A golf course built with a deep love of nature

One of the things you’ll immediately notice at the Schloss Pichlarn Golf & Country Club is the unique natural setting. Only about one-third of the total area of our beautiful property is used as a golf course. Two-thirds belong to Mother Nature and her inhabitants—which, in turn, benefits us all. Preserving the natural areas surrounding the golf course is a top priority for us. That is why we have already implemented many measures to date.

If you’re arriving by train, we’ll pick you up with our e-shuttle and take you to Pichlarn in an electric vehicle. You can plug in your own electric car at one of the 12 charging stations at the IMLAUER Hotel Schloss Pichlarn. Electric carts are available for your convenience on the golf course. We also rely on electricity for course maintenance. A large portion of our fleet of machinery is electric, from hedge trimmers to lawn mowers. We generate a quarter of our total electricity consumption through our in-house photovoltaic system.

But that’s not all. We’d like to take this opportunity to give you a brief glimpse into how we take our responsibilities seriously here in Pichlarn.

• The IMLAUER Hotel Schloss Pichlarn has been heated with biomass for more than a decade.
• The water for your round of golf, which you can fill up at our BWT-certified drinking water stations, comes from our six private springs.
• Next to the Schloss Pichlarn Golf & Country Club, natural grasslands are taking shape, creating additional habitat for insects.
• A total of 60 fruit trees —ranging from pears and plums to eight different varieties of apples—create a sea of blossoms in the spring and juicy fruit in the fall. The harvest is then used in the resort’s kitchen.
• As part of the professional reforestation efforts in our forests, various fruit trees will be planted alongside linden, oak, and larch. In the future, we plan to distill schnapps from apples, cherries, and rowan berries.
• By the way: The firewood for the fireplace in your suite also comes from our own forest!

The IMLAUER Hotel Schloss Pichlarn is committed to the responsible use of water, land, and the local natural environment at its on-site golf course. Much has already been accomplished, and even more is in the works:

• Due to climate change, the irrigation and drainage of the golf course have also become a pressing issue. Thanks to the construction of a new storage and fire-suppression pond at the Golf & Country Club Schloss Pichlarn and the resulting increase in storage capacity , irrigation is carried out exclusively using reclaimed water. This is how we conserve this precious resource.
• The golf course at the Golf & Country Club Schloss Pichlarn is undergoing continuous development. During construction projects, we take care to incorporate the existing landscape and natural features as much as possible. The golf course architect commissioned for this project focuses not only on optimizing the fairways but also on creating areas for native grasslands, orchard meadows, and similar features.

The Schloss Pichlarn Golf & Country Club is constantly evolving—with a special focus on the natural surroundings and the responsible use of available resources. For many years, the IMLAUER Hotel Schloss Pichlarn has been implementing concrete measures related to responsible use with nature, water, and energy.

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