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Wenzel Footbridge
Hiking tour Starting from Retz, Main Square
- Difficulty: Moderate
- Distance: 7,37 km
- Duration: 2:00 h
- Ascent: 165 m elevation gain
- Descent: 165 m elevation gain
Start / Finish: Retz
- Starting point of the tour
- Retz, Main Square
- Difficulty: Moderate
- Distance: 7,37 km
- Duration: 2:00 h
- Ascent: 165 m elevation gain
- Descent: 165 m elevation gain
- Fitness level required:3/6
- Overall experience:5/6
- Scenery:5/6
- Lowest point248 m
- Highest point402 m
- Round tour
Start / Finish: Retz
Wine town of Retz - The town of Retz was founded in 1279 by Count Berchtold von Rabenswalde and his wife Wilbir-gis von Hardegg at the intersection of two important trade routes. The town was fortified with mighty walls, a moat and ramparts. With its impressive size of 1.2 hectares, the main square of Retz is considered one of the largest and most beautiful market squares in Austria. It is dominated by the imposing town hall. The magnificent Baroque and Biedermeier buildings, above all the Verderberhaus in Venetian style and the Sgraffitohaus, convey a southern flair. Hidden beneath the town center, which was built on a layer of sea sand, is a cellar complex whose extension is larger than the above-ground traffic areas and can therefore be described as the largest historical wine cellar in Austria - the Retzer Erlebniskeller. The town's landmark is the Retz windmill, which is enthroned on a hill in the north-west of the town.
- Route description From the main square – town fountain – you go through the Verderber and Znaimertor gates, turning left at the first intersection into Windmühlgasse. At its end, the footpath to the windmill branches off to the right. Passing the windmill, to your right lie the Calvary Hill and the soldiers' cemetery. Further uphill, the path leads along a mixed pine forest to the crossroads at the “Büd’lbaum”. Here, turn right until about 600 m past the meadow, then turn right again. Through the Haidgraben you reach the riding stable “Schwarze Föhre”, where a snack station invites you to stop. Over the Wenzel Footbridge, you reach the federal road, which you cross. Accompanied by the Retz Altbach, you now walk through Kaiserallee to Lange Zeile (possibility for refreshment: Altstadtheuriger Lehninger), from where you reach the main square in about 15 minutes.
- Getting there Vienna: A 22 - Stockerau – S 3 to Hollabrunn – B 303 to Guntersdorf – B 30 to Retz Linz: A 7 towards Freistadt - B 310 to Freistadt - B 38 via Zwettl to Rastenfeld – turn left here towards Horn – B 45 to Pulkau – B 35 to Retz
- Editor’s tip Sights:Retz Adventure CellarTown Hall TowerTown Hall ChapelWindmillBicycle MuseumRetz Museum and South Moravian Gallery
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Letzte Änderung: 16 Mar 2026