Brandlhof, historical farm house

The Brandlhof is a farmstead in Radlbrunn, first mentioned in 1209 as a Meierhof of Lilienfeld Abbey. Its courtyard is dominated by a columned balcony with a glazed wooden veranda, and above the entrance are two stone-framed windows from the 16th century and a Gnadenstuhl relief from the first half of the 18th century. The former stalls now hold an exhibition on the farm and family, the old living quarters a tavern, and the former pigsty a seminar centre.

The Brandlhof was first mentioned in 1209 as a Mageria (meierhof) of Lilienfeld Abbey in a foundation charter of Duke Leopold VI. At the end of the 15th century the farm was split into the present Brandlhof and the Dienstlhof. In 1620 troops of General Dampierre devastated Radlbrunn, and the badly damaged farm was sold by the abbey in 1629 to Conrad Höllrigl for 250 guilders. In 1770 it passed by marriage to Simon Prändl, whose descendants farmed it for seven generations and gave it its name; in 1994 the last operators handed it to the market town of Ziersdorf, and it was fully renovated in 2005.

The name comes from Simon Prändl, called Brandl, who acquired the farm by marriage in 1770; his descendants ran it for seven generations. Today the former living quarters hold a Wirtsstube tavern, and the former pigsty serves as a seminar centre where the Bühne Weinviertel performs in summer.

The Brandlhof is a site of Kultur.Region.Niederösterreich in Radlbrunn; the former living quarters now hold a Wirtsstube, and the converted pigsty serves as a seminar centre. The exhibition on the farm and family history is in the former stables. In summer, Bühne Weinviertel performs here, and Museumsmanagement Niederösterreich holds training courses.

Above the entrance are two stone-framed windows from the 16th century and a Gnadenstuhl relief from the first half of the 18th century. The courtyard is dominated by a column-supported balcony with a glazed wooden veranda.