The birthplace of the famous painter Anna Stainer-Knittel is in Elbigenalp. The painter is better known as Geierwally. Anna Stainer-Knittel became famous at the age of 17 because she was hanging from an eagle's nest on a rope. The life of Anna Stainer-Knittel was used as a basis in the novel Geierwally. Anna Stainer-Knittel lived from 1841 to 1915.
