The Vino Versum Poysdorf is a municipal museum dedicated to the wine and culture history of
Poysdorf
Poysdorf is a town in the district of Mistelbach (district), Mistelbach in the Austrian state of Lower Austria.
Population
Sights
* Vino Versum Poysdorf, a museum about wine and the history of Poysdorf as one of the leading wine towns in Austr ...
and the
Weinviertel
The ("wine quarter") or ("area below the ") is located in the northeast of Lower Austria.
In the east, the borders Slovakia at the March River. In the south, it borders and , its limits being the Wagram, the Danube and the . Its western ne ...
("wine quarter").
History
Poysdorf is a center of wine growing in Austria with 500
Hectare
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vineyards. The wine growing tradition goes back to the Middle Ages and was first mentioned in 1338. 1582 the then village received a
market right
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and developed huge wealth through growing and trading wine. 1910 a first municipal museum was established, 1978 it was reopened in the city´s old almshouse. 2013 the
Lower Austria
Lower Austria (german: Niederösterreich; Austro-Bavarian: ''Niedaöstareich'', ''Niedaestareich'') is one of the nine states of Austria, located in the northeastern corner of the country. Since 1986, the capital of Lower Austria has been Sankt P ...
Provincial Exhibition took place in Poysdorf, 4 million Euros were invested in the enlargement and renovation of the museums area.
In April 2014 a new designed permanent exhibition was reopened with the name Vino Versum Poysdorf.
Buildings
The main building is a former
almshouse
An almshouse (also known as a bede-house, poorhouse, or hospital) was charitable housing provided to people in a particular community, especially during the medieval era. They were often targeted at the poor of a locality, at those from certain ...
, built in 1653. 1664 a baroque chapel, dedicated to
St. Barbara
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, was added. The building is surrounded by an open air area with
vineyard
A vineyard (; also ) is a plantation of grape-bearing vines, grown mainly for winemaking, but also raisins, table grapes and non-alcoholic grape juice. The science, practice and study of vineyard production is known as viticulture. Vineyards ...
s,
press
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* Printing press, commonly called "the press"
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houses with cellars and a barn with an exhibition about the development of
wine presses. A historic wine cellar, passing under a
highway
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, connects the old almshouse and open air area with a plaza, surrounded by a contemporary exhibition building, the ''Hall of Grapes'', and an adapted
vintner
A winemaker or vintner is a person engaged in winemaking. They are generally employed by wineries or wine companies, where their work includes:
*Cooperating with viticulturists
*Monitoring the maturity of grapes to ensure their quality and to deter ...
´s house with a
vinothek, souvenir shop and visitor center.
Gallery
File:NOE Poysdorf Bruennerstr-9.jpg, Facade of the 17th century almshouse, now part of the Vino Versum.
File:Pressenmuseum (1).jpg, Exhibition of historic wine presses.
File:Augsburger Silberkelch.JPG, Gilded silver chalice
A chalice (from Latin 'mug', borrowed from Ancient Greek () 'cup') or goblet is a footed cup intended to hold a drink. In religious practice, a chalice is often used for drinking during a ceremony or may carry a certain symbolic meaning.
Re ...
, Augsburg
Augsburg (; bar , Augschburg , links=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swabian_German , label=Swabian German, , ) is a city in Swabia, Bavaria, Germany, around west of Bavarian capital Munich. It is a university town and regional seat of the ' ...
1696.
File:KRA 3890.JPG, Plaza with Hall of Grapes.
See also
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List of food and beverage museums
This is a list of food and beverage museums. Food museums, beverage museums and wine museums generally provide information about how various foodstuffs are produced or were historically produced. Many of these museums are owned and operated by spe ...
References
External links
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Wine museums
Museums in Lower Austria
Museums established in 2014
2014 establishments in Austria