Discover Trautmannsdorf an der Leitha

Trautmannsdorf an der Leitha combines a historic townscape that has survived to this day with the history of its castle and monuments. The Winemaker Tour Carnuntum also passes through the town; the VIA.VINUM. circular route starts and ends in Stixneusiedl. This gives you different perspectives to consider when planning your stay: you can focus on the history of settlement and buildings, or consider routes with an explicit connection to wine.

Townscape and Market History

Over the centuries, the settlement developed along the Leitha and around the castle. It was granted market rights as early as around 1400, and its original settlement layout has survived to this day. A Baroque market gate stands at the western edge of town. These features link the development of the settlement, its early market history and a specific building on the edge of town. If you want to consider a historic townscape not only through individual buildings but also through its structure, the preserved layout offers a point of interest in its own right. Here, history and architectural heritage can be seen at different scales.

Castle and Churches

Batthyány Castle, also known as Trautmannsdorf Castle, stands in the centre of Trautmannsdorf an der Leitha and is surrounded by an expansive castle park. The castle was built in the Neoclassical style. Its location in the town and the park set it apart in the townscape from the Baroque market gate at the western edge of town; the two buildings represent different historical and architectural contexts.

The presbytery of the old Gothic parish church has been preserved as a side chapel. The chapel has long served as the burial place of the Windisch-Graetz family. The church thus brings together a surviving older building structure and its special function as a family burial place. Emperor Franz Joseph and Elisabeth were married at the high altar of the parish church in Sarasdorf. This church connection is associated with Sarasdorf and adds a recorded wedding to the architectural history.

Monuments in Sarasdorf

The “Zu den Drei Rusten” monument is located in Sarasdorf, a district of the municipality of Trautmannsdorf an der Leitha. The trunk of the last elm at the monument, which has since died, was preserved with a stone casing and transformed into a column. A permanent monument made of three lime trees was erected at the site in the 1970s. Here, you can encounter two material forms of remembrance: the transformed elm trunk and the monument made of lime trees. The different components can be viewed as part of Sarasdorf’s documented monument history.

Cycling and Wine Routes

The Winemaker Tour Carnuntum can be cycled in either direction and is signposted. It passes through Wilfleinsdorf, Stixneusiedl, Trautmannsdorf an der Leitha and Gallbrunn. The VIA.VINUM. circular route in Stixneusiedl starts and ends in Stixneusiedl. One way to choose between them is to consider how each route is laid out: the Winemaker Tour passes through several named places, while the circular route starts and ends in the same place. In Stixneusiedl, romantic wine-cellar lanes, the historic town centre and local winemakers offer a varied experience centred on wine. The parish church in the village dates from 1786. You can distinguish the signposted tour from the circular route by their course and the places associated with each.

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