Fasslrutschen

The canonised Babenberg Margrave Leopold III (1073-1136) founded the monastery Klosterneuburg (wine-growing region of Wagram, Lower Austria), where the historically important winery of the same name is located today. The "Tausendeimer barrel", which has been preserved to this day, used to hold the Zehent wine (vintner's levy to the lordship) and is the scene of a popular custom in honour of the country's patron saint on "Leopolditag", 15 November. The legend behind it: People liked to drink wine in this cellar and the merry revelers teased the young married monastery landlord. They said that he was under the pommel of his wife and that he would even slide over the big barrel if she wanted him to. The innkeeper strongly denied this and said that sliding down the barrel would become a cellar right if this were to happen.

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