Museums in the vineyards of Southern Styria, Leibnitz, Wagna, Seggauberg

Within 30 years of collecting in the background of a firm (plumber) Mrs. Erika Haas from Leibnitz opened her private collection to the public in 1994.
In two rooms the collection dates back to 1683.  Special items from Hungary, France and even Great Britain are presented.

address: Fettingergasse 13, 8430 Leibnitz
phone: 03452/82047, fax: 03452/71157
open daily from 7 a.m. - 12 and 1 p.m. – 5 p.m.
                       For visiting us on Saturdays and Sundays please give us a call in advance.
Internet: www.walterhaas.at                                       e-mail: office@walterhaas.at 

This museum shows you Roman life style of those days and also the religious importance of the valley around the river Sulm.
Situated next to the oldest gab in Styria right at the ground work of the ISIS NOREIA temple ranging back to the change of the 1^st and 2^nd century and parts of architecture of the MARS LATOBIUS temple you can touch the Romans.
There are also exhibits from the Neolithic age to the late antiquity –field of tombs Frauenberg
address:
Frauenberg 17,8430 Seggauberg
phone:
03452/86320 museum or
03452/82015 community
open
from April to the end of October- daily from  10 a.m. to 4 p.m. for tours arranged in advance
guided tours:
booking in advance

From around 800AD the area belonged to the archbishopric Salzburg. Nowadays the castle of Seggau is a modern and important conference centre in the south of Styria.
The wonderful renaissance court with the Roman stones (Lapidarium) is worth seeing, also the chapel and the clock tower with the famous bell named  “Liesl of Seggau”. You also should visit the more than 300 year old wine cellar where the delicious wine is stored.

address: Kath. Bildungshaus, Kongress- und Freizeitzentrum, Bischöfl. Weingut, Seggauberg 1, 8430 Leibnitz
phone: 03452/82435-0, Fax: DW 7777
openings: The castle is open the whole year round, you can visit the Roman stones, the chapel and the wine cellar for free. If you want to see the rooms and the bishops´ gallery and the famous clock Liesl you only can do this in a guided tour. Please book in advance.

Guided tours for visiting the Castle and wine cellar including wine tasting is only possible by booking in advance (groups with more than at least 10 people). The guided tour will last about 45 minutes.

Between May and October: Every Saturday at 3 p.m. and Sundays at 11 a.m. for groups with at least 8 persons: € 3,-- per person
Internet: www.seggau.com               e-mail: kienreich@seggau.com (for guided tours) or information@seggau.com

Hallstattmuseum Großklein
This museum offers the possibility to enter the Hallstatt era concerning life and importance of the Sulmtal necropolis on the hill of Burgstall next to Großklein, the most important centre in Sothern Styria in the Iron Age.

address:
Großklein 10, 8452 Großklein
phone: 03456/2289 Community Großklein
or 0664/271 4 414

open: from April 15^th to October 31^st
Wednesday to Sunday from 10 a.m. to 12:00 and from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.
The museum is closed on Monday and Tuesday.

Guided tours:
Booking in advance please – other times are possible.
For groups we ask you to book in advance in any way!

fees:
adults € 4,--
Reduction (for groups with more than 10 people) € 3,--
pupils, students, retired people, apprentices, soldiers- and disabled persons
(please show a licence) € 2,--
school groups € 1,50
There is no fee for kids up to the age of 6
family card (2 adults/2 kids) € 9,--
others(journalists, travel guides u. bus drivers) free

Special:
" archaeological hiking trail " around Großklein leads through the early Iron Age settlement area and several groups of grave
mounds on Burgstallkogel hill. Internet: www.archaeo-grossklein.com

The topic in this special place is the motorized and mechanized world of the fifties and sixties in the 20th century. On about 1700 m² you can see more than 200 vehicles, many motors of different style and age, ancient radios, more than 5000 big sized photographs and a lot more from the good old days.

We are proud of this different museum and also present farm products and a small present shop.
Snacks and drinks are offered in our small restaurant.

