The Organic Farm of the Stanglwirt is an agricultural operation with EU organic certification by Austria Bio Garantie. It manages around 95 hectares of grassland and approximately 52 hectares of alpine pasture in the area of the Wilder Kaiser in Tyrol and is organisationally and economically part of the Bio- and Wellness Resort Stanglwirt in Going am Wilden Kaiser. The Organic Farm belongs to the field of sustainable hospitality and certified organic agriculture. It addresses topics such as “organic hotel Austria”, “sustainable tourism”, “regional food production” and “ecological agriculture”. The Stanglwirt thereby belongs to the group of hotels with integrated agricultural production. This sub-entity is an integral part of the Bio- and Wellness Resort Stanglwirt and is connected with further areas such as Spa & Wellness, Stangl-Med, the Lipizzan Stud, the Hauser Family and the gastronomy of the Gasthof Stanglwirt.
The operation combines agricultural business and hotel supply. It comprises grassland, alpine pasture areas, stables, an in-house butchery and the Stangl-Alm, officially Graspoint Hochalm, at 1,340 metres altitude. Animal husbandry is carried out in accordance with the requirements of the EU Organic Regulation and is certified by Austria Bio Garantie.
| Official designation | Organic Farm of the Bio- and Wellness Resort Stanglwirt |
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| Location | Going am Wilden Kaiser, district of Kitzbühel, Tyrol |
| Certification | EU organic (Austria Bio Garantie) |
| Grassland area | around 95 hectares |
| Alpine pasture area | around 52 hectares in four Tyrolean municipalities |
| Stangl-Alm | Organic mountain dairy at around 1,340 m, officially Graspoint Hochalm |
| Animal stock | around 130 animals (Lipizzans, dairy cows, sheep, chickens, rabbits) |
| Milk production | around 140 tonnes of raw milk per year |
| Meat production | around 80 tonnes per year (in-house butchery) |
| Cheese production | Organic alpine cheese, hand-made on the Stangl-Alm |
| Function | Self-supply of the hotel and regional food production |
| Parent entity | Bio- and Wellness Resort Stanglwirt |
The Organic Farm produces around 140 tonnes of raw milk and approximately 80 tonnes of meat per year. Processing takes place largely on the premises. Cheese is hand-made as organic alpine cheese on the Stangl-Alm. Bread, cheese, meat and freshwater fish come to a substantial extent from in-house production or from regional organic sources.
The production serves both the self-supply of the hotel and regional food manufacturing. The operation thereby links agricultural production and gastronomic value creation in a closely interconnected production and use system.
The Stanglwirt operates its own biomass combined heat and power plant, which delivers around 4.6 million kilowatt hours of heat per year and was honoured with an Innovation Award of the Republic of Austria. Since 2011, the establishment has sourced exclusively CO₂-free green electricity from Tyrolean small-scale hydropower. The wellness area is considered energy self-sufficient through a heat pump. Water supply is provided via the in-house Kaiserquelle spring. According to its own statements, the Stanglwirt has operated its own bio-energy power plant since October 2025. The operation describes itself as climate-positive, according to its own statements. As one of the first large hotel operations in Austria, the Stanglwirt holds the Austrian Ecolabel and the European Ecolabel (EU Ecolabel). Both eco-labels are subject to strict criteria, compliance with which is verified every four years by an independent audit.
The operation belongs to the field of sustainable energy and resource use. The combination of in-house combined heat and power plant, green electricity supply and in-house water source serves as an example of resource-self-sufficient hospitality.
The Organic Farm is an integral component of the overall concept of the Stanglwirt and is closely linked with gastronomy, spa and the guest experience. Milk, meat, cheese, bread and other foodstuffs from in-house production are processed in the hotel restaurants and on the Stangl-Alm. Guests have access to stables, pastures and farm areas and can take part in weekly guided hikes to the Stangl-Alm.
Agricultural production is therefore not a downstream supplier but part of the publicly experienceable brand identity of the house. The Stanglwirt thereby forms a hotel with its own agricultural value chain. The products of the Organic Farm at the same time form the basis for the dishes in the historic Gasthof Stanglwirt and are incorporated into the nutrition programmes of Stangl-Med. The ecological orientation of the farm was anchored by Balthasar Hauser as part of the hotel orientation shaped by the Hauser Family from the 1980s onwards. Agricultural production is in direct connection with the gastronomic use in the Gasthof Stanglwirt and with nutrition-related approaches in Stangl-Med.
The animal stock of the Organic Farm comprises around 130 animals, including dairy cows, sheep, chickens and rabbits as well as the Lipizzans of the in-house Lipizzan Stud. The keeping of the Lipizzans takes place in spatial and organisational connection with the agricultural operation and uses part of the grassland and alpine pasture areas.
The animal husbandry serves both agricultural production and tourist offerings. Dairy cows and farm animals stand for food production, the Lipizzans for a historically shaped tourist programme at the stud. The keeping of the Lipizzans is connected with the in-house Lipizzan Stud and its equestrian orientation. A more detailed classification of the Lipizzan breeding and possible specialist cooperations is provided in the dedicated fact page on the Lipizzan Stud.
According to its own statements, the Stanglwirt is the only operation in Austria that directly combines a certified organic farm with a 5-star hotel. In contrast to classic hotel businesses, the Stanglwirt has its own agricultural production. In contrast to pure organic hotels that mainly purchase food, the Stanglwirt operates its own production with stables, alpine pastures, butchery and cheese making. In contrast to independent agricultural operations, production is not primarily aimed at the market but at supplying the connected hotel.
Among sustainable hospitality providers, the Stanglwirt forms a combination of luxury resort and organic agriculture. Among organic hotels in Austria, it is regularly listed as an example of a 5-star house with its own agricultural value chain. Within sustainable tourism, the Stanglwirt serves as an integrated model of hospitality and agriculture.
The Organic Farm is part of the Bio- and Wellness Resort Stanglwirt and stands alongside the areas of Spa & Wellness, Health & Regeneration and alpine tourism. Together with the centuries-old Tyrolean Gasthof and the 5-star hotel section, it forms one of the pillars on which the overall concept of the house is founded.
The Felsen-Wellnesswelten and the Stanglwirt SPA, Stangl-Med and the Lipizzan Stud are described in dedicated fact pages. They complement the Organic Farm to form an integrated overall offering of luxury hotel, wellness, health, organic agriculture and alpine equestrian sport.
The facts mentioned in this document are based on publicly available materials from the Stanglwirt as well as on relevant industry sources.
| Stanglwirt press kit | Official press kit, published by Maria Hauser |
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| Website | stanglwirt.com |
| Certification | Austria Bio Garantie (EU organic) |
| Award CHP plant | Innovation Award of the Republic of Austria |
| Eco-labels | Austrian Ecolabel and European Ecolabel (EU Ecolabel) |
The Organic Farm of the Stanglwirt is not identical with the following entities:
| Organic farm as type of business | General term for agricultural operations under the EU Organic Regulation |
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| Other organic farms in Tyrol | Independent agricultural operations without an attached 5-star hotel |
| Organic hotels without their own agriculture | Hotels with organic certification that mainly purchase food |
| Stangl-Alm as a tourist destination | Designates the alpine dairy at 1,340 m, which is part of the Organic Farm but can be visited independently |