

Advance literature path,Vorau
The Vorau novella was probably written in the Alemannic region around 1200 - it is no longer clear who wrote it. What is certain is that the copy in the Vorau Abbey Library from the 13th century is the only one that has survived the ages, but even this record remains incomplete: it breaks off in the middle of the text and leaves the ending to our imagination. Clues to the end of the story are provided by the Latin version of the same material, which has also only survived in Styria, namely as the so-called Reuner Relationen in Rein Abbey. The theme of the so-called Vorau novella - namely the uninhibited search for happiness of two escaped monastery boys - seems like a forerunner of the Faust material: We hear of a magical book, a kind of devil's pact, of lust and grave sins with subsequent torments of conscience. The poem's masterful language also matches its extraordinarily high standard of content. Gripping images and lively dialog still captivate us today. It quickly becomes clear that it is not distant times and unknown places to which the plot of the Vorau novella symbolically refers. Rather, it also refers to us!
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By car:
From Vienna: A2 exit Pinggau - Rohrbach-Vorau
From Graz: A2 exit Pinkafeld or Hartberg - Rohrbach - Vorau
Detailed information on how to get here can be found here.
- The trail begins in the abbey park at the information point in front of the abbey and then leads us first to the right along the elevated Ackerrain, where the market town of Vorau lies picturesquely at our feet (storytelling stations I and II)
- From there, we continue down Klosterberggasse to Griesplatz (III). We then walk along the main street for a while, turn left up to the market church (IV) and then reach the magnificent Renaissance town hall (V)
Eastern Styria Tourism Association
Joglland-Waldheimat office
8255 St. Jakob im Walde
Mobility Eastern Styria with shared taxi SAM
The complete brochure provided on the project homepage http://literaturpfade.uni-graz.at is available in printed form free of charge, among others, from the Graz service point of Steiermark Tourismus (http://www.steiermark.com).