Schlossweingut Graf Hardegg

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The winery is located in the municipality of Seefeld-Kadolz in the Pulka Valley on the border with the Republic in the wine-growing region of in Lower Austria. Vineyards were already cultivated on the sites in the 16th century, and the farm cellar still in use today dates back to 1640. The name Hardegg probably goes back to the Bavarian nobleman Luitold II, who had Hardegg Castle built on the so-called "hard corner" of the river Thaya in the early 12th century. Afterwards, the county changed hands several times and passed to the Habsburgs. According to a document dated 28 March 1495, Emperor Maximilian I (1459-1519) sold it to Heinrich Prueschenk, a direct ancestor of today's Hardegg family. Today the winery is owned by Dipl. Ing. Maximilian Hardegg, who continues the almost 400-year-old family tradition of winemaking and . Andreas Gruber is responsible as the farm manager.

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