Eichenbrunn: Kolomani Chapel, Village Pond and Trift Wine Cellar Lane

Eichenbrunn brings together ecclesiastical buildings, a presumed early settlement history, a distinctive water feature, a wine cellar lane and a section of the Kellertrift long-distance hiking trail. If you are looking for a hotel for a stay in the village, your interests can help determine your choice of destination: you might focus on local history, the tradition of St. Koloman, a natural feature or a hiking stage. A playground adds another specific leisure option to these cultural and landscape attractions.

Parish Church, Settlement Layout and the Tradition of St. Koloman

The Parish Church of St. Koloman brings together several periods in time. On its north side is the Kolomani Chapel, with a statue of the church’s patron saint; it was built in the 19th century. The interior of the parish church also contains two Baroque oil paintings from the third quarter of the 18th century. The chapel and paintings thus date from different centuries: the paintings are older than the chapel.

Eichenbrunn is said to have originated around the year 1000 as a village arranged around a green. This settlement form features houses surrounding a central village green. The settlement layout and sacred buildings offer different ways to explore Eichenbrunn’s history. According to tradition, the pilgrim Koloman rested in Eichenbrunn, at the foot of the Leiser Berge, by a spring that rises beside an oak tree. This story adds the motif of the oak and spring to the parish church’s dedication.

Village Pond and Trift Wine Cellar Lane

The village pond lies at the foot of the parish church. Its temperature is approximately 12°C in both summer and winter, so it does not freeze over. The pond is therefore characterised primarily by its water temperature, rather than by a built structure.

Trift Wine Cellar Lane offers a different point of interest. It is a lane of individual wine cellars on both sides of a ditch, leading away from the village in a southwesterly direction. Over a length of 500 metres, it contains 93 cellar structures. The number of structures conveys the scale of the site, while its position in a ditch and its arrangement on both sides describe its landscape form. The two places therefore differ according to the feature that interests you: at the pond, the focus is on its temperature and the fact that it does not freeze over; at Trift, it is the shape of the wine cellar lane and its cellar structures.

Stages of the Kellertrift Long-Distance Hiking Trail

The Kellertrift long-distance hiking trail offers another reason to choose Eichenbrunn. The fifth stage runs from Eichenbrunn to Patzmannsdorf and is approximately 25 kilometres long. The fourth stage is the longest on the route. These details provide two different points of comparison: a named destination and approximate length for the fifth stage, and the fact that the fourth is the longest. This can help you assess the trail depending on whether a specific endpoint or the longest stage is more important to you.

Playground and Alpacas

If you would also like to consider play facilities when choosing a destination, the Eichenbrunn playground offers balancing and climbing equipment as well as a swing. The alpacas at the Eichenbrunn Alpaca Farm are a five-minute walk from the playground. The play equipment and the short walk to the alpacas add a different focus to the village’s historical and landscape attractions.

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For the regional travel overview: Mistelbach.