Austrian tartans
At the request of our new member, Herr Doktor, here are the Austrian tartans I have tracked down on the internet.
Firstly there is the Hallstatt tartan, an artefact recovered in an archæoloogical dig:
![](http://i782.photobucket.com/albums/yy102/Pilabeg/Hallstattartefact.jpg)
Another artefact tartan from Austria was found in Styria (Land Steiermark):
![](http://i782.photobucket.com/albums/yy102/Pilabeg/Styrian.jpg)
This is rather dark – a lighter version apparently commercially available (and apparently what the artefact originally looked like) is this one:
![](http://i782.photobucket.com/albums/yy102/Pilabeg/Steiermarkartefact.jpg)
There is also a Carinthian National tartan registered in Edinburgh. Registered by Lochcarron, the registration carries this note: “Only to be used with permission from Mr T Rettl, Freihausgasses 12, Villach, Austria.” Wikipedia tells me that Villach is the second-largest city in Carinthia (Land Kärnten). This is the illustration:
![](http://i782.photobucket.com/albums/yy102/Pilabeg/CarinthiaNational.jpg)
Also from Carinthia is a tartan for the Hirter Karo brewery:
![](http://i782.photobucket.com/albums/yy102/Pilabeg/HirterKaroKrnten.jpg)
A tartan has been registered for the Austrian Bowhunters Society:
![](http://i782.photobucket.com/albums/yy102/Pilabeg/AustrianBowhuntersHtg.jpg)
There are also two Austrian family tartans registered in Edinburgh. Angelika Losek registered this one, which is called McLosek, to mark her husband’s 40th birthday:
![](http://i782.photobucket.com/albums/yy102/Pilabeg/MacLosekWien.jpg)
This one is registered to the King family of Vorarlberg:
![](http://i782.photobucket.com/albums/yy102/Pilabeg/KingVorarlberg.jpg)
Regards,
Mike
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[Proverbs 14:27]
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