Golfclub Herrensee

Litschau sits at the very top of the Waldviertel, the "Forest Quarter" of Lower Austria — a region of granite plateaus, dark spruce forests, and glacially carved lakes that feels genuinely remote even by Austrian standards. This is border country, pressed hard against the Czech Republic, and the landscape has a melancholy beauty that sets it apart from the vineyard-softened valleys to the south. The Herrensee itself — the manor lake — gives the club its name and its most distinctive feature, with water and woodland framing much of the layout.

The course plays through classic Waldviertel terrain: rolling, forested, and exposed to the moods of a continental climate that can shift quickly at this elevation. The design works with natural clearings and tree lines rather than against them, rewarding players who shape their ball and manage the ground game that firm, sandy-based fairways tend to encourage. It is a course that asks you to think before you swing.

Litschau itself is a small market town with a genuine medieval core, and the surrounding Waldviertel is increasingly recognized for quiet, sustainable tourism. For visiting golfers, this corner of Austria offers a complete contrast to the Alpine resort circuits — understated, unhurried, and worth the detour.