Hainburg on the Danube - Hainburg an der Donau

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Hainburg on the Danube
federal stateLower Austria
Residents
6.570 (2018)
height
161 m
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Hainburg on the Danube

Hainburg on the Danube is a small town in Lower Austria Industrial district on the border with Slovakia. The city is known for the well-preserved city wall with the city gates, through which the Vienna-Bratislava highway ran until 2006. The Hainburger Mountains (Braunsberg, Hundsheimer Berg and Spitzerberg) are the westernmost foothills of the Carpathians and together with the Theben Kogel the Hainburger gate; a narrow breakthrough valley of the Danube.

background

The city was founded around the year 1050.

getting there

By plane

By train

There are three train stations in Hainburg:

  • Hainburg an der Donau - culture factory
  • Hainburg an der Donau - passenger station
  • Hainburg on the Danube - Ungartor

All these stations can be reached with the S-Bahn line S7 without changing trains from Vienna; Approach among others possible in Floridsdorf, Praterstern and Wien Mitte-Landstrasse (Not Hauptbahnhof or Meidling!). The trains run every 30 minutes between 5 a.m. and 11 p.m. and stop along the way. also in Schwechat, Vienna Airport, Fischamend, Petronell-Carnuntum and Bad Deutsch-Altenburg. Terminal station of the S7 is Wolfsthal. The journey from Wien Mitte to Hainburg takes a little more than an hour, and you can take your bike with you. Fare 11.60 euros in the VOR (Verkehrsverbund Ost Region) or 9.20 euros from the core zone border if you have a ticket for Vienna.

For a tour of the old town or the castle hill with the Heymenburg, the stops Personenbahnhof and Ungartor are the most convenient.

In the street

Distances
Bratislava14 km
Bruck an der Leitha21 km
Gänserndorf37 km
Vienna43 km
  • Of Vienna From here you take the A4 motorway in the direction of Bratislava / Budapest to exit 19 (Fischamend). Then follow the B9 (Pressburger Bundesstrasse) for about 25 km Petronell-Carnuntum and bathroom German Altenburg to Hainburg.
  • Of Bratislava follow the signs mountain and from there the B9 drives about 10 km to Hainburg. Caution: Coming from the east you have to change to the collector lane immediately after the port bridge (Prístavný most), otherwise you will not get onto the old main road.
  • From Marchfeld (Gänserndorf, Marchegg) take the B 49 over the Danube bridge Hainburg to Bad Deutsch Altenburg, then about 5 km to the east.
  • Of Hungary via the M1 and A4 to the Bruck an der Leitha Ost exit and then the B211 via Petronell.

By boat

  • DDSG Blue Danube - Every first Sunday of the month (May to September) a DDSG ship sails from Vienna (Reichsbrücke) Orth on the Danube to Hainburg. The one-way trip to Hainburg costs 19 euros per person, and 26 euros there and back, seat reservations are recommended in advance. Further information on request from the company.
  • In May, August and September there is a ferry connection from Hainburg on every Sunday and public holiday Devin. Two courses a day. Fares: Adults round trip 12 euros (single trip 10 euros), children 6-14 years round 8 euros (single trip 6 euros), bicycle 2 euros. More info: Event-Schifffahrt Haider. Tel.: 43 664 281 31 41, Email: .

mobility

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  • Hainburg on the Danube
  • Environment map
  • Since the B 9 federal road leads through the medieval Wiener Tor, vehicles higher than 2.5 m are prohibited from passing through Hainburg!

Tourist Attractions

Hungarian

It is worth seeing City center:

  • Well preserved medieval city wall and City gates:
    • Hungarian. Built around 1230.
    • Wienertor. 13th century, it is the largest surviving medieval city gate in Central Europe. A special feature of this gate was that long-distance traffic to Bratislava had to pass through here before the opening of the A6 motorway.
    • Fisherman's gate
    • Old barracks gate
    • Hero tower
    • Idol tower
  • City Church
  • Marian column. From 1749, it is one of the most beautiful rococo columns in Austria.
  • Haydn Fountain
  • Water tower. Octagonal tower from the 14th century.
  • Anger. Former village center from the 11th century with (former cemetery chapel, around 1220), light column, rectory and pillory.
  • Theodore Palace
  • Culture factory. Former Austria tobacco factory.
Braunsberg with a replica of a Celtic pile fortress

There is also a lot to see outside of the center:

  • Schlossberg. With the Heimenburg, Built in 1042, today a castle ruin.
  • Braunsberg. With Celtic hill fort from the 2nd century BC Chr. And a great view of Bratislava and the castle Devin.
  • Witch mountain

activities

  • Cycling on the Danube Cycle Path
  • The Danube is also ideal for trips by canoe. Hainburg is a good end point for boat trips from Vienna and also a good entry point for boat trips further downstream to Slovakia or Hungary.
  • Fish pond
  • swimming pool

shop

  • In the city center of Hainburg there are a few small shops and boutiques.
  • Smaller retail park near the Danube bridge at the western entrance to the town.
  • 1  Galleria Danubia, Pressburger Reichsstraße 1, 2410 Hainburg an der Donau (next to the Ungartor). Open: Mon - Fri 8 a.m. - 7 p.m., Sat 8 a.m. - 6 p.m.

kitchen

nightlife

accommodation

Cheap

  • Navratil Anton holiday apartment, Ungarstrasse 16, A-2410 Hainburg / Donau. Tel.: 43 (0)699 12 64 10 20.
  • 2  Private room Fam. Richter, Schanzstrasse 9, A-2410 Hainburg / Donau. Tel.: 43 2165 652 27. Price: Accommodation costs: 2-bed room: 25 euros / person.
  • 3  Private room Mrs. Putz, Schanzstrasse 6, A-2410 Hainburg / Donau. Tel.: 43 2165 639 56. Price: Accommodation costs: 2-bed room: 23 euros / person.
  • 4  Restaurant-pizzeria "el pirata", Pressburger Reichsstrasse 72, A-2410 Hainburg / Donau. Tel.: 43 2165 64 840. Price: Accommodation costs: 1-bed room 30 euros / person. 2-bed room 25 euros / person.

medium

  • 5  Hotel Cafe-Restaurant "Zur Goldenen Krone", Hauptplatz 21, A-2410 Hainburg / Donau. Tel.: 43 664 568 42 14. Price: Accommodation costs: single room / person 50 euros, double room 30 to 40 euros.

Upscale

health

The LKH (regional hospital) with an emergency room is located on the eastern outskirts of Hainburg.

Practical advice

trips

literature

Web links

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Donauauen National Park

Left bank of the Danube:Vienna 22nd, Donaustadt • Groß-Enzersdorf • Mannsdorf on the Danube • Orth on the Danube • Eckartsau • Engelhartstetten

Right bank of the Danube:Schwechat • Fischamend • Haslau-Maria Ellend • Scharndorf • Petronell-Carnuntum • Bad Deutsch-Altenburg • Hainburg on the Danube