"Completely self-sufficient"

How “Beachboy” Jagerhofer lives on his alpine pasture

Cool farmer: Jagerhofer loves his Steyr tractor.

(Bild: Evelyn Hronek)

Hannes Jagerhofer (62) is known as "Mr. Beach Volleyball" and his Wörthersee society. In his private life, however, the Carinthian lives with his family on a mountain pasture. Here he breeds trout, grows vegetables and drives a tractor. 

If you want to gain access, you have to get past security: the stray wild cat "Lilli" checks in visitors with a loud meow and won't leave their side. Reinforcement comes from "Simba": the golden retriever jumps out of the car at the gate even before his owner Hannes Jagerhofer (62) can park: "He always freaks out with joy here." The event organizer jokingly calls the four-legged friend "Tick Joe": "Just last week we went to the vet to have 35 bloodsuckers removed."