A vineyard in the municipality of Kothvogl, a cadastral municipality of Stainz in the Austrian wine-growing region of Western Styria. The Engelweingarten is closely linked to the history of the famous Styrian wine Schilcher. However, a distinction must be made between the vineyard and the inn of the same name. The "Engelweingarten" inn takes its name from the Angelis (Engel) family, who immigrated from Italy around 1700 and ran it in Stainz. Josef Angelis acquired the vineyard, which belonged to the abandoned Augustinian canon monastery, from the state in 1826 and also gave it the name Engelweingarten.
In 1847, Emperor Ferdinand I (1793-1875) visited the vineyard with Archduke Johann (1782-1859), who was an important figure in Styrian viticulture. In 1889, the inn was sold to the Stainzer Sparkasse bank by the Angelis descendants. Finally, in 1971, the inn became the property of the Hösel family, who still run it today.
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