Stainz

A wine-growing community in the Austrian wine-growing region of Western Styria (Styria) with the cadastral communities of Gamsgebirg, Kothvogl, Neurath and Stainz. It is the centre of the growing region for the most famous Styrian wine, Schilcher. Stainz Castle, which towers above the village, was founded in 1229 as an Augustinian canonry and acquired by the Austrian Archduke Johann (1782-1859) in 1840. This popular Habsburg was mayor of Stainz at the time and made a special contribution to Styrian viticulture. Today it houses a museum and hosts numerous wine culture activities.

The historic Engelweingarten vineyard in the Kothvogl cadastral district was planted with the endangered Blauer Wildbacher variety at the beginning of the 20th century - the first time it was planted with phylloxera-resistant rootstock. The Stainz "Flascherlzug" is a tourist attraction with 20,000 passengers a year. The name of the train comes from the time when the miracle doctor "Höllerhansl" (1866-1935) practised in Rachling. He had a reputation for being able to diagnose various illnesses from urine. For this reason, many people travelled on this narrow-gauge railway, had a bottle of urine in their hand luggage and visited the Höllerhansl. One of the carriages is called the "Schilcherschaukel", where you can enjoy Schilcher with the Styrian speciality "Verhackertes" (a spread) during the journey.

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