We also organize events. à oldtimer cars, oldtimer shows,meetings, motor trips and more.

address: Nestelberg 94, 8452 Großklein
phone: 03456/2300-4
open daily except Monday from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m

guided tours for groups should be booked in advance
fees::           
ADULTS                   € 4,--
CHILDREN
(aged 10 to 14)        € 2,50
Internet: www.nostalgie-auf-raedern.at                          e-mail: office@lenz-bau.at

Here you can see a most impressive block of houses with a mill for pumpkin seed oil, a corn mill, a hydro power plant and nearby a castle situated at the cycle path R1. It is also a meeting point for the pre historical hiking trail. In a small shop you find typical Styrian specialities.

address:
Ölmühle Kremsner, Mantrach 23, 8452 Großklein
phone: 03456/5092, Fax: 5093

open Monday to Saturday 7 a.m to 4 a.m, Please book in advance for Sundays.
fees: guided tour € 2,-- (travel tour guide and bus driver free)

Internet: www.oelmuehle-kremsner.com e-mail: office@oelmuehle-kremsner.com

This technical college for viticulture and wine growing was founded in 1895 and is situated in the south-eastern part of Austria, in the midst of the southern Styrian wine region, near the wine-growing town of Leibnitz. Silberberg is owned by the Province of Styria and is the only technical college for viticulture and wine-growing in this province of Austria.
The 1.5 km long path leads you through the steepest wine yards in Southern Styria.
There are 18 charts with pictures and many tools from ancient times which show the history of Styrian wine growing. The visit is for free. At the entrance to the path the Urban-Statue welcomes you. It weighs about 5 tons and it is 5 metres high. This statue was built by smith artist Ewald Stani. Another work of art is seen along the path: The vine louse which weighs about 250 kilos.

address: Kogelberg 16, 8430 Kaindorf/S..
phone: 03452/82339, fax: 82339-17
open all year round (only in times of harvest shortly closed)
Internet: www.silberberg.at                                           e-mail: lfssilberberg@stmk.gv.at

The first Styrian Museum of Wine in Kitzeck invites you to an old farmhouse. You can see ancient tools used by farmers in good old days; the developing of growing wine and viticulture is presented as well.

address: Steinriegel 11, 8442 Kitzeck
phone: 03456/3500 office or 03456/3000 museum of wine
open: April 1^st to October 31^st on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays from10 to 12 a.m. and from 2 to 5 p.m.
(please contact us for non season tours)
guided tours: please book in advance
fees:: € 2,20 per person
          € 1,80 per person in groups/10 people and more

Landesmuseum Joanneum – Museumspavillon Flavia Solva

Get in touch with the Romans at the museum of Flavia Solva
Flavia Solva was the Romans´ administration capital during their times on the grounds of Southern Styria. The historical presentation of this ancient Roman settlement is important for economy and Roman culture.
Between the city and the temple area you find the Roman burial ground "Gräberstraße". In this museum you can inform yourself about the History of the Roman Empire and the city Flavia Solva.

address:
Marburgerstraße 111, 8435 Wagna
phone: 03452/71778

The museum pavilion Flavia Solva is open:

May 2^nd to October 29^th, Wednesday to Sunday,10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Between July and August the museum is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

fees :
adults € 2,00
groups/7 persons and  retired people/
soldiers/disabled persons € 1,00
pupils/students € 0,50
school groups € 0,50
children up to 6/ICOM-members and supporting clubs: free
Styrian Family passport members are free on Sundays and holidays
contribution for a guided tour: € 1,00 per person

Internet: www.museum-joanneum.at
e-mail: flaviasolva@museum-joanneum.at

Roman Village Wagna
Next to the excavation fields of Flavia Solva the community of Wagna built a so called Roman Adventure Village. The Romans get alive again: Visitors see Roman fights, archery, dice throwing, stone putting, gladiator fighting, races on war chariots in the arena, Roman games for children for the whole family, ancient tools, Roman souvenirs and presents, an old Roman flat with several exhibits and of course you can enjoy Roman snacks within your visit.

address:  
Roman Village Wagna, 8435 Wagna
phone: Municipality Wagna 03452/82582

open from June to October,  The village opens on Saturdays and Sundays at 1 p.m.

