The Donaumoos located in Upper Bavaria at the Danube and is the region northwest of the Holledau and south of the Franconian Alb / Altmuehltal. It is largely identical to the district Neuburg-Schrobenhausen (and not to be confused with the region Swabian Donaumoos West of Ulm).
Regions
places
Cities
- Neuburg on the Danube, the old town with numerous historical buildings from all eras is one of the most beautiful in Bavaria;
- Schrobenhausen, Lenbach and asparagus town;
Municipalities
Other goals
background
Southern Germany's largest Fen area developed around 12,000 years ago in an often flooded lowland south of the Danube. Until the 18th century, the region could only be used as pasture by the surrounding villages. The drainage and cultivation took place a good 200 years ago under the Bavarian elector Karl Theodor, but even afterwards the Donaumoos was a problem area at risk of flooding for a long time with wind erosion of the soil and considerable bog subsidence, sometimes up to three meters, due to the dehydration.
Today the moorland is only a third of its original size of 180 square kilometers in the core area (350 square kilometers with foothills) of the region. The Donaumoos nature conservation project should preserve the last near-natural locations with typical low-moor flora and fauna and promote the traditional use of wet meadows. For example, 110,000 new plants were planted by hand around the key plant of the cattail.
The won Cultural landscape is now mostly used as arable land (potatoes and, important for gourmets: asparagus!). The Donaumoos is well developed through a dense network of cycle paths, field lanes and quiet roads, making the region an ideal flat leisure landscape for tourists for hiking and cycling with the whole family.
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getting there
By plane
The nearest international airport is Munich Airport - Franz Josef Strauss (about an hour's drive). From here offer above all Lufthansa and their partner the Star Alliance Connections to cities in Germany, Europe and worldwide. As the second largest airport in Germany, it is connected to a growing number of cities.
The can also be reached quickly Airport in Nuremberg (approx. a good hour's drive).
By train
The regional route augsburg - Ingolstadt leads through the region. Ingolstadt train station is on the ICE line Nuremberg - Munich, Augsburg train station is on the ICE line Stuttgart - Munich.
- Bahn-Service-Neuburg (Timetable and price information, tickets), Bahnhofstrasse B 126, 86633 Neuburg. Tel.: 49 8431 64 00 64, Fax: 49 8431 64 04 94.
in the street
- Of north / south via the federal motorway
Nuremberg - Munich, Departure 
Manching, Neuburg an der Donau (south of Ingolstadt), and further on the well-developed federal highway 16 towards Neuburg an der Donau in the region.
- Of west via the federal motorway
Stuttgart - Munich, Departure Augsburg Ost, and further on the state road 2035 in the direction of Neuburg an der Donau in the region.
mobility
Tourist Attractions
activities
kitchen
nightlife
security
Practical advice
- Tourist Information District Neuburg-Schrobenhausen, Platz der Deutschen Einheit 1, 86633 Neuburg an der Donau. Tel.: (0)8431 57237.
climate
literature
Web links
- District of Neuburg-Schrobenhausen: www.neuburg-schrobenhausen.de;
- Old Bavarian Donaumoos e. V.: www.altbayerisches-donaumoos.de;
- In the Camelopedia: Bavarian Donaumoos;
