Spend your vacations in the Weinviertel - away from everyday life, but still close to nature and culture! Book your vacation apartment now!

Retz is a municipality with 4286 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2022) in the district of Hollabrunn in the province of Lower Austria in Austria. The wine town is located near the Czech border, twelve kilometers away from Znojmo. 

Culture and sights

Cellar alley in Kleinhöflein
Cellar alley Kirchberggasse in Retz old town
Cellar alley Hohlweg in Unternalb

    Retz town fortification with the Nalbertor and Znaimertor gates
    Catholic parish church of Retz St. Stephen
    Dominican church and Dominican monastery
    Retzer Erlebniskeller: one of the largest historical wine cellars in Central Europe (see web links)
    Stadtmuseum Retz: located in the citizens' hall in the town hall
    Museum Retz: museum of local history and South Moravian Gallery, "Bürgerspital
    Cinema: Retz has a cinema and a film club; the cinema is located on the main square
    Main square with pillory and Holy Trinity column, the Verderberhaus in Venetian Renaissance style as well as Baroque and Biedermeier buildings. Under the main square are extensive wine cellars
    Town hall: with town hall tower (guided tours are offered)
    Town hall chapel: decorated with magnificent ceiling frescos
    Sgraffito house
    Verderberhaus
    Gatterburg Castle
    Retz Windmill: one of the last two working windmills in Austria, the only windmill in Austria that is completely preserved in its original state
    Calvary
    Military cemetery - is a little hidden not far from the windmill and Calvary. Created in 1979. Here all the German fallen (and also women and men of other nations) previously buried scattered in the Weinviertel found a common resting place.
    Bicycle Museum: the Bicycle Museum is located in the Schüttkasten, below Gatterburg Castle.
    War memorial 1809
    Reblaus-Express: the nostalgic train runs on weekends from 1.5. to 26.10. on the route Retz-Drosendorf (see traffic)
    Schußbergmarter
    The Gupferte Berg to the east of Unternalb is a former medieval local mountain and is home to one of the few Austrian occurrences of the semi-shrubbery (Bassia prostrata)