Community wants a pub

New village inn opens in the municipal office

The 1600-strong community was once an important trading town, later popular with tourists.(Bild: Kerschbaummayr Werner)

There used to be four inns in Schenkenfelden in the Mühlviertel, but unfortunately none exist today. Citizens and politicians are now launching a new restaurant project in the village center. A village pub is to be set up in the town hall. The special thing about it is the financing ...

The creeping death of innkeepers has already taken its toll on many inns, especially in rural areas. This is also the case in Schenkenfelden in the Mühlviertel. The village, which was first important for trade and then for tourism in the 19th century, once had four inns. Today there are none of them left.