Experience nature and relaxation in the Mühlviertler Alm Freistadt: apartments for your perfect vacation!

Gutau is a market town in Upper Austria in the district Freistadt in the Mühlviertel. Gutau lies at an altitude of around 590 m in the Mühlviertel.

Culture and sights

    Catholic parish church Gutau hl. Aegidius
    Tannbach Castle: a privately owned castle with a considerable estate and farmyard
    Prandegg castle ruins: near Gutau, here wonderful hiking trails invite you to hike, among others a hiking trail leads to the Mönchstein, a hill that has the shape of a praying monk and is excellent for climbing.
    several pitch-oil stones, which are protected or listed as natural monuments, see pitch-oil burning in the eastern Mühlviertel region
    Vogelkundeweg: Hiking trail with a showroom about the local bird life, furthermore showcases are set up at the edge of the hiking trail, which show various local birds. The exhibits give their special bird songs at the push of a button.

Museum

    Dyer's Museum: Gutau is home to the only dyer's museum in Austria. The museum shows how blueprinting was made, which has been on UNESCO's international list of intangible cultural heritage of humanity since 2018. It also explains how, according to a popular notion that is not shared by linguists, the colloquial expression "to make blue" ("not to do one's work, to stay away from work or school without a valid reason") originated from a presumed inactivity of the blue dyers during the drying process.

Regular events

    Färbermarkt: Every first Sunday in May, Gutau hosts the Färbermarkt, which is regularly attended by several thousand visitors.