History
Much of this was online once before. Our first website ran from 2003 to 2019 and is gone today. The texts on this page were recovered from it; the quotes are translated from the German original.
About us · 2003
The young lads set themselves the goal of keeping alive the ancient custom of the Krampus run, which — as it seemed back then — was close to its end.
The group kept growing, but at first it was hard to find new young Krampus who were also willing to put their time and a lot of work into the group!
With this attitude we managed, year after year, to draw more spectators to our appearances and to fill them by turns with fear and fascination!
So the line that stands above everything today is not a new invention. It has been there for more than twenty years.
Timeline
13 young lads found the Stoana Mea Pass. Their goal: to keep alive a custom that seemed close to its end at the time.
Loavn, Gwand and a witch — lined up for the group photo. The oldest picture we still have.
As soon as the last snow is gone, the whole crew builds it themselves. Motto: DO IT YOURSELF.
With member pages, photo albums and a poster that looks like the decade it comes from.
Two sons of a committee member and their friends run with us for the first time. Two years later the juniors become a Pass of their own.
Thirteen have become dozens. Invited by organisers from all over Austria.
23 adults and 49 Jungtoifen. The custom that thirteen lads set out to save is no longer in danger.
That is when the Pass turns thirty. What we have planned will be here once it is settled.
Members · 2003
This is how the Pass listed itself on its own website more than twenty years ago. Every member had a page of their own.
More
Several hundred photos survived from the archive of the old website. A selection is in the gallery.