Traditional "Almabtrieb"

Name: Traditional "Almabtrieb"
Start: 2026-09-19T11:00:00
End: 2026-09-19T11:00:00
Location: Festgelände und Dorfzentrum Söll

Festive cattle drive in Söll, featuring music and the cows’ return to the valley.

A woman in traditional attire stands in front of a wooden house, wearing two festively decorated wreaths. The wreaths are adorned with colorful flowers and feature the inscriptions "FLOTTEN LOTTE" and "HÖCKEN HOF".

A traditionally decorated cow parade with colorful flowers and festively dressed people. In the foreground, a farmer leads the animals along the street.

A man in traditional clothing with a blooming headdress and a cane. In the background, blurred silhouettes of other people can be seen.

A traditional wooden house with floral decorations. Cows with colorful flower crowns pass by.

Sat, 09/19/2026

11:00 AM o'clock

Festgelände und Dorfzentrum Söll

Contact

Tourismusverband Wilder Kaiser - Tourismus Info Söll

Dorf 84

6306 Söll

(0043) 50509 210

soell@wilderkaiser.info

www.wilderkaiser.info

Description

The Almabtrieb takes place each year at the end of September.

Cows are festively decorated early in the morning as a symbol of thanks for an accident-free summer on the mountain pastures.
Local farmers and producers of fresh products like cheese, bacon and bread, lead the cattle past the alpine huts all the way down to the valley.
At approximately noon, the cows start arriving in the village accompanied by the sounds of a brass band. The journey from the mountain down to the village is then celebrated before the cows make their way to their winter home - the...