Mariahilferkirche Maypole Photos

These Maibaum (Maypole) pictures were, surprisingly, taken in May. Maypole construction varies around Austria. Almost every town builds its own official Maypole. Larger cities have multiple maypoles, and some are given as gifts from one town to another. There are a few more maypole pictures in my post on the Grundlsee, in the Salzkammergut.

This maypole was a gift from Schwertberg, a town in the Mühlviertel (Mill Quarter) section of Oberösterreich  (Upper Austria).

The maypole was given as a gift to the people of Mariahilf, Vienna's 6th district.

The Platz (Square) in front of the Mariahilferkirche always has something going on.

The statue in front is a likeness of Josef Haydn.

Ein Hoch des Brauchtum.