St. Aegidi: Pankrazius Way

Our establishment is located opposite the Engelszell monastery, directly at the four boat landing stages, the boat landing stage and the bus stop.

We offer warm cuisine all day and spoil our guests with regional home cooking and homemade cake variations. We would especially like to recommend our homemade products such as jams, must, vinegar, syrup, etc. to our guests.

A petrol station with bike service and bike rental is attached to our inn.
Outside opening hours you can use our petrol station from 06:00 - 22:00. Payment only possible with debit card.

Secured parking spaces and garage spaces.

In the old Niederkeßla area of today's municipality of St. Aegidi, there is still much talk of the Pankrazkirche church and the well with healing water. The Pankrazkirche was built around 1000 years ago in honour of St. Pankrazius, the patron saint of the nobility, and became an important pilgrimage church as a branch church of the Engelszell monastery. Every year on the Sunday after St Peter and St Paul, a veritable stream of pilgrims poured into the church until the 18th century. Many pilgrims came on horseback, sometimes as many as 3,000. Emperor Joseph II closed the church in 1784 and it was cleared for demolition. In place of the mighty church today stands a small chapel with a domed roof, inside which the water bubbles merrily. The spring rises under the altar and flows into a moss-covered granite grander. This water is very fresh and has a slightly bitter flavour. It is considered to be healing for humans and animals, which is why visitors come all the time to bottle it. The site on the edge of the "Kößlbachtal" nature reserve has a special aura and conveys complete peace and tranquillity

Panoramablick Moarfelsen is a vantage point and is located on the panoramic road that leads through the scenic features of the Sauwald. The Sauwald is geologically part of the Bohemian Massif. Between Passau and the Danube Loop stretches the striking through valley of the Danube with the typical steep Danube floodplains. The individual viewpoints were artistically designed by Michael Lauss. Route: Esternberg - Vichtenstein - St. Aegidi - Engelhartszell - Waldkirchen. You can find the exact route under the menu item themed routes

The Collegiate Church has a steeple that rises 76 meters tall and is the most superb example of rococo architecture in Austria. The Church was built between 1754 and 1764 and is decorated with valuable art items by Johann Georg Üblher, Joseph Deutschmann and Bartolomeo Altomonte. The modern mural painting on the nave ceiling was created by Prof. Fritz Fröhlich in 1957.

The Convent is especially popular for its excellent Engelszell Monastery Liquors, the Trappist beers and its latest and highly acclaimed feat: The new Engelszell Trappist Cheese!

Guided tours for groups (8+) by prior arrangement only:
- Small tour of the Collegiate Church with complimentary
liquor sampling; takes approx. 30 minutes.
Rate: Euro 1.45 per person
- Grand tour of the Collegiate Church with visit to the permanent
exhibition and complimentary liquor sampling;
takes approx. 60 minutes.
Rate: Euro 2.20 per person


TRAPPISTBEER-BREWERY

Trappist Brewery St. Engelszell is the most recent addition to the portfolio of Trappist breweries that were historically «limited» toTrappist breweries in Belgium, Holland, and France. Although the Trappist monks of St. Engelszell follow the traditional definition of Trappist beers (big, strong, complex) they have decided to use their local idiosyncrasy and history to create two distinctly different recipes. Both recipes are inspired by the unique landscape around the monastery. By incorporating locally grown ingredients St. Engelszell expresses its deep belief that such products should be produced in complete harmony with highest ethical and ecological standards.

The entire valley is covered with trees and only a small part belongs to the Nature Preserve. All the rest is still cultivated by its owners, the local farmers. It is a truly unique place to relax and unwind, to make endless walks or to collect berries, mushrooms and flowers. Kößlbach brook marks the border between the towns of Engelhartszell, Waldkirchen and St. Aegidi. The minor Kößlbachtal valley offers a varied fauna and flora as well as countless buildings rich in history.