Schrattenberg bei Poysdorf offers several different points of interest for a trip: marked hiking and cycling trails, a barefoot path with eleven stations, a wine experience available by appointment, and historic buildings. The landscape and culture each offer different highlights. You can plan your trip around whether you would like to focus mainly on trails, wine or local history.
Trails through the landscape
Schrattenberg lies in a hilly landscape covered in loess, with vineyards and fertile fields. Well-marked hiking and cycling trails lead through vineyards, forests and wine cellar lanes. The routes therefore take in different landscape features; they are not limited to wine-growing. The EuroVelo 13 is also relevant for cycling. It now follows the former Iron Curtain in the Schrattenberg area. The routes therefore differ in focus: the local hiking and cycling trails highlight landscape features, while the EuroVelo 13 follows the former Iron Curtain.
The Schrattenberg–Valtice barefoot path
The barefoot path offers a different focus from the marked hiking and cycling trails: its eleven stations provide a range of sensory experiences. It begins in Schrattenberg on Kleine Zeile.
Wine experience by appointment
The wine experience in Schrattenberg also includes tractor rides through the vineyards of Schrattenberg and Valtice. The rides are available by appointment. This requires different planning from choosing a hiking or cycling route: if you would like to include the tractor rides in your stay, arrange a time in advance. This lets you pair the wine theme with a specific activity without conflating it with the local trails.
Local history and buildings
The history of settlement in Schrattenberg dates back to the Bronze Age. A complex of buildings known locally as the “Edelknabenhof” or “Dreiknabenhof” was once the seat of the “Lords of Schrattenberg.” These two aspects offer different perspectives on the past: the long history of settlement, on the one hand, and the former function of the building complex, on the other.
Schrattenberg’s parish church is dedicated to St John the Baptist and is one of the few Neoclassical churches in the Mistelbach district. The newly built church was solemnly consecrated by Provost Mayer on 18 December 1831; 23 September 1829 is also mentioned in connection with its construction.
The Schrattenberg Show Mill was built as a commercial mill in 1921 and displays its functional layout across four levels. Together with the church, it offers another way to explore local history: here, the focus is on the functional layout of a mill; there, on the church’s Neoclassical style and history.
Choose a focus for your trip
If you are looking for a hotel in Schrattenberg bei Poysdorf, your planned focus can guide your choice: the landscape and trails, the wine experience available by appointment, or the historic buildings.
Discover more destinations: Altlichtenwarth, Drasenhofen, Gaweinstal, Kreuttal, Hausbrunn, Herrnbaumgarten, Patzmannsdorf, Ottenthal.
For the overview of the wider area: Mistelbach.
