > .kt-inside-inner-col{border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;}.kadence-column_530c3d-d0 > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column_530c3d-d0 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column_530c3d-d0 > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column_530c3d-d0 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column_530c3d-d0 > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column_530c3d-d0 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column_530c3d-d0{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column_530c3d-d0 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kadence-column_530c3d-d0 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column inner-column-1 kadence-column_530c3d-d0\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Different routes lead to the K\u00fchkranz<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The sun is high in the cloudless, dark blue winter sky and apart from us there is no one else  to be seen, far and wide. Now and again a crow caws. \u201cYes, relatively few people know this route here\u201d, says J\u00f6rg and points with his chin in the direction of the peak. \u201cThe K\u00fchkranz is the lower part of the 1,953 m Hochkranz. In summer, it is a relatively easy walk; in winter, on the other hand, the way here, via P\u00fcrzlbach, is definitely more demanding\u201d, says J\u00f6rg. For a leisurely, easier tour, he recommends the classic tour which leads up to the K\u00fchkranz from the car park at Hintertal via the Wei\u00dfbachalm and in the direction of the Kallbrunnalm. \u201cYou can ski down, depending on the snow cover, into the village, almost directly to my shop\u201d, says J\u00f6rg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u201dWe don&#8217;t need much. We are happy\u201c<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Originally J\u00f6rg comes from Zell am See, but he has found his home in the Salzburger Saalachtal and his great love Sandra. \u201cI have known Sandra for nearly 30 years\u201d, says J\u00f6rg and grins mischievously. \u201cWe got to know each other when we were both working in Lofer as ski instructors. Sandra actually comes from W\u00fcrzburg. But the Salzburger Saalachtal connects us and the mountains are simply our home.\u201d They wanted to set up camp here. In 2013, as they were returning from Lake Garda and wanted to drive on further to W\u00fcrzburg, they noticed a crane in Wei\u00dfbach and their wish became close enough to touch. \u201cSandra said to me: look, they&#8217;re building here\u201d, remembers J\u00f6rg. \u201cI then phoned the local council straight away to get more information. Yes and that was how everything started.\u201d J\u00f6rg says he is often asked why the pair, who have already seen so much of the world, have settled in Wei\u00dfbach next to the B311. \u201cWe searched for a long time for a location for our shop which would suit us perfectly. And we found it here in Wei\u00dfbah. My motto is bake small bread rolls. We don&#8217;t need much. We are happy with what we have, and free.\u201d The success proves the pair right. The little gourmet shop in Wei\u00dfbach is well-visited all year round. And in summer \u201e <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/oafochguat\/\">Oafoch guat<\/a>\u201c regularly turns into a little alpine meeting place.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.kadence-column_25e782-e4 > .kt-inside-inner-col{border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;}.kadence-column_25e782-e4 > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column_25e782-e4 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column_25e782-e4 > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column_25e782-e4 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column_25e782-e4 > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column_25e782-e4 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column_25e782-e4{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column_25e782-e4 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kadence-column_25e782-e4 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column inner-column-2 kadence-column_25e782-e4\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Positive energy thanks to first class products<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since 2015, J\u00f6rg and Sandra, who can both be found in the shop, offer a good selection of products which they produce themselves with real passion and high standards or are purchased on their joint tasting journeys. \u201cOur approach is that people need positive energy\u201d, J\u00f6rg explains the philosophy of&nbsp; \u201e <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/oafochguat\/\">Oafoch guat<\/a>\u201c. \u201cThat&#8217;s why we purchase all products directly from the producers \u2013 we assure ourselves personally that the quality is top class. Around two-thirds of our products come from farmers and producers from the region, such as cheese, jam, bacon or game from St. Martin. We buy beef from a friend of mine around the corner. We source some things from South Tyrol and Italy. And our range of homemade food such as gulasch or our speciality preserves is very well-received.\u201d J\u00f6rg used to work as a wine and cheese sommelier. \u201cI run cheese training for universities for future food technologists\u201d, explains J\u00f6rg.