Curated by Retzer Land
Retzbach
Three villages on the slopes north of Retz at 235 to 270 m, vineyards running up to the Czech border in the Bezirk Hollabrunn.
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Highlights
11 from neighbouring places
Südmährerdenkmal Unterretzbach
A memorial at Unterretzbach to the German-speaking South Moravians expelled from across the nearby border after 1945.
Kirche St. Jakob Unterretzbach
The church of St. James at Unterretzbach, in the Retzbach municipality near the Czech border.
Pfarrkirche Mitterretzbach
The parish church of Mitterretzbach, in the wine country of the northern Weinviertel.
Pfarrkirche Oberretzbach
The parish church of Oberretzbach, one of the villages of Retzbach near Retz.
Museum Retz und Südmährische Galerie
4.2 km away, in Retz
The town museum of Retz, together with a gallery on South Moravia across the nearby border.
Retzer Erlebniskeller
4.3 km away, in Retz
A guided route through the cellars under Retz, the largest historic wine cellar system in Austria.
Retzer Windmühle
4.9 km away, in Retz
A windmill on the hill above Retz, one of the few left in Austria and still fitted with its sails.
Ruine Kaja
11.2 km away, in Hardegg
A castle ruin above the Kaja stream near Hardegg, on the edge of the Thayatal National Park.
Burg Hardegg
14.4 km away, in Hardegg
A castle above the Thaya at Hardegg, the smallest town in Austria, looking across the river into the Czech Republic.
Kirche Obermarkersdorf St. Nikolaus und Urban
8.5 km away, in Schrattenthal
A church dedicated to St. Nicholas and St. Urban at Obermarkersdorf, a wine village near Schrattenthal.
Kirche Schrattenthal St. Augustinus
9.1 km away, in Schrattenthal
The church of St. Augustine at Schrattenthal, in the wine country north-west of Retz.
Schloss Schrattenthal
9.5 km away, in Schrattenthal
A castle in Schrattenthal, one of the smallest towns in Austria, in the wine country north-west of Retz.
Kirche Waitzendorf Hl. Dreifaltigkeit
10.2 km away, in Schrattenthal
A church of the Holy Trinity at Waitzendorf, a village of Schrattenthal in the Weinviertel.
Europawarte Waitzendorf
10.6 km away, in Schrattenthal
A lookout tower at Waitzendorf near Schrattenthal, with views over the Weinviertel and into Moravia.
Steinzeit- & Keltenkeller mit Keltenturm
11.3 km away, in Zellerndorf
A museum in a cellar at Zellerndorf on the Stone Age and Celtic finds of the area, with a timber Celtic tower alongside.
Historic site
Viewpoint
Nothing of this kind in Retzbach.
Routes
Angergärten Rundweg
A 1.4 km circuit through the Angergärten at Retzbach, the shortest walk on the local network.
- 1.4 km
- Distance
- 161 m
- Ascent
- 58 min
- Duration
Unterretzbacher Marterlwanderweg
A 13.6 km round from Unterretzbach visiting the wayside shrines of the Retzbach farmland, with under 100 m of ascent.
- 13.6 km
- Distance
- 97 m
- Ascent
- 3 h 26 min
- Duration
Retzbacher Wünschelrutenweg grenzüberschreitend
A long, almost level themed circuit from the pavilion in Unterretzbach, on what lies underground around here, crossing the border into Czechia.
- 19.1 km
- Distance
- 135 m
- Ascent
- 4 h 47 min
- Duration
Iron Curtain Trail
A signposted long-distance route from Gmünd to Bratislava along the former border, passing the Blockheide, Slavonice, Mikulov and Petržalka.
- 402.1 km
- Distance
- 58 m
- Ascent
- 35 h 42 min
- Duration
- 3
- Check-ins
Angergärten Unterretzbach
A 1.7 km walk through the Angergärten at Unterretzbach, flat and easy going.
- 1.7 km
- Distance
- 161 m
- Ascent
- 1 h
- Duration
6 Städte Radtour
A long border loop from the main square in Retz linking six historic towns in Austria and Moravia, among them Znojmo, Vranov and Hardegg.
- 96.8 km
- Distance
- 84 m
- Ascent
- 8 h 40 min
- Duration
Spuren am Land
An easy 3.7 km walk through the countryside around Retzbach in the Retzer Land, with only 66 m of climbing.
- 3.7 km
- Distance
- 66 m
- Ascent
- 1 h 2 min
- Duration
Wein und Kultur Radroute
A gently hilly circuit out of Retz through the vineyards of the Retzer Land, over the Schatzberg and back past Waldcamping Hubertus.
- 56.5 km
- Distance
- 552 m
- Ascent
- 5 h 32 min
- Duration
Weinradroute Chardonnay
A loop from the Retz main square through rolling vineyard country and cellar lanes, taking in the Heidbergwarte lookout tower.
- 48.2 km
- Distance
- 314 m
- Ascent
- 4 h 34 min
- Duration
Weinviertler Kellergassen Radrunde
A round trip from Retz linking the cellar lanes that are the mark of the Weinviertel, passing the Watzelsdorfer See and crossing the Schatzberg.
- 51.5 km
- Distance
- 435 m
- Ascent
- 4 h 58 min
- Duration
Schatzberg 306 m
Touristeninfo Retz 266 m
Watzelsdorfer See 216 m- Watzelsdorfer See 219 m
Wünschelruten Radroute
An easy loop out of Retz among the vineyards, with ten stations along the way explaining the local tradition of dowsing.
- 19.1 km
- Distance
- 161 m
- Ascent
- 1 h 51 min
- Duration
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