fees:
adults € 2,--
Children older than 10 € 1,--

Internet: www.roemerdorf.at e-mail: roemerdorf@wagna.at

information: Community Wagna
phone: 03452/82582
tours: every Saturday and Sunday at 5 p.m. and daily if you book in advance
Internet: www.roemerdorf.at e-mail: roemerdorf@wagna.at

Museum of Viticulture and Wine in the castle of Gamlitz
This museum gives you an overview of Styrian Wine and Viticulture. Special topics at the moment:
Archduke Johann and Viticulture in Styria; Grape variety; Styrian Viticulture between 1945 and 2005;
Origin of the grape; Roman Viticulture; The vine louse; Grape and affection;

address:
8462 Gamlitz
phone: ++ 43 (0) 3453/2363

open:
daily from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.

fees :
wine tasting please book in advance – per person between € 6,-- to € 9,--
guided tours (booked in advance) – per person € 3,--
fees without guided tour: per person € 2,50

Internet: www.melcher.at e-mail: weingut@melcher.at

The „Rauchstubenhaus“ in Gündorf near St. Johann im Saggautal  shows you a typical building of Southern Styria. This house was built in 1700. You can see the typical living situation in those days, furniture, tools and more. The house consists of three parts. The middle built with walls and next to it 2 big wooden rooms. In the year 2002 the roof was thatched with fresh straw.

address: Gündorf 11, St. Johann im Saggautal
phone: Mrs. Eisenberger Gertrude 03456/3504
             Mr. Mag.art. Adam Konrad, 0664/420 3 599
             Community St. Johann/Saggautal, phone 03455/6868, fax: 03455/6868  4
open: please book in advance
guided tours please book in advance
fees:: voluntary contribution for up keeping the house
Internet: www.st-johann-saggautal.steiermark.at            e-mail: gde@st-johann-saggautal.steiermark.att

The original Mill ground of this corn mill situated right at the river Sulm offers a special exhibition and is well known as the Museum of the pumpkin seed oil. Visitors are shown all the necessary raw materials, different tools and machines, the usage and of course habits and custom of the old days. Just come and watch the work when producing pumpkin seed oil. Next to the mill you find a small shop. There you have the chance to choose between pumpkin seed oil, specialities made of pumpkin seed oil, different nibbling cores, vinegar and exquisite products coming from the natural park in Southern Styria.

address:
8451 Heimschuh 107
03452/82551 fax 03452/84756

We are open:
Monday to Friday all year round from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
On Saturdays from 8 a.m. to 12 noon.

Exhibition (museum):
You can visit us for free (times see above)
Daily guided  tours are possible (even Saturday and Sunday) but please book in advance
Guided tour + oil tasting (pumpkin seed oil + special farm bread + brandy) € 2,50 per person
Guided tour + oil tasting + scrambled eggs cooked with pumpkin seed oil € 4,00 per person

Internet: www.hartlieb.at e-mail: office@hartlieb.at

This special windmill called “Klapotetz” has got eight wings. It was the purpose to expel the birds from the vineyards. At the “Jakobus festival” on July 25^th the windmill gets started and will be closed on November 11^th at the Martini festival. This “Klapotetz“  is the symbol of the  wine land. Its sound depends on size and wood.

• Kreuzkogel - look out (496 m) on the Kogelberg community Gemeinde Kaindorf/S.
• Demmerkogel – look out (670 m) community St. Andrä/Höch, next to the well known meadow of butterlies
• Kreuzberg – look out (633 m) community Eichberg Trautenburg
• Montikogel – look out (633 m) community Schloßberg in the Southern Styrian land of wine

natural park stands for all senses….
...27 communities in the district of Leibnitz cooperate in this project "Naturpark Südsteirisches Weinland". The area covers 354 km² and Leibnitz, Kaindorf and Seggauberg are in this region. This park is well known for steep vineyards, woods with chestnuts, fields of hop, meadows and a wonderful countryside.

further information: "Naturpark Südsteirisches Weinland", Kogelberg 15, 8430 Kaindorf/S.
phone: 03452/ 71305, fax: 73431
e-mail: naturpark@weinland-stmk.comm