Zellerndorf: Cellar Lanes, Culture and Cycle Paths

Zellerndorf combines cellar lanes, wine-growing history and remarkable buildings with varied routes for cyclists. Anyone looking for a holiday apartment in Zellerndorf can consider the town a starting point for cultural discoveries, family moments and tours through the Weinviertel region.

Maulavern: Cellar Lane and Event Venue

The Maulavern cellar lane adjoins Zellerndorf directly to the west. It is around 750 metres long and surrounded by vineyards. Its cellars are open only during events or guided tours. A special date in the annual calendar is the Pumpkin Festival, which has taken place every year on the last Saturday in October since 1994. The combination of a cellar lane, vineyards and a fixed event date makes Maulavern a defining destination for your stay.

During guided walks through Zellerndorf’s cellar lanes, you can learn more about the history of the “villages without chimneys”, winegrowing in the past and “Naive Architecture”. This allows the special architectural and functional history of the cellar lanes to be experienced directly as part of a walking tour. A cellar belonging to the Döller family also houses a self-service cyclists’ rest stop.

Church, Ossuary and Regional History

The parish church dedicated to Saints Philip and James stands north of Zellerndorf. The Gothic hall church was built in the first half of the 14th century. The ossuary is located south of the parish church and dates from the second quarter of the 14th century. Both buildings give your cultural programme a clear historical focus without reducing the town to a single experience.

The Veltliner Tour connects several noteworthy stops: Grüner Veltliner Square, the Maulavern cellar lane with its cellar museum, the cyclists’ rest stop, the Rankl Cross, the Schiefe Weg, the Schloßmühle, the Kuchl and Kölla Museum, and the parish church of Saints Philip and James with its ossuary. The Stone Age & Celtic Cellar in Platt also displays finds from the excavations on Sandberg and from the region’s more than 7,000-year settlement history.

Tours for Cyclists and Walks

For a longer cycling tour, the approximately 55-kilometre Weinradroute Weinviertel DAC passes through several towns to Zellerndorf and follows the route past the Maulavern cellar lane. Another route idea is BERG und TAL: It starts at Veltliner Square in the municipality of Zellerndorf, leads via the Maulavern cellar lane to the municipality of Deinzendorf and returns to Zellerndorf via the Point cellar lane. This gives you a choice between a longer wine cycling route and an explicitly named connection between mountain and valley areas.

There are also specific points of interest for families. A playground is located directly in front of the Schloßmühle, and children can play and romp at Riedlplatzl. Several ponds and streams were created in Watzelsdorf through the renaturalisation of the Pulkau stream. These different destinations make it possible to combine cultural sightseeing, exercise and play without necessarily fitting them all into the same day.

Holiday Apartment and Travel to Zellerndorf

When choosing your accommodation, you can consider whether proximity to the cellar lanes and historic sites or a focus on cycling tours should be the deciding factor. For those interested in culture, Maulavern, the parish church, the ossuary and the stops on the Veltliner Tour are the obvious focal points. Those travelling by bicycle can include the Weinradroute Weinviertel DAC or BERG und TAL in their plans. The location of the holiday apartment should therefore suit your preferred daily rhythm, without requiring every experience to be visited on a single day.

Zellerndorf station is located on the Northern Railway line. Trains on the S3 rapid transit line to Retz and Wiener Neustadt Central Station stop there, as do regional express trains to Retz and Znojmo, to Unterretzbach, Vienna and Payerbach-Reichenau. These connections are an additional consideration if you wish to choose your accommodation based on your preferred arrival route or on excursion destinations with rail connections.

Other Places in the Surrounding Area

A compact selection of other places includes: Limberg, Jetzelsdorf, Dürnleis, Obermarkersdorf, Rafing, Ravelsbach, Roseldorf and Platt.

For the overarching travel overview: Hollabrunn.