Heinrichsbründlweg

Let yourself be spoilt with the down-to-earth cuisine in which ONLY fresh products are used. The Weindlhof has everything to offer, from a beef sausage to a 6-course menu.

15 beds, 9 rooms (6 double rooms + 3 single rooms) - price double room from € 100,00, single room from € 60,00 incl. breakfast.

Free W-Lan

At the Konditorei Cafe am Kai you can indulge in ice cream and pastry specialities in the beautiful guest garden on Heindlkai.

This is what our "outdoor adventure pool" offers:

• 62 m long adventure water slide
• water mushroom
• Massage jets and water whirl
• 1 m and 3 m diving board, diving platform
• Water temperature around 26°C
• 33 m long sports pool
• Adventure pool
• paddling pool for children
• Large, beautiful and shady sunbathing area
• Beach volleyball court and boccia court
• 2 table tennis tables
• Kiosk service
• Parking for approx. 200 cars

In the inn "Zur Traube", situated on the beautiful Heindlkai, you have the opportunity to enjoy home-style cooking, delicious specialities such as potato and garlic cream soup, Mühlviertler pasture lamb, country-style pork fillet, cabbage fritters, delicious parfait made from nuts and forest honey with cream....
Friday day off

The choir (= the altar room mostly located in the east) was built after 1400. A small Carmelite monastery was built in 1494. In 1897, the dilapidated nave was demolished and the current west façade was redesigned. Due to the raising of the banks of the Danube, the church is now below street level.
Next to the church was a cemetery where the drowned, washed up and poor were buried. It often happened that sailors drowned in the Danube. For a long time, raftsmen had to be non-swimmers so as not to abandon their goods in case of danger. In 1905-1936, the pillory stood on this former cemetery, which is now back on the market square.
In 1694, a fisherman found a statue of the Virgin Mary washed ashore in the Enns estuary. A place of pilgrimage developed around this "Maria Trost", including processions from Passau. The Heinrichs Church was one of the richest churches in the Machland region thanks to the income from pilgrims' donations. The statue of the Virgin Mary was moved to the parish church of St Nikola in 1892. Today, the statue stands on the north wall of the church, having been heavily reworked during the relocation.
In the 16th century, the Heinrichskirche was the church of the Protestants of Mauthausen. In 1732, Emperor KARL VI (1685/1711-40), father of Maria Theresa (1717/1740-1780), attended a mass in the Heinrichskirche. The church was closed in 1786 under Emperor JOSEF II (1741/1764-1790), but was reopened in 1787 following protests from the people of Mauthausen. The Gothic choir of the former Heinrichskirche, which today forms the chapel, is single-bay with a 5/8 end. The polygon (polygon through 5/8 end) covers a hipped saddleback roof. The pointed arched, shallow porch is closed by a baroque-style lattice gate.

The following is noted in LIBER VITAE (Book of the Holy Life) in 1728: "ITEM: the beautiful Calvariberg was erected this year by H Josephi Pöhm and his wife Guettherzigkeith".
The baroque building with a floor plan of 515 x 564 cm has a barrel vault with 4 spandrels, a north-facing hipped saddleback roof with tiled roofing and a patriarchal cross. Through a double-leaf gate with a basket arch you enter an interior with benches, which shows a baroque crucifixion group in the front area.
Owner: Market town of Mauthausen - since 1991.

The pillory of Mauthausen

The market square in Mauthausen was bustling with life. It was market day. Many stalls were set up in long rows. Merchants and small traders offered their wares. There was much to buy: fine cloth, beautiful linen, expensive furs and good leather, but also all kinds of tools and foodstuffs such as salt, honey, grain and wine.

The children liked the treats best. Traders had come from all over the country to do good business here.

People crowded between the stalls. They often chose and bargained for a long time before deciding on a purchase.

Suddenly, everything stopped. A loud drum roll sounded across the square "What's up?" some shouted. One man already knew what to say: "They've caught someone stealing; he'll have to go to the pillory!"

Lisbeth and Georg, who had just been marvelling at the beautiful goods on display, ran to the pillory on the upper market square. The market guard stood next to the four metre high square granite pillar, in which all kinds of signs were carved, and rounded up the people. He looked sternly at the trembling man chained to the pillory. The thief kept his pale face lowered to the ground in shame.

Curious people streamed in from all sides. "What has he done?" whispered Lisbeth. She almost felt sorry for him. Georg replied: "He probably stole something and thought no one would notice in the crowd. But we'll hear in a moment, the market clerk is coming."

The market clerk stood in front of the market guards. With a wave of his hand, he commanded the onlookers to be quiet. Then, in a loud voice, he announced the judgement that the market judge had passed on the thief. The dishonest man had to stand in the pillory until the evening to atone for his guilt.

After the verdict was read out, the bystanders shouted at the condemned man. They pointed their fingers at him and reviled him loudly. The prisoner had to endure everything in silence. He was guarded until the evening. The market guards only freed the thief from his chains after the ringing of the bell. He quickly made his escape.

Not only thieves had to stand in the pillory. Back then, Mauthausen was already a market with market rules that had to be followed by all inhabitants. Every injustice was punished by the market judge. Vagrants who refused to work, traders who sold bad goods or used too small a weight, people who quarrelled, fought and publicly insulted each other and those who lived excessively were also put in the pillory.

In later times, pillorying was abolished. However, pillory pillars are still preserved in many places.

Info: Mauthausen Tourismus & Dorf- und Stadtentwicklung
Tel.: +43 (0) 7238 / 2243 oder +43 (0) 676 / 3150151

Granitlandschaft und Donauauen… 
Wir befinden uns hier am Rand der Böhmischen Masse, deren Untergrund aus Granit und Gneis besteht. Die Region Mauthausen - Schwertberg - Perg war jahr hundertelang Zentrum des Granitabbaus. Millionen von Granitwürfeln für das Straßenpflaster der Hauptstädte Wien, Preßburg und Budapest wurden hier erzeugt und mit Ruderschiffen donauabwärts gebracht. Steinbrüche sind häufig Lebensräume selten gewordener Vögel. Nun tritt der Donausteig in die Beckenlandschaft des Machlandes ein. Entstanden durch Ablagerungen der Donau und ihrer Zubringer, ist es einer der ältesten Siedlungsräume Europas. Vor den ersten Entwässerungsversuchen in der Mitte des 18. Jahrhunderts war es eine große Feuchtlandschaft. Obwohl im Laufe der Zeit umfassende Veränderungen der Landschaft stattgefunden haben, sind die Donauauen die für den Naturschutz bedeutendsten Flächen des Machlandes.

Rund um Schloss Pragstein gibt es viel zu entdecken - wer weiß, wie viele Schlupfwinkel es dort tatsächlich gibt. "Der Geheimgang", den einst ein junges Mädchen entdeckte, existiert möglicherweise immer noch...

Kirchenberg, formerly the salt road
From around 1000, the (lower) Goldener Steig was the most important trade route from Passau to Prachatice, the twin town of Mauthausen since 1991. Up to Passau , salt was mainly transported down the Inn on boats, then on horse-drawn carts to Prachatice, Winterberg/Vimperk or Finsterau-Buchwald (=upper Goldener Steig). Up to 1,300 horses arrived in Prachatice every week.
The Thirty Years' War broke out in 1618 . Right at the beginning, Prachatice supported the Protestant Bohemian estates. An imperial punitive action interrupted the salt trade and thus prosperity. After another brief period of prosperity, Emperor Leopold I introduced the salt monopoly in 1692. From this point onwards, salt was transported from Gmunden via Mauthausen to Budweis . Prachatice sank into economic insignificance, while Budweis flourished.

Beautiful guest garden with a view of the Danube.