Raised as the son of a mountain farmer in humble circumstances, Peter Rosegger (1843–1918), born in Styria in Alpl bei Krieglach, developed into one of the most-read writers of his time. He created an extensive literary oeuvre and was nominated three times for the Nobel Prize for Literature, in 1911, 1913 and 1918.

Throughout his life he remained bound to his homeland, in particular promoting school education for peasant children; for this purpose he founded the ‘Waldschule’ (Forest School) in Alpl, which as a museum today preserves the memory of Peter Rosegger, as do those two places that recall the life of the meritorious Styrian– quite literally from the cradle to the grave: the Rosegger-Geburtshaus Alpl and the Rosegger-Museum Krieglach.