117 Fotos: mauritius images / Volker Preusser,Sonja Jordan / Alamy Stock Photo, Shutterstock certainly brings to mind the poet’s complicated relationship with Reichenau hotel owner Olga Waissnix. OF SNACKS AND HERBS Just a few steps away from the »Knappenhof« you can discover just how inspiring the nature of the Rax region still is today. The »Huthaus« also owes its name to the mining district on the Knappenberg (1750 to 1889). The mining equipment was kept here before the mining of iron and copper as well as the »secondary ores« silver and gold began. Today, Caroline Haberfellner searches for nature’s treasures here. However, these do not flash gold, but green. The herbalist takes hotel guests on her expeditions into the botanical realm. Yarrow, for example, grows around the historic building: »It tastes bitter and tart and I love that.« Whether processed as tea, syrup or liqueur, this plant also provides respite from urban habits, not to say customs. classics for homemade syrups: woodruff and elderflower. Because the table in the Schwarzatal is always richly covered: with nature experiences, memories, and delights! Sportlich. Verschiedene Steige und Wege führen auf die Rax. Schöne Touren locken Wanderfans in diese wunderbare Ecke der Wiener Alpen. recreational advantage. Because nature was opened up – with the construction of the Rax cable car in 1926 – in an exemplary manner, and has never been spoiled. »It’s almost like a miracle«, the newspapers marvelled at the time: »At half past seven in the morning you get on the Südbahn in Vienna, and at half past nine in the morning you can already eat a portion of goulash on the Rax«. Almost 100 years later, there is no need to stop at simple refreshments, as Tomaž Fink provides elaborate culinary delights in the »Knappenhof«. The next tour can be planned over lunch on the sunny terrace with a wonderful view. SHARED NATURE EXPERIENCES This could be the extended tour – also known locally as »hut hopping«. This hike takes you as far as Styria. Just a few metres across the border, you reach the »Waxriegelhaus« from Prein. The end point of the hike is at 1,364 metres above sea level in the picturesque Siebenbrunnenkessel (Siebenbrunnen cauldron). With a view of the Rax, you can fortify yourself with the mighty bread dumplings and a Waxriegel beer for the return journey to the »Knappenhof«. Especially since you don’t have to hike the area alone, but can also share the scenic beauty. Meetings of up to 40 guests are possible in the bright seminar rooms of the historic house, and there is never a shortage of incentives for parties or business guests. Just outside the »Knappenhof« is the curling rink, where you can playfully compete with each other. Team building at its best! Torchlight hikes and, in the cold season, meetings around a warming fire roasting chestnuts are also among the highlights, combining brainstorming and mountain climbing. Höllental, Heukuppe or Preiner Gscheid invite you to do just that! LITERARY INSPIRATIONS However, not all slopes are as steep as the Thörlwand behind the hotel. The region can also be explored very gently – for example on a walk along the Rax plateau, the end point of the cable car. ICultural history is provided by a tour of the famous villas of the imperial era, which bear illustrious names such as Rothschild, Wartholz (the imperial residence) or Doderer. The beauty of it is to see that the urban exodus in the 21st century is just as decelerating as it was in 1900. »Almost unbearable concentration« is what Franz Werfel called it here for writers. And the novelist, who lived with Alma Mahler in a villa in Breitenstein, knew what he was talking about.The Reichenau Festival (this year from July 4 to August 4) also pays homage to famous guests of the spa town such as Werfel. Director Maria Happel makes this reference with the subtitle »Theater auf Sommerfrische« (Theatre on a Summer Retreat) as well as with the programme. »Anatol« by Arthur Schnitzler deals with the love adventures of an Austrian dandy − this first work < >
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