Piller offers two main ways to explore: the raised bog with its nature trail and bog tower, and the religious and archaeological themes surrounding the church, chapels and Alpine Sanctuary. This gives you different options when planning your trip: you can explore nature education, religious art and history individually or as different perspectives on the area.
The Piller Moor: Nature Trail and Views
The Piller Moor is a dwarf mountain pine raised bog; it was declared a natural monument in 1970. The moor nature trail is a three-kilometre circular route with seven stations. They cover the formation of bogs, bog vegetation and peat extraction. The trail thus combines nature topics with the history of how the bog has been used. The 11-metre-high bog tower offers views across the raised bog. The nature trail brings together information about the bog and its use, while the tower opens up views across the raised bog. A survey of the Piller bogs recorded a total of 150 flowering plants and mosses in 1999. This botanical finding, tied to a specific date, adds a concrete inventory to the nature trail’s topics. Information boards complement the nature trail.
Church, Chapels and Religious Art
The Maria Schnee chapel church stands in the centre of Piller. The chapels reflect different periods and design details. The Fuchsmoos Chapel (Maria Hilf) was built in the mid-19th century in honour of Our Lady of Perpetual Help. The Tasche Chapel (Maria Hilf) dates from the second half of the 18th century and was remodelled in a historicist style at the end of the 19th century. Its construction and later remodelling are two separate stages. During the Wenns–Piller pilgrimage, a procession makes its way to the Maria Schnee church, followed by a Holy Mass. If you are planning a trip around the pilgrimage, check the arrangements for your visit in advance.
The Moosanger Chapel is a rectangular, two-bay building from the 19th century. It houses a replica of the Lourdes grotto, with the Madonna and Bernadette, dating from the early 20th century. The cemetery chapel contains a plague cross from the late 17th century. The building’s design, the grotto and the plague cross represent different scales: from the structure of a religious building, to a devotional scene, to an individual work of religious art.
Alpine Sanctuary and Archaeological Finds
The open-air museum of the Alpine Sanctuary on the Pillerhöhe is part of the Fließ Museum. The Alpine Sanctuary at the Piller Saddle is close to the nature park visitor centre. Valuable votive offerings from the sacrificial site were discovered in 1991 and are now housed in the Archaeological Museum in Fließ. The church and chapels tell their stories through their architecture and furnishings; the archaeological perspective complements these with the history of the finds and where they are kept today.
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