Weinmuseum Kitzeck
Styria's first wine museum, in a listed winegrower's house in the highest-situated wine village in Europe, with over a thousand objects on viticulture and cellar management.
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About the museum
The Weinmuseum is located in a Hauerhaus (winegrower's house) on the Steinriegel in Kitzeck im Sausal, which bears the date 1726, was extended around 1910 and is listed as a historic monument. The winegrower's house was fitted out for use as a museum and opened in 1979 as Styria's first wine museum. It is looked after by the municipality of Kitzeck im Sausal.
Kitzeck is considered the highest-situated wine village in Europe, and the museum collects and preserves what the people of the region have created for viticulture and cellar management over roughly a thousand years. The house's motto is "Den Ahnen zur Ehr', der Jugend zur Lehr'" (roughly: honor to the ancestors, instruction to the young).
In the style of an old farmhouse, the exhibition shows rural household goods and the development of cellar management through display boards and the appropriate tools. During guided tours visitors encounter over a thousand artifacts and many stories about Styrian viticulture and its winegrowers; from the museum there is also a wide view over the South Styrian hill landscape.
Highlights
- Styria's first wine museum, opened in 1979
- Listed winegrower's house from 1726
- Over a thousand objects on viticulture and cellar management
- Highest-situated wine museum in Europe, with a view
- Guided tours with stories about winegrowers and viticulture
Permanent exhibition
- 1. Steirisches Weinmuseum – Farmhouse household goods, tools and display boards show how viticulture and cellar management developed in South Styria over roughly a thousand years.
- Founded
- 1979
- Operated by
- Gemeinde Kitzeck im Sausal
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Plan your visit
| Guided tours | yes |
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| Good to know | Guided tours on request via Johannes Sinemus (+43 677 611 38 920); on weekdays, according to the tourism portal, a visit without a guide is possible after registration at the information office of the tourism association. |