\u201dIt is great when you can demonstrate the sensory differences between handmade and industrial products\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Always good to come home<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For their regular culinary tasting journeys, J\u00f6rg and Sandra mount the roof tent on their car and drive to the producers. Just recently they were in Sicily. \u201cIt was really beautiful there, Italy is fantastic\u201d, says J\u00f6rg, and adds, grinning, \u201cBut the best thing of all is when we come back to Wei\u00dfbach after an inspiring journey and can offer the new products to our guests. We are simply happy here at home.\u201d\n\nDo you want to see the \u201cpower place\u201d through J\u00f6rg&#8217;s eyes?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedgallery .kb-gallery-type-grid.kb-gallery-id-_736787-39{margin:-5px;}.kb-gallery-type-grid.kb-gallery-id-_736787-39 .kadence-blocks-gallery-item{padding:5px;}.kb-gallery-id-_736787-39 .kadence-blocks-gallery-item .kb-gal-image-radius, .kb-gallery-id-_736787-39 .kb-slide-item .kb-gal-image-radius img{border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;;}<\/style><div class=\"kb-gallery-wrap-id-_736787-39 alignnone wp-block-kadence-advancedgallery\"><ul class=\"kb-gallery-ul kb-gallery-non-static kb-gallery-type-grid kb-gallery-id-_736787-39 kb-gallery-caption-style-bottom-hover kb-gallery-filter-none kb-gallery-magnific-init\" 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There, the delicatessen proprietor from&nbsp; Wei\u00dfbach can recharge his batteries and regain his energy. We accompanied him along part of his way. &nbsp; \u201dFor me it is a real place of power up there\u201d, says J\u00f6rg and smiles while [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":6879,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1,79,78,17],"tags":[110,70],"class_list":["post-8292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-allgemein","category-people-winter","category-ski-tours","category-winter-en","tag-magazin-en","tag-winter-en"],"acf":[],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":1,"label":"Allgemein"},{"value":79,"label":"People"},{"value":78,"label":"Ski tours"},{"value":17,"label":"Winter"}],"post_tag":[{"value":110,"label":"Magazin"},{"value":70,"label":"winter"}]},"featured_image_src_large":["https:\/\/www.lofer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/mainimage_5c6fac301f9b3-1024x340.jpg",1024,340,true],"author_info":{"display_name":"admin_conecto","author_link":"https:\/\/www.lofer.com\/en\/author\/admin_conecto"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":1,"name":"Allgemein","slug":"allgemein","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":1,"taxonomy":"category","description":"Allgemein","parent":0,"count":103,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":1,"category_count":103,"category_description":"Allgemein","cat_name":"Allgemein","category_nicename":"allgemein","category_parent":0},{"term_id":79,"name":"People","slug":"people-winter","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":79,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":13,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":79,"category_count":13,"category_description":"","cat_name":"People","category_nicename":"people-winter","category_parent":0},{"term_id":78,"name":"Ski tours","slug":"ski-tours","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":78,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":7,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":78,"category_count":7,"category_description":"","cat_name":"Ski tours","category_nicename":"ski-tours","category_parent":0},{"term_id":17,"name":"Winter","slug":"winter-en","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":17,"taxonomy":"category","description":"Winter","parent":0,"count":77,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":17,"category_count":77,"category_description":"Winter","cat_name":"Winter","category_nicename":"winter-en","category_parent":0}],"tag_info":[{"term_id":110,"name":"Magazin","slug":"magazin-en","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":110,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":104,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":70,"name":"winter","slug":"winter-en","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":70,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":71,"filter":"raw"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lofer.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8292","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lofer.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lofer.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lofer.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lofer.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8292"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lofer.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8292\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lofer.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6879"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lofer.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lofer.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lofer.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}