List of cellar lanes in Retz
The list of cellar lanes in Retz is headed by the cellar lanes in the Lower Austrian municipality of Retz .
Retz is also famous for the extensive cellar system under the old town, which can be accessed from many old town houses. About 1½ kilometers of the almost 20 kilometers long and up to 20 meters deep cellar labyrinth can be viewed on guided tours from the Retz cellar museum.
The Schredlkeller south of Obernalb is an artificial cave system that is protected as a natural monument.
photo | Basement lane | Location | description |
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Hofern cellar district |
KG: Hofern location |
The cellar lane system is located to the east outside the village: partly on the level next to a goods road, partly on a slope on the main road. Over a length of 400 meters there are 22 objects (some of which have been converted), including 16 cellars in the form of a shield wall. Note: The above information applies to the entire Kellergasse, even if parts of it are in the area of the Hardegg municipality . |
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Kellergasse Kleinhöflein |
KG: Kleinhöflein location |
The cellar alley system consists of a 500-meter-long cellar alley that runs from the southwestern edge of the village in a south-westerly direction, as well as a few cellars that are on both sides of the beginning of the cellar alley in the back. There are a total of 91 objects here. |
Senkeltrift, near the cemetery |
KG: Kleinhöflein location |
The single cellar lane on both sides is located in a ditch on the south-eastern outskirts. It consists of twelve buildings, most of which are eaves, and is 100 meters long. | |
Kellergasse Kleinriedenthal |
KG: Kleinriedenthal location |
The cellar lane on both sides leads in a ditch or on an edge of the terrain from the southern rear towards the southwest. It consists of 43 buildings, more than a third of which have been converted or newly built, and is 700 meters long. | |
Northern radial |
KG: Kleinriedenthal location |
The cellar lane on both sides leading away from the northern edge of the village lies in a ravine. It consists of 20 cellars, mostly in the form of a shield wall, and the majority in need of renovation, and is 150 meters long. | |
Northern back |
KG: Kleinriedenthal location |
The one-sided single cellar lane is located on the edge of the terrain in the northern rear. It consists of 11 cellars, some of which have been converted, and is 80 meters long. | |
Kellergasse Thalen |
KG: Obernalb location |
The one-sided single cellar lane is located on the edge of the site to the west outside the village. It consists of 20 buildings, mostly in the form of a shield wall and is 350 meters long. | |
Dingelacker basement lane |
KG: Obernalb location |
The one-sided single cellar lane is located on the edge of the site on the northern outskirts. It consists of nine cellars in the form of a shield wall, the majority of which are in need of renovation, and is 150 meters long. | |
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Kellergasse towards Obermarkersdorf |
KG: Obernalb location |
The single cellar lane on both sides is located in a ravine south-west of the village. It consists of 20 cellars, almost entirely in the form of a shield wall and most of them in need of renovation, and is 250 meters long. |
Schrattenthaler Strasse |
KG: Obernalb location |
The single cellar lane on both sides is half a kilometer south of the village in a hollow. It consists of 14 objects, mostly in the form of a shield wall, and is 200 meters long. | |
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Urtel Kellergasse |
KG: Obernalb location |
The single cellar lane on both sides is on the road to Unterstalb, and is continued in the Unterstalber Urtelkellergasse. Schmidbaur combines these two Urtelkellergassen with the Unteralber Kellergassen Retzerstraße and Hohlweg and specifies 119 objects for the resulting cellar alley system with a total length of 1,600 meters, mostly in the form of a shield wall and a third in need of renovation. |
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Kellergasse Windmühlgasse |
KG: Retz old town location |
The one-sided single cellar lane runs from the northwest corner of the city center to the west along an edge of the site. It consists of 15 buildings, some of which have been converted for residential use, and is 200 meters long. |
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Kirchberggasse |
KG: Retz old town location |
The one-sided single cellar lane is located northeast outside of Retz-Altstadt, partly on the edge of the terrain, partly on the plain. It consists of nine cellars in the form of a shield wall and is 300 meters long. |
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Znaimerstraße - Schußbergmarter |
KG: Retz old town location |
Some cellars are located on Znaimer Straße, about three quarters of a kilometer outside the city. |
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Znaimerstraße - Freudentalmarter |
KG: Retz old town location |
Some cellars are located on the northern edge of the city on Znaimer Straße and on a dirt road that branches off across from the cemetery. |
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Kellergasse Retzer Strasse |
KG: Unteralb location |
The Kellergasse is on both sides of the main road running from the north-western outskirts to the north-west. Schmidbaur summarizes it with the two Urtelkellergassen and the Hohlweg and specifies 119 objects for the resulting cellar alley system with a total length of 1,600 meters, mostly in the form of a shield wall and a third in need of renovation. |
Urtel Kellergasse |
KG: Unteralb location |
The Kellergasse is located on the street running west from the northwestern outskirts and is continued in Obernalber Urtelkellergasse. Schmidbaur combines the two Urtelkellergassen with the Retzerstraße and the Hohlweg and specifies 119 objects for the resulting cellar alley system with a total length of 1,600 meters, mostly in the form of a shield wall and a third in need of renovation. | |
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Ravine |
KG: Unteralb location |
The Kellergasse is located in the ravine that runs from the northwestern edge of the town to the northeast. Schmidbaur combines it with Retzerstraße and the two Urtelkellergassen and specifies 119 objects for the resulting cellar alley system with a total length of 1,600 meters, predominantly in the form of a shield wall and one third in need of renovation. |
At the cemetery |
KG: Unteralb location |
The cellar lane system is located on the western edge of the village, partly on the edge of the terrain and partly in a ravine. It consists of 18 cellars, mostly in the form of a shield wall and in need of renovation, and is 300 meters long. |
Notes / legend
Photo: | Photograph of the Kellergasse (entirety). Click the photo generates an enlarged view. There are also two symbols:
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Surname: | Name of the cellar lane according to official sources | ||||
Location: | The cadastral community (KG) is indicated. By calling up the link Location , the location of the monument is displayed in various map projects. | ||||
description | Brief description of the cellar lane |
literature
- Lower Austrian village and urban renewal : Kellergassen utilization concept LAG Weinviertel-Manhartsberg . S. 6–7 ( pdf [accessed on May 1, 2016]).
- Andreas Schmidbaur: The Lower Austrian Kellergassen. An inventory. Origin - distribution and typology - development tendencies. Attachment. Dissertation at the Vienna University of Technology 1990, Department of Local Spatial Planning at the Vienna University of Technology (ifoer), p. 745ff.
Web links